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Originally Posted by Ekka  City law demands safety of vegetation, the law is written so action can be taken against people who have hazardous trees.
In this case the tree poses a serious threat to pedestrians and the neighbour. A reasonable person would have attended to the tree, but to leave hazards that affect others lives and put them at risk is unreasonable.
There is no law against putting flyers in peoples boxes or talking with them, this isn't Russia 30 years ago.
The home-owner is way out of line, and regardless of local law there is State law of private nuisance and neglegence anyway.
However if your dead tree is in the middle of your 10 acre paddock and not effecting anyone that is entirely different. |
Over at as I posted of a large nasty oak that started out as a trim up job for a good friend of mine.[volunteer job].Any way he asked about the hole in the side so I looked at a nice sized cavity with the included wet spongy stuff.I went up to trim it and found oak wilt and more spanish moss than you can shake a stick at.I t turned in to a removal when i headed back a huge limb about half ways back and the inner 6 inchs was soft and punky.A couple of guys over at as argued that i scared him into the removal when he asked me if i could piece it down for fire wood.2 months later tree still stands and all he can say is i'm too busy to have you come do it.I'M DOING IT FOR FREE.I would think he would jump and get it down so it can't take out the power lines and his fence.
I robably should have just flat out told him the tree is a major threat to lines.Line clearance won't touch it because I trimmed it back out of power more than ten feet.I guess i will play the waiting game.