JEFFRA WANTS CITY LAWN LAW.Byline: Jim Skeen Staff Writer LANCASTER - Like its neighbor of Palmdale, Lancaster should enact a lawn-maintenance ordinance A law, statute, or regulation enacted by a Municipal Corporation. An ordinance is a law passed by a municipal government. A municipality, such as a city, town, village, or borough, is a political subdivision of a state within which a municipal corporation has been to protect the community's appearance and property values, City Councilman Jim Jeffra says. Jeffra said he wants to see an ordinance with enforcement ``teeth'' in it to get people to maintain tidy lawns. Jeffra said the ordinance shouldn't force people to pay for landscaping but should ensure that homeowners make an honest effort to keep up the lawn. Jeffra will bring up the topic at the council meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday at City Hall, 44933 Fern Ave. ``If people are going to buy a house, they ought to be able to maintain it,'' Jeffra said. ``They should be able to put a rake in rake in Verb Informal to acquire (money) in large amounts Verb 1. rake in - earn large sums of money; "Since she accepted the new position, she has been raking it in" shovel in their garage.'' Jeffra said he raised the issue after driving around the city and seeing homes with lawns in sad condition, including one with mounds of dirt in it and others with cars and trash in the yards. Jeffra said he has also been approached by homeowners complaining of the poor condition of their neighbors' yards. Last year, Palmdale adopted a lawn-maintenance ordinance - dubbed dub 1 tr.v. dubbed, dub·bing, dubs 1. To tap lightly on the shoulder by way of conferring knighthood. 2. To honor with a new title or description. 3. the Palmdale Pride Ordinance by supporters and the Lawn Police Ordinance by opponents. Under Palmdale's ordinance, residents were given 18 months to install front lawns and irrigation irrigation, in agriculture, artificial watering of the land. Although used chiefly in regions with annual rainfall of less than 20 in. (51 cm), it is also used in wetter areas to grow certain crops, e.g., rice. systems. City officials said they will not go searching for unkempt lawns but will enforce the ordinance if a complaint is lodged. They said a code enforcement Code Enforcement is the act of enforcing a set of s, principles, or laws (especially written ones) and insuring observance of a system of norms or customs. An authority usually enforces a civil code, a set of rules, or a body of laws and compel those subject to their authority to officer will cite owners of a home whose yard is not in compliance and give them 18 months to comply. Homeowners found still in violation after 18 months could face maximum penalties of a $500 fine, six months in jail and a lien lien, claim or charge held by one party, on property owned by a second party, as security for payment of some debt, obligation, or duty owed by that second party. on the home to cover the cost of having a city contractor install landscaping. Palmdale officials said they are not requiring residents to have lush, green lawns. Homeowners can landscape with drought-resistant plants, they said. Other California cities, including Rialto Rialto, city (1990 pop. 72,388), San Bernardino co., S Calif., a residential suburb of San Bernardino; inc. 1911. The city has greatly expanded as a result of the economic and demographic growth of the southern California area. and King City, have adopted similar ordinances. |
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