Comments on: Mow your lawn… or risk jail time in Canton, Ohio

By: Reading lawn service

Reading lawn service — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 11:22:53 +0000

Wow that’s pretty harsh. This is what lawn services are for!

By: Drew

Drew — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 20:11:10 +0000

What! A “fourth-degree misdemeanor carrying a fine of up to $250 and as many as 30 days in jail.” I’m all for keeping up appearances. After all this helps keep the housing value prices up, but that seems a little extreme. Can you imagine being put in jail, and someone asking what are you in for? I Let my lawn get unruly . Ha ha!

By: Jeremy Pritchard

Jeremy Pritchard — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 03:17:27 +0000

I guess this would be an additional work load for lawn homeowners to keep off their grasses on ground. What a diligent law to mandate all those that have lawn in their areas. I think it’s also for the safety and beautification of your territory.

By: Leann

Leann — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 19:22:15 +0000

Seems quite unusual. Was there no other measure taken to combat the problem? Other than spending tax payers money to construct a law to fine and punish those that fail to keep up the appearance of a freshly manicured lawn and attach to it a misdeamenor! Seem to harsh to me. I certainly believe keeping a home and it’s landscape well taken care of is important. I mean really, if you don’t want to do the work, get an apartment! But fines and jail time, there’s got to be another way.

By: Layla

Layla — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:53:41 +0000

This law seems like quite a stern one for ohio homeowners. Hopefully, no one does jail time for it.

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By: John Christopher Tervolds

John Christopher Tervolds — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 21:47:10 +0000

I’m torn on this issue. I would hate to see a nasty, overgrown house in my neighborhood. At the same time, I feel people should be able to do what they want. A tough one…

By: Ed Harris

Ed Harris — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 01:36:08 +0000

Hmmm… I wonder if the College Football Hall of Fames mows its grass on a regular basis!

By: Sue

Sue — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 22:08:46 +0000

Throw all those non-grass cutting miscreants in jail! It’s about time something was done about the high grass. Why I remember when I was a kid everybody cut their grass in a timely fashion. LOL!

I’m sure the price of gas has absolutely nothing to do with the grass getting a little high.

By: Andrew Flusche, Fredericksburg Lawyer

Andrew Flusche, Fredericksburg Lawyer — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 04:48:59 +0000

Wow! What a nutty town.

One time the city told my parents that our grass was too tall. My dad went around with a yard stick and took pictures of the three-foot tall weeds on various city-owned lots. They backed down.