DPW000202191
Maintain Grass or Vegetation in Public Right of Way
Public Works
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- Requested
- April 25, 2025
- Subtype
- Line of Sight Obscured
- Location
- 2000 N 20th St, 23223
- As reported by the submitter and published by the City. May be the submitter’s address or another party’s; the City does not anonymize to block level.
- Council District
- 7
- Neighborhood
- Eastview
Description
Citizen called and stated that growth (not leaves) has dropped all over her property, the street and the sidewalk. She says it is dangerous and needs to be cleaned up. She wants someone to call her about the large tree dropping all the debris . She had previous request that DPW000198861 that was a duplicate request of DPW000167940
Details
- Immediate Danger to Persons or Property?
- Yes
- Vegetation blocking alley, sidewalk or street?
- Yes, sidewalk blocked
History
- April 25, 2025The service request is submitted.
- April 25, 2025The service request status has been changed to Assigned to Department.
Comments
- Staff · April 25, 2025Cityworks ID: 554969
- Staff · May 20, 2025Horizontal limb in foreground (see photo) is over property but not structure. Nothing looks wrong with street tree. Request history at this address indicates that Urban Forestry inspected June 2024 and found the tree healthy. It is indeed normal for trees to drop limbs from time to time (the forest floor is littered with them).
- Staff · May 23, 2025RESEARCH - UF inspected last December (CityWorks ID # 544348) and determined that the tree did not require service. I will call requestor with that information
- Staff · May 23, 2025Called requestor and explained arborist's opinion that service is not required. Also explained that we do not remove healthy limbs proactively just because they "might fall". (At present staff level it would take 20 years to complete the requests we would receive in one year.) I observed that the limb did not reach its present size overnight, therefore this is not a new development. Her concern is that a similar tree in her yard had a similar limb; a neighbor who worked for the city predicted it would fall, and it fell. Mrs. Eddleton expects the same will happen to the street-tree limb. She was not satisfied with my nonspecialist perspective and would like inspecting arborist to call.