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Resident asks Binghamton council to enforce rules after lawn clippings left in street
Summary
A lifelong Binghamton resident urged the council to address neighborhood lawn clippings and yard debris being blown into streets, which she said creates slippery, smelly conditions and hazards for pedestrians and children; she said city code enforcement told her there was nothing they could do and asked for follow-up.
At the July 16 Binghamton City Council meeting, resident Patricia Gazdegrees told the council she has observed neighbors using riding mowers that blow grass clippings into the middle of streets, leaving slick, stagnant debris that she said creates hazards for children on scooters and people walking in the neighborhood. Nut graf: Gazdegrees said she contacted her council representative and city code enforcement without resolution…
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