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Oldsmar clarifies right-of-way maintenance; council moves to shift some mowing to property owners
Summary
Public works director outlined how plats, permits and city code determine maintenance responsibility; staff said most properties already maintain parkways and the city will transition a small percentage (estimated 5–10% of properties) to private maintenance, prompting resident concerns about St. Petersburg Drive.
The City of Oldsmar’s director of public works told the City Council on Feb. 18 that the city is clarifying which rights of way it must maintain and is transitioning maintenance of some parkway areas to adjacent property owners under existing code.
The clarification follows a series of resident complaints about lawn and ditch mowing. The matter is important because it affects who must maintain parkway strips, ditches and other parcels next to private property — and because the city enforces the change under Chapter 12 and Chapter 58 of the city code.
Daniel Simpson, director of public works, framed the policy using five tests — plats, permits, policies and public…
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