The Public Works Department is in receipt of the "Tree/Limbs" issue at "505-515 NE 5th Ave, Gainesville, FL 32601, USA". We have created service request #11843 to be investigated by our Operations Division. If you would like to speak directly with someone in this office, please call 352-334-5070. Thank you for using 311GNV to bring this issue to the city’s attention!

This is a private sidewalk. Right of way begins to the north of the sidewalk. There is no vegetation encroaching in the right of way.

@Surveyor, can you point to maps that show that the sidewalk is private? I'm looking at property appraiser GIS maps with aerial basemaps and they all show the sidewalk being in the right of way.

The GIS maps online are very inaccurate and not legal surveys. This is the survey that I found on file, there are marked drill holes on the NW and NE corners that denotes the end of ROW/beginning of private property

Well, that's kind of crazy. What's the city doing putting sidewalks on private property? Regardless, this is a public safety hazard. My kids ride their bikes on this sidewalk and the thorns are literally at eye level over the sidewalk. If the city is not going to maintain these sidewalks, then they should use clear signage to show when public property ends on sidewalks. I expect a certain level of safety and maintenance for public sidewalks as I let my kids play and do their thing within understood boundaries.

Upon further investigation, the Public Works Operations Division has created a work order to begin addressing the Tree/Limbs issue at 505-515 NE 5th Ave, Gainesville, FL 32601, USA. Thank you for using 311GNV to help make Gainesville a better place to live, work, and play!

Thanks for fixing this request!