Sidewalk Strips

[pghbob]

the grass strips are under city prop. But since the homeowner takes care of it he of she has the right of use and should be asked if you can detect it. I've done it and only one person got incest about it. state what you are doing and ask permission to continue. If not go to the next one

[EPC Guy]

On sidewalk grass strips, I use the approach that "it's better to ask for forgiveness than for permission"! So - if someone gets irate, I'll politely move on - but as someone already noted - if someone has the chance to say yes or no in advance - it's likely to be "no".

One last comment...when was the last time you saw a city utility crew or other "official" department ask for permission to work in a sidewalk area?

Always be polite, dig correctly and you should be fine

[Patriot]

Originally Posted by EPC Guy

One last comment...when was the last time you saw a city utility crew or other "official" department ask for permission to work in a sidewalk area?

Tell me about it - a couple years ago the city ripped up about 15 feet of the end of my driveway, and we were never even told! I just woke up one morning with a work crew tearing up my driveway to get at some pipe lines. They replaced it, but what a pain!!

I live in an old town, so these strips sound like a great place!

Chris