The Diamond Point Club tracts have no flood control maintenance oversight. Unlike newer developments, where separate parcels contain county-owned or 'common area interests' for utilities and flood control, each section of drainage canal and down spout passes through the property of individual Diamond Point owners. This means that each property owner is responsible for the maintenance of each part of the total system.

The City of Orinda has established a set of procedures to resolve rights between neighbors. Although a person has the right to preserve and seek restoration of a view or sunlight which existed at the time of purchase or occupation of a property, the resources of the city will not be allocated to enforcement of view preservation. For further information please refer to OMC Chapter 17.22.

The City does not have any view ordinances nor does it have any ordinance that would limit the growth of trees.

Unfortunately there's no clear cut answer to this question at this time. There have been reports of neighbors who agree to trim their trees as well as reports of neighbors who refuse. There are also reports of neighbors beginning to take legal action against neighbors who refuse to trim their trees. If you're serious about maintaining your view and your own negotiations with your neighbor have failed, you might want to talk to an Attorney to review your options.

There is no height limitation on hedges in Montecito. Both trees and hedges are civil matters between neighbors.

The law concerning trees that are on or near property lines is extremely complex. We prefer to have the owner's permission before removing branches from a tree, even when those branches overhang another property.

It is very unusual for roots to physically break drains and associated pipe work. However, tree roots are opportunistic and if an old pipe with poor joints is leaking into the surrounding soil this will attract the roots that may then exploit the existing weakness. Then, when repairs are required, a proliferation of tree roots often leads to the blame being placed with a nearby tree.

If you don't want a total privacy fence, many semi-privacy fences are very effective at tricking the eye to not see what lies beyond.

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Urban Forestry can't get involved in these types of situations. Our advise is to send your neighbor a certified letter, return receipt requested, that outlines your concerns and states that he should remove the tree. Keep a copy of the letter and the receipt. This way, should the tree fall before your neighbor can remove it, you have proof of negligence and can have him or his insurance repair any damages that were caused when the tree fell.

Tree roots do not cause drains or sewer pipes to break, but they will invade and clog drains that have pre-existing cracks and resultant leakage. Drains are usually six to eight feet below ground level, while tree roots grow almost exclusively in the upper two feet of soil, because they not only need nutrients, but also oxygen to survive.

this present time, this can not be adjusted by the user. It is possible to adjust the icons that are displayed in the Details view. This is done through the XSL template.

A spanning tree view is provided with autoMap? v3.00. The view highlights the Spanning Tree Groups, Root bridge and shows connection status, i.e.,:- autoMap? Visio views are updated in real time - they are based on the status at the time the discovery operation took place, so view will not show STP status changes.

a resident, you do not have a 'legal right' to light that may be blocked by trees. However, we do consider light to people's properties when we inspect trees. We prune all roadside trees and trees in grassed areas (that are our responsibility) every 5 years. Generally, we do not prune trees on request as this would cause problems with funding for our pruning programme.

If your neighbor's tree has grown over your property line, you should first alert your neighbor to the fact and ask him to trim the offending branches. You have the right to trim the branches if he refuses. At any rate, this is a dispute between two residences and the Township will not be involved.

Yes. According to Florida law, you can choose any one to do your work. You only need to state your choice to your adjuster or agent. All the major insurance companies in Central Florida list us as a preferred contractor and thus are familiar with Premiere Restoration.

If you would like to report a tree removal, contact the Natural Resources Management Office permitting section at (321) 633-2016.

Generally the insurance responsibility lies with whoever's property is damaged. In other words, if a tree falls on your home, no matter where the tree came from, your insurance company should pay for your home repair. An exception would be if the damage occurred as a result of negligence; for instance, if the tree was dead before it fell, and you had proof that your neighbor knew the tree was dead. Under those circumstances, the damage becomes your neighbor's liability.