Re: Assistance dealing with local codes adversely impactinggardening

**Thomas Olenio t*@sentex.net**

Hello,

The media is your best ally.  I believe that the "smallness" of your
complainer in the media will alleviate the problem.

In Canada street hockey is as common as a mowed lawn.  One old crank
decided she did not like it on her street and complained.  The media got
hold of it, and the crank has moved, and the kids are still playing
hockey.

Later,
Tom

--
Southwest Ontario
Canada Hardiness Zone 5b
(similar to US zone 5)

On Sun, 29 Jun 2003, Claude Sweet wrote:

> I am experiencing considerable difficulties with a representative of the
> Neighborhood Code Compliance in san Diego.
>
> My mother has been renting a home next to others for over 10 years. She
> preferred to garden using containers because of her age and that she was
> renting. She turned 85 in December  2002. In early January she suffered
> a second stroke and her Parkinson's is now in an advanced stage
> requiring her to move to a full nursing care facility.
>
> I have been maintaining her home and garden, but somehow her garden came
> to the attention of this individual who claims gardening in containers
> is a violation of "Outdoor Storing" unauthorized items within 25 feet of
> the curb in a residential zone.
>
> Some of the containers were the regular black plastic nursery containers
> and others were tan or white colored containers.  Tree roses,
> daylillies, callas, crinum, angel trumpets, and assorted flowering mums
> were displayed along the walk to the front door and as foundation plants
> bordering shrubs and trees.  Some containers were flowering bowls,
> hanging baskets, and window boxes whose contents were changed with the
> seasons.
>
> I am appealing the citation and would appreciate any experiences or
> references you may know that relate to dealing with local governing
> agencies concerning landscaping that features the use of containers.
>
> A search of the cited municipal codes does not seem to list growing
> plants as a potential violation so I want to have ample citations
> demonstrating that landscaping with containers is not some weird and
> wacky idea of a senior citizen. I have also written her district city
> council representative for assistance.
>
> Claude Sweet
> San Diego, CA
>
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