[RP TownTalk] Street sweeping

[Melissa Avery]

Jackboots?
I think maybe what you hear is the rooster.



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From: Cranky old Coot <lking at knob.com>
To: towntalk at riverdale-park.org
Sent: Wednesday, September 2, 2009 6:29:34 PM
Subject: Re: [RP TownTalk] Street sweeping

Enlightenment, awareness,  behavior modification are good objectives.

But I hear leftest jackboots coming down Riverdale Park's streets. How would we hold McDonald's responsible for quarter third pounder rappers in my yard? McDonald's is just as responsible for the health cost of obesity as they are for litter, and no one has figured out how to stop that atrocity. I would gladly pickup all their trash if they would stop "aiding and abetting" the poor eating habits of my neighbors. But that won't happen!

I would suggest a step back and an effort to stay at least within sight of reality.  

Perhaps some suggested changes to the Town Code would be in order. My reading of paragraphs 57-2 thru 57-4 and 57-6  of the Code don't seem to cover what is being discussed here. Paragraph 36, about trash, also misses (IMHO).

On the other hand paragraph 57-10(a) seems to me to identify who is responsible for the clean-up.

"It shall be the duty of every person in charge or control of any building or parcel of
land located in the town, fronting or abutting on a public sidewalk, whether as owner, tenant,
occupant or otherwise, to cut and keep trim grass from the edge of the property line to the paved
road, whether the land is public or private, and not to allow any trash, waste material, garbage,
offensive dirty material, weeds, briars, brush and grass to grow more than ten (10) inches tall. It
shall be unlawful to fail, neglect or refuse to comply with this section."

(the emphases is mine).  I want to watch that trash "grow to more than ten 10 inches tall."  :-)

COC

--   I'm the Cranky Old Coot's keeper, and I approve this message    Lou King


      
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