On Jun 16, 5:00 pm, "Don Phillipson" wrote:
"Nehmo" wrote in message

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The mania about cutting grass has reached insanity. Many
municipalities in the US have laws forcing people to mow their lawns,
and people actually go to jail for not cutting their grass.

This seems interesting because illegal in most countries with Anglo-
Saxon-type laws. (Habeas Corpus forbids detention without
charge, and disobeying a bylaw is an offence but not a crime.)

Of course you can go to jail in the US for not mowing your grass.
There are not just bylaws in some HOA areas, but also actual municipal
codes in many cases. Just try letting your yard get overgrown in
clear violation thereof, get hauled into municipal court, get fined
and ordered to rectify it, then refuse to pay the fine and remedy
it. See what happens. You can in fact face jail time.



In Canada, where bylaws require that grass be mowed,
non-compliant lawns are mowed by the municipality (after
warning notice) and the property owner billed for this service.
(Payment is enforced by the same mechanisms that require
payment of property taxes.)

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)