I'm the owner of this property. The lawn was last cut one week ago, and is due to be cut tomorrow. Two things are significant here.

First, I removed an unauthorized campaign sign from this property's fence on Saturday after the people that put it up failed to remove it after being asked. A coinicidence?

Second, as per usual, no photos are attached. This is exactly what happened last year about this time. Which means, of course, that there is no evidence and only hearsay.

I guess it's time to lawyer up.

I'll be taking photos tomorrow and posting them here, by the way.

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This is the owner again. Attached, please find two photos taken at around 1:00 p.m, yesterday. The one with the fence in the foreground is the "before" picture showing the "overgrown" property. That's the fence the City Council person hung an unauthorized sign on. I'll leave them nameless, out of courtesy, but there are emails with photos to back those claims up.

The second photo shows the lawn about 30 minutes later, freshly cut. The shrubbery border in the background has been there for over 20 years and provides a very nice buffer for the tenants' back bedrooms. If the City wants them removed, then please be prepared to remove every piece of shrubbery in the neighborhood -- because that's where I will take this.

It seems you can only load one picture at a time, so here's the second one.

Thank you for reporting an issue to the City of Jersey City. An Inspector/Investigator from the Office of Code Compliance has investigated your complaint and found No cause for action at this time.

Inspector Simmons, Thanks very much for letting me know this. I appreciate it,.

Caller said the side was completed however the issue is the rear needs to be taken care of.

I apologize for any inconvenience caused. This is the first time calling and reporting an issue. My husband has been cutting all the vines that cross over to our backyard for many years, and we can’t do it anymore. As per your picture, the side of your property was taken care of but that has nothing to do with my issue. The back of this property has many vines and covers two more properties and mine—the electricity pole is all covered with it too. I'm new on this website since this is my first time reporting an issue, I'm still trying to figure out how it works and how I can upload a picture. As soon as I can, I'll put one up. Thank you for your attention to this matter

I figured that uploading pictures must be done on a PC instead of a cellphone.

What you see marked in red is not a tree. That is an electricity pole covered up with vine, all coming from the property mentioned.

Which property is yours?

My property is located on Oak St. The street behind your street. As you see in the pictures, all that vine grows and comes over to our property. It is of concern because it houses many animals and rodents. These animals are coming over and destroying my daughter’s toys and our furniture. As discussed with my next-door neighbor, we think it is a fire hazard because it’s covering the electricity cables as well as the pole (see pictures above). We have been dealing with this for quite some years now, and we need a solution to this issue since it's getting worse.

That doesn't tell me which of the two properties is yours. I need access to the properties to see what's going on. I will be at my building in the early afternoon tomorrow. Let me know if I can get access to your property.

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I still haven't received permission to access either property. From my side, it would seem that the telephone pole / PSEG pole in question is situated on the property line. See attached photo. Absent cooperation from the owners, I'm not sure there is much more I can do.

An Inspector/Investigator from the Office of Code Compliance has investigated your complaint and found Condition exists and has Issued Summons.

Summons 16398

Code Compliance Inspector: Tracy Simmons assigned this issue to Esteban

Attached are photos of the rear of the building with all of the very nice shrubbery that was removed yesterday. I hope everyone is delighted. The remaining growth is attached to PSEG/Verizon lines. PSEG has been advised of this situation and is supposed to be taking care of it. But, given my experience with PSEG here and in other buildings, they are likely to take their own sweet time addressing the issue. Inquiry with PSEG by a code compliance inspector would be a very much appreciated. The case# is 676465951. Cleaning wires is their responsibility. And, now that they have been cut, this will become a fire hazard in the not-too-distant future.

another photo

And another. Really much nicer than before. I'm sure my tenants will be delighted.

Thank you very much for your attention to this issue. It will definitely end many of the problems we have been having with animals, and the other matters addressed previously. I hope that PSE&G comes and takes the rest down because it is a concern to us and a fire hazard.

An Inspector/Investigator from the Office of Code Compliance has investigated your complaint and found Condition exists and has Issued Summons.

Summons 16398