Sounds good to me.
In my town there is an absentee owner who hasn’t mowed his lawn yet this year, and his two-and-a-half foot high weeds sit next to a beautifully maintained house that is up for sale.
You know, the seller could quietly go mow it...
I moved into my new home in March of 2007 and my neighbor hasn’t mowed her backyard once. I see critters of all types coming into my lawn from hers and my dog even caught a mouse a few weeks ago. She cuts her front - once every 2 weeks - but not the back. I’m debating about reporting her anonymously to the HOA because I’m getting too many little creatures in my yard and some are running under my porch.
In my town there is an absentee owner who hasn't mowed his lawn yet this year, and his two-and-a-half foot high weeds sit next to a beautifully maintained house that is up for sale.
In Corpus Christi, Texas, there are a large number of building and lots owned by absentee land lords and land speculators that are poorly if ever maintained. There is one lot along the bay front owned by foreign investors including Imelda Marcos that was so over grown that it had large huisache and mesquite trees growing on it. The City of Corpus Christi threatened to fine them and charge them for cleaning up the lot unless the owners cleaned it up.
I'm all in favor of requiring property owners to maintain their property. Poorly maintained and boarded up properties decrease the value of neighboring property. Absentee owners who don't maintain their properties are infringing on the rights and property of the people who actually live nearby.