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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not necessarily the weirdest, but our neighborhood has mostly well manicured yards whereas this one house decided to stop doing any form of yard work whatsoever and now their yard is a "Certified Wildlife Habitat."  It's a freaking jungle.  Oh and spare me the "you have no idea how much work it is to maintain that" b.s.  We live across the street from them and haven't seen any effort made in years. My daughter and I say "Certified Wildlife Habitat, where you get rewarded for doing nothing."

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At least they are sequestering carbon, creating living ecosysyems and making the planet better for everyone!  But you do you. [/quote]

In Montgomery County that will NOT fly.
If you live in MoCo you need to call 311 and report it, because people put those signs up in an attempt to ward off the inspectors and it's the law in MoCo to maintain your yard.

Yards like that incur mice, rats, mosquitos, all manner of pests, which also bring things like snakes (black/gray rat snakes are GREAT for that, they're your own personal exterminator but most people don't usually like even the thought of them near their homes).

You need to call the city/county where you live PRONTO, because those signs are BS and can be printed up from the internet or bought on Amazon. 
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[b]This is simply not true. MoCo is extremely knowledgeable about no mow and wildlife and native gardens. They can inspect all they want, and waste valuable resources, but it is not in violation to have a wildlife or food garden.  Even in your front lawn.  It's so sad we have to fight for our right to garden.[/b] [/quote]

You have absolutely [u]no[/u] idea what you're talking about.

A neighbor of ours is one of the county inspectors in code enforcement and the past you're referring to is absolutely true (he's told us some stories that would make you break out in hives just listening to them).
 
Nobody said a word about your "gardening".
Please stop projecting.

Nobody said that all homes have to have prestine or perfect lawns either,  that's ridiculous... there's a happy medium between perfect and dilapidated.

We are specifically referring to delapidated.
The people who have completely neglected their entire property for years upon years and left it in a state of unmanaged decay.

We're talking about dead, rotted trees that could smash through a next-door neighbors roof, killing their entire family, or a widow-maker falling onto a mailman who was just trying to do his job, and it kills him.

We're talking about grass that's grown up to a foot or more high & the weeds & debris are even higher.

You may not mind living next to rats, field mice, mosquitos, termites, cockroaches, inside centipedes (those really hairy silver fish looking things) but that's always what lives in that tall grass -- is a sanctuary for them... and that, will 100% bring snakes. 
Always.

Rodents & insects of every demeanor & caliber bring snakes to feed on.  
That is a fact.

Most of these neglected properties have areas that collect stagnant rain water, which will always bring infestations of mosquitos in the summer -- and those darn mosquitos don't seem to like to stay behind that homes property line... they like to fly off onto the neighbors too.
The nerve of those mosquitos, not respecting property lines?

We're talking about leaves that are left to ROT throughout the entire fall & winter.
Leaves that have now been covered in animal feces and mold, which then blow into your yard, and your toddler plays & jumps in them, and then sticks their hands directly into their mouths.

All of those absolutely ARE health hazards for the neighbors who have to suffer it.

If you live next to or behind one of these derelicted properties, their weeds, bamboo and overgrowth can/will begin to destroy any fencing that lies between the properties... then their weeds & bamboo problems also become your weeds & bamboo problems.

Those are 100% code violations in Montgomery County, as pests, snakes, rodents & mosquitos don't simply remain on that one sole property that's neglected, because they love to travel to the surrounding homes too... to eat your lovely flowers, out of your cherished garden.

Here are just a few of the most common housing code and enforcement violations for Montgomery County (and there are probably a half dozen more that I didn't list).

You're either ignorant & uneducated regarding MOCO code enforcement laws and you're just spouting off about things you don't know about, you're being deliberately obtuse, or you're just one of the inconsiderate neighbors I've described above.

https://www3.montgomerycountymd.gov/311/Solutions.aspx?SolutionId=1-3G15LW

https://www3.montgomerycountymd.gov/311/Solutions.aspx?SolutionId=1-HIL3J

https://www3.montgomerycountymd.gov/311/Solutions.aspx?SolutionId=1-7N3QIC

https://www3.montgomerycountymd.gov/311/Solutions.aspx?SolutionId=1-3FRESK

https://www3.montgomerycountymd.gov/311/Solutions.aspx?SolutionId=1-4V2KOC

https://www3.montgomerycountymd.gov/311/Solutions.aspx?SolutionId=1-3FR51B

https://www3.montgomerycountymd.gov/311/Solutions.aspx?SolutionId=1-3FR51E

https://www3.montgomerycountymd.gov/311/Solutions.aspx?SolutionId=1-4F8TV1

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