[RP TownTalk] Street sweeping

[Andrew Waldron]

All-
I really fail to understand the point of this discussion. If the town is
purchasing the vacuum, it will sweep up the litter. Litter is something that
is in every society everyone. It would be impossible to stop it. Therefore,
instead of discussing ways to eliminate it (an impossible task), let's pick
up trash when we see it and leave the rest up to the vacuum.

On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 6:29 PM, Cranky old Coot <lking at knob.com> wrote:

>  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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