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Council reviews first reading of right-of-way maintenance ordinance to clarify homeowner duties

5798760 · August 22, 2025
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Summary

Staff presented an ordinance (first reading) to require adjacent property owners to maintain grass and vegetation in the public right-of-way between their property line and the roadway; council discussed equity between neighborhoods and enforcement mechanics.

Village staff introduced a first reading of an ordinance that would clarify homeowners’ responsibility to maintain grass and vegetation in public rights-of-way between their property lines and adjacent roadways. The measure grew out of code-enforcement work that identified parcels where vegetation along East State Road and other rights-of-way was overgrown. Staff said the draft language is modeled on…

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