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Does my neighbor have to cut his grass?
Posted by: Joey Joebob shabadoo ()
Date: May 26, 2016 03:00PM

In West Springfield on Ainsworth Ave, this family has grass up past my knees. There is a path through it to get to the street. It's sucks because everyone else in the neighborhood takes care of their property. No HOA.

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Re: Does my neighbor have to cut his grass?
Posted by: Grassman ()
Date: May 26, 2016 03:04PM

https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/fido/complaints/comp_submit.aspx

Yep. Fairfax will be on them like flies to shit.

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Re: Does my neighbor have to cut his grass?
Posted by: Joey Joebob shabadoo ()
Date: May 26, 2016 03:14PM

You just became my best friend, Grassman

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Re: Does my neighbor have to cut his grass?
Posted by: YKExx ()
Date: May 26, 2016 03:25PM

Yes, tall grass invites rodents like rats and mice.

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Re: Does my neighbor have to cut his grass?
Posted by: Mow yer lawn ()
Date: May 26, 2016 03:31PM

That is a good site. My Hispanic neighbor had someone hit his truck on the street on Thanksgiving a couple of years back, not a hit and run or anything. Anyway, he left this vehicle heavily damaged until the 1st week of Jan when I reported it via the above website. FFX was there the next day with a sign in the window saying they had 24 hours to do something about it.

PS - Maryland plates on the truck, go figure.

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Re: Does my neighbor have to cut his grass?
Posted by: Huh??? ()
Date: May 26, 2016 03:33PM

Grassman Wrote:
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> https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/fido/complaints/comp
> _submit.aspx
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> Yep. Fairfax will be on them like flies to shit.

46 year NOVA resident here, I've made complaints on my neighbors not cutting their grass since before the Clinton administration...and I've never had a single one addressed.

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Re: Does my neighbor have to cut his grass?
Posted by: Own it, douche... ()
Date: May 26, 2016 03:52PM

Maybe go mow it yourself. Or move somewhere near people who can afford a lawnmower. 25 years of being a whiny asshole hasn't done much. Making it 26 isn't going to do anything either.

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Re: Does my neighbor have to cut his grass?
Posted by: uJbYE ()
Date: May 26, 2016 04:01PM

The county won't do shit. You want the neighbors grass mowed, move to an area where you don't have so many foreigners treating their place like the motherland.

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Re: Does my neighbor have to cut his grass?
Posted by: Be free ()
Date: May 26, 2016 04:08PM

I thought regulations were bad, holding back the county and all

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Re: Does my neighbor have to cut his grass?
Posted by: MBF ()
Date: May 26, 2016 04:10PM

The caveat is that the lot has to be under an acre in size. I looked at the tax map information for the lots on Ainsworth Avenue and most of them seem to fall within that requirement. Even if they're over half an acre, the county will still send them a warning letter; it just won't do any follow up enforcement action.

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Re: Does my neighbor have to cut his grass?
Posted by: LOL... ()
Date: May 26, 2016 04:14PM

Be free Wrote:
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> I thought regulations were bad, holding back the county and all.

Think of the "Liberty & Freedom" being lost to these communist lawn-mowing laws! There's nothing in the Constitution that allows such things!

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Re: Does my neighbor have to cut his grass?
Posted by: Have a Heart ()
Date: May 26, 2016 04:21PM

Perhaps your neighbor suffered a tragic accident in one of the areas many Chick-Fil-A restaurants, and cannot cut their grass due to being in a full body cast.

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Re: Does my neighbor have to cut his grass?
Posted by: Jerry ()
Date: May 26, 2016 11:32PM

Huh??? Wrote:
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> Grassman Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
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> >
> https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/fido/complaints/comp
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> > _submit.aspx
> >
> > Yep. Fairfax will be on them like flies to
> shit.
>
> 46 year NOVA resident here, I've made complaints
> on my neighbors not cutting their grass since
> before the Clinton administration...and I've never
> had a single one addressed.

I submitted one last year and the county contacted the resident and the lawn was mowed in a day or two.

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Re: Does my neighbor have to cut his grass?
Posted by: It works ()
Date: May 27, 2016 12:14AM

It's worked for me several times over past few years. Also filed complaint w/health dept - have to read & see if property will fit w/in their criteria. One property did & they came out, left a notice & business card. Got homeowners attention & got problem solved quickly. Much quicker than HOA winding their way through their procedures.

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Re: Does my neighbor have to cut his grass?
Posted by: hmm ()
Date: May 27, 2016 10:07AM

Have you tried walking over to ask them to mow their lawn?

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Re: Does my neighbor have to cut his grass?
Posted by: FrankR. ()
Date: May 27, 2016 10:10AM

Spray round up over their entire yard, including flowers and shrubs.

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Re: Does my neighbor have to cut his grass?
Posted by: You're an idiot ()
Date: May 27, 2016 10:17AM

Joey Joebob shabadoo Wrote:
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> In West Springfield on Ainsworth Ave, this family
> has grass up past my knees. There is a path
> through it to get to the street. It's sucks
> because everyone else in the neighborhood takes
> care of their property. No HOA.

You're an idiot.

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Re: Does my neighbor have to cut his grass?
Posted by: Bill.N. ()
Date: May 27, 2016 11:53AM

Huh??? Wrote:
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> 46 year NOVA resident here, I've made complaints
> on my neighbors not cutting their grass since
> before the Clinton administration...and I've never
> had a single one addressed.


In my experience they are very effective...so long as you have a neighbor who gives a shit about having to pay outrageous fees to have the County cut their grass two to three times a season. Some people don't care. The bigger problem is the amount of time that passes before the County actually does something. First the grass has to reach a certain height. Then the County has to contact the owner and then allow a reasonable amount of time for the owner to fix the problem. By then you could have a lawn that is over six weeks overdue for being cut.

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Re: Does my neighbor have to cut his grass?
Date: May 27, 2016 12:01PM

Round Up.

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Re: Does my neighbor have to cut his grass?
Posted by: FairfaxRes2 ()
Date: May 27, 2016 12:45PM

Joey Joebob shabadoo Wrote:
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> In West Springfield on Ainsworth Ave, this family
> has grass up past my knees. There is a path
> through it to get to the street. It's sucks
> because everyone else in the neighborhood takes
> care of their property. No HOA.

It will take Fairfax County 6 months to do anything. Anyone living where their is no HOA in effect anymore it takes forever. Good Luck.

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Re: Does my neighbor have to cut his grass?
Posted by: -19485 ()
Date: May 27, 2016 03:22PM

Try to see if they have any standing water in their yard, ie a birdbath, trash bin with water in the bottom, etc. Or even empty plant holders left lying around. With the Zika virus freaking the health department out these days, all you have to do is report the property as breeding zika mosquitos. They will do the rest!

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Re: Does my neighbor have to cut his grass?
Posted by: Joey Joebob shabadoo ()
Date: May 29, 2016 08:14PM

Update- The same day I sent in the complaint, the grass was cut. I can't imagine that FFX moved so quick, but there you go. Problem solved for a few weeks.

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