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May heralds the arrival of spring, the awakening of gardens and living creatures who find gardens habitable. Grow More May and similar campaigns are in full swing, highlighting the role property owners play in stewardship of the natural environment. We can all participate in small ways — like maintaining a natural lawn free of pesticides. Freeing ourselves from pesticides has a number of benefits such as reducing their run off into local waterways. It also allows for the growth of flowers in the grass that help pollinators like bees forage for food as they emerge from winter’s slumber.
The City encourages its residents to participate in Grow More May activities like removing part of their lawn for a pollinator friendly garden, and also taking a more measured approach to lawn care. While we recognize that a few extra inches of growth can result in some nice forage, we also acknowledge that the City’s mowing ordinance requires homeowners to maintain their lawns and cut them so that they don’t reach a height greater than six inches.
The City will enforce its mowing ordinance, and the MAC is your go-to source in case you have a complaint about grass growing above the six-inch limit. The city provides a two-day written or oral notice to the property owner to address the tall grass or weeds. If the owner fails to address the issue within the two-day timeframe, the City may have the grass cut at the owner's expense. The cost for grass and weed removal will be a minimum of $200.
Somewhere between No Mow… and Grow More… May is just the right level of lawn care.
If you have questions, please contact the MAC by calling 216-291-2323 or emailing MAC@clevelandheights.gov.
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