closed #86452
Excessive Growth
817 S High ST
- Case Date:
- 6/27/2008
Shrubs overgrowing onto the sidewalk and trees hanging too low.
Shrubs overgrowing onto the sidewalk and trees hanging too low.
Weeds are growing over sidewalk.
excessive growth in yard, also obstructing sidewalk
excessive growth, spilling out on to sidewalk, low hanging branches obstructing
Received complaint from City Parking Enforcement. Trash.
The bushes in back are hanging over the sidewalks.
Large (20+ ') Ailanthus altissima (so-called "tree of heaven", noxious and prohibited) trees growing on NE corner of lot, close to sidewalks. Another opportunity for HAND to connect with residents and make more friends.
"Tree-Keeper" database reports 56 Ailanthus altissima ("tree of heaven") trees being maintained by the City. Given this is an invasive plant and is known to be the primary food source for Lycorma delicatula (spotted lanternfly), should the City be obliged to remove these trees that are listed on the State list: ("Prohibited Invasive Terrestrial Plants [312 IAC 18-3-25]", https://ag.purdue.edu/department/entm/iisc/invasive-plants.html) ? If HAND is going to proactively threaten residents by "asking" them to remove something that is not on the State list (e.g., bamboo), it seems profoundly hypocritical for them to not address a serious ecological issue that they are helping to advance.