Lawn Traffic

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LuzG (California)
Posts: 3

Posted:

I live in a community where some properties were built w/ no sidewalk in front of the house (our townhomes are built separately) including mine. My neighbor lets her kids walk on the lawn coming from school. When I talked to her about this she doesn't seem to care, she said she just wants her kids to be safe. She was arrogant about it threatening to involve the police.

This act is very intrusive to me and my lawn is still part of my property and people should respect that. The management has no solution so far.

Please tell me what to do.

TimB4 (Tennessee)
Posts: 21,062

Posted:

Luz,

I can understand your concern of the lawn and your neighbors concern of safety for her children. It certainly is safer walking on the lawn vs. the streets.

My suggestion would be to:

Contact the Board about forming a committee to see about putting in sidewalks. The committee could find the procedure (necessary easements, etc.) and solicit bids to see what the cost might be. Perhaps you could volunteer to chair the committee.

Request from the Board if you can install a sidewalk on your property at your cost. This would direct pedestrian traffic off of your lawn.

I'm not sure that addressing the issue any other way would be productive.

Tim

DonnaS (Tennessee)
Posts: 5,671

Posted:

Luz,

Kids will be kids and follow their own paths but it is annoying to have foot traffic on their lawns. My Husband would have the hounds out there to keep them off.

My suggestion is that you contact your Board and ask that you install a temporary little fence to reroute them temporarily. We trained our dogs with some ribar and green cord along the pathways. It can be handled if the Board cooperates.

LuzG (California)
Posts: 3

Posted:

Donna,

Thanks for the suggestion. I should probably try something like that,

DonnaS (Tennessee)
Posts: 5,671

Posted:

It is worth a try. Our Developer gets anal about any fencing and it's positioning. We did the ribar because it hardly shows up compared to some wooden stakes, used green cording and I tory strips of green cloth to hang from the cord every 10 feet or so. That way the dogs saw the cord as a reminder. It was about 20 inches high and that is about shoulder level for them. (I have 2 huge dogs that were left in my bushes when they were teeny) It might work to remind them to stay off of the grass.

Whoever said that it is better to have the kids on the grass rather than to walk in the street , I would not agree with. It is tresspassing and apparently Luz does not like that. This walking path problem is not for Luz to solve nor should he have to provide the path.

TroyH (Texas)
Posts: 55

Posted:

I have no solution, but empathy...
Maybe the mother of the children should walk their children to the bus-stop is so congested that it poses a safety threat to children. I take it when they are home after school they play in the street? We have no sidewalks either in our community, but luckily, only one way in and one way out... I too believe it's relatively arrogant on her part to assume your lawn is the safety device she needs for her children's journey. Again, she should invest her own time in making sure her kids are good-to-go................. I always tell my kids to get off other people's lawn... It's basic respect for other people's property...........

LuzG (California)
Posts: 3

Posted:

Thank you for understanding how I'm feeling. And you just said the right word: arrogance! I really feel being bullied in my own property.

SteveM9 (Massachusetts)
Posts: 3,699

Posted:

Does she own the land? Or is it common property? or...... maybe you could just tell your kids to stay off the lawn.

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