Keep your lawns trimmed, Golden Gate Estates!
Udut, Kenneth -- on Dec. 12 2008, from Golden Gate Estates, Naples, FLFounder of this Naples site of NeighborHelp Referrals.
Golden Gate Estates residents and landowners need to keep their lawns trimmed below 18 inches. Helps keep foreclosed/abandoned homes looking pretty.
For the newly passed ordinance in question, click here: "Cut the Grass" Ordinance for Golden Gate Estates
NAPLES — Grooming one’s land in Golden Gate Estates just got a little more regulated.
But property owners won’t be asked to do anything more than any other owner in unincorporated Collier County, commissioners noted.
Last week, Collier leaders amended the county’s Litter, Weed and Exotics Ordinance to include the Estates. Like other portions of unincorporated Collier County, the Estates land owners are subject to laws stating that if a property owner has an overgrowth more than 18 inches tall, he or she has to have a 30-foot strip around any permitted structure mowed to 6 inches. Structures include garages, houses, stables or kennels.
Though lots in the Estates are often larger, more rural and less manicured than others, the number of foreclosures in the area has led to an unmanageable code enforcement problem, according to Collier County Sheriff’s Office officials, as well as Code Enforcement Operations Manager Marlene Serrano.
As homes faced foreclosure, some were abandoned, or just weren’t properly maintained. That led to more crime in the area.
Lawns that aren’t mowed also created a fire hazard, Commissioner Jim Coletta said Wednesday morning.
Commissioner Fred Coyle agreed.
“This isn’t just for foreclosed homes. It’s for anyone who (hasn’t) maintained their property. Any unkempt lots,” Coyle said. “Of course, it’s a fire danger. There’s grass that is 18 inches high.”
In the past year, the code enforcement department paid contractors to clean up weed and grass overgrowth 206 times at an average cost of $250 per lot. The code enforcement budget was $120,000 but Code Enforcement had to pay an extra $21,000, county officials said.
Coyle said the same standards apply to everywhere else that is under county jurisdiction.
“Why not apply it to the Estates?” Coyle asked.
No one from the public came to last week’s meeting to question or challenge Golden Gate Estates’ inclusion in the ordinance.
"Cut the Grass" Ordinance for Golden Gate Estates
44NAPLES — Grooming one’s land in Golden Gate Estates just got a little more regulated.
But property owners won’t be asked to do anything more than any other owner in unincorporated Collier County, commissioners noted.
Last week, Collier leaders amended the county’s Litter, Weed and Exotics Ordinance to include the Estates. Like other portions of unincorporated Collier County, the Estates land owners are subject to laws stating that if a property owner has an overgrowth more than 18 inches tall, he or she has to have a 30-foot strip around any permitted structure mowed to 6 inches. Structures include garages, houses, stables or kennels.
Though lots in the Estates are often larger, more rural and less manicured than others, the number of foreclosures in the area has led to an unmanageable code enforcement problem, according to Collier County Sheriff’s Office officials, as well as Code Enforcement Operations Manager Marlene Serrano.
As homes faced foreclosure, some were abandoned, or just weren’t properly maintained. That led to more crime in the area.
Lawns that aren’t mowed also created a fire hazard, Commissioner Jim Coletta said Wednesday morning.
Commissioner Fred Coyle agreed.
“This isn’t just for foreclosed homes. It’s for anyone who (hasn’t) maintained their property. Any unkempt lots,” Coyle said. “Of course, it’s a fire danger. There’s grass that is 18 inches high.”
In the past year, the code enforcement department paid contractors to clean up weed and grass overgrowth 206 times at an average cost of $250 per lot. The code enforcement budget was $120,000 but Code Enforcement had to pay an extra $21,000, county officials said.
Coyle said the same standards apply to everywhere else that is under county jurisdiction.
“Why not apply it to the Estates?” Coyle asked.
No one from the public came to last week’s meeting to question or challenge Golden Gate Estates’ inclusion in the ordinance.
"Cut the Grass" Ordinance for Golden Gate Estates
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