New Search
4 ~ ~ ~ f _ J <br /> `'~/l~~r~~ i <br /> ~~/~i <br /> PLAN YOU LANDSCAPE WITH SAFETY IN MIND <br /> Jack Long, Vegetation Program Manager <br /> City of E gene, Public Works Department <br /> Have you ever noticed a severely pruned hedge, tree, or clump of juniper <br /> at a stre t corner or along a sidewalk or alley and wondered why on earth <br /> anyone wo ld chop up their shrubbery is such a way? In all probability, it <br /> wasn't be ause they wanted to. More than likely, it was because they had to <br /> <br /> i <br /> in the in Brest of public safety. <br /> To p omote privacy, provide shade, or create a balanced looking <br /> landscape homeowners often plant trees, shrubs, and ground cover in their <br /> yards or djoining public rights-of-way that, as they mature, grow large <br /> enough to create a safety hazard. The cities of Eugene and Springfield and <br /> Lane Coun y have codes that place restrictions on plants growing in or near <br /> <br /> i <br /> <br /> ~ streets, lleys, sidewalks, bike paths and street corners that block signs, <br /> signals, nd cross traffic at intersections. <br /> Freq ently, shrubbery planted in or near the right-of-way of corner lots <br /> grows lar a enough to obstruct or block the visibility of street signs and <br /> c;ross tra fic. Hedges and trees planted too close to a street or sidewalk <br /> <br /> i gill even wally make it difficult to walk on the sidewalk or to park along <br /> i;he curb. When you (or the next owner) must remove or prune the offending <br /> vegetatio the result is a disfigurement of the hedge or shrub and a loss of <br /> overall 1 ndscape aesthetics. <br /> Exce t in very unusual situations, you can avoid these situations by <br /> i;aking a ew simple precautions when designing and planting your yard. <br /> <br />