Did you receive a “Landscaping Encroachment” letter from the City of Vancouver requiring you to trim back a hedge that is impeding the city sidewalk? You have 30 days to get the work done yourself before a City crew comes in and hard prunes your garden themselves. Landscaping Encroachment notices are served when people can\u2019t walk by on a sidewalk without touching the hedge.<\/p>\n
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Higher Ground Gardens has provided this type of hedge trimming and pruning service to homeowners, with great satisfaction. By hiring a professional contractor, you gain control over the final look of your encroaching hedges, plants or trees. If the pruning and trimming is left to be done by a city crew, your hedge may get hacked without regard for the final appearance of the hedge. The City crew\u2019s priority is to provide a safe passage along the sidewalk, nothing else.<\/p>\n
Following are the City of Vancouver Gardening Guidelines concerning landscaping encroachment. Outlined are the types of encroachments that are unsafe (impeding public lands) and acceptable (planting of boulevards).<\/p>\n
Boulevard landscaping encroachments<\/strong> Unsafe boulevard landscaping encroachments<\/strong><\/p>\n Unsafe landscaping encroachments may include: NOTE: Planting on City boulevards is permitted if it follows City guidelines and does not impede traffic or pedestrians.<\/p>\n To make sure sidewalks and utilities are accessible: Maintain a clearance of 1.5 m so that fire hydrants, utility poles and permanent structures can be seen from the street and sidewalk<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Did you receive a “Landscaping Encroachment” letter from the City of Vancouver requiring you to trim back a hedge that is impeding the city sidewalk? You have 30 days to get the work done yourself before a City crew comes in and hard prunes your garden themselves. Landscaping Encroachment notices are served when people can\u2019t […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\nWhen trees and bushes are overgrown, they can impede streets, curbs, and boulevards. Similarly, fences and gates can improperly impede the street.
\nThis is called a boulevard landscaping encroachment.
\n“Encroachment” is defined as any type of vegetation, man-made object, or personal property that exists on, or extends from a person’s premises, on to public lands.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Unsafe fences, gates, hedges, rockeries, and bollards installed or constructed
\n\u2022 Vegetation (trees, hedges, bushes, and so on) that are impeding traffic or pedestrians
\n\u2022 Trees on City boulevards that need maintenance (unstable trees, hanging or fallen branches, and so on)<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/highergroundgardens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/encroachment-boulevard.jpg\")
Acceptable landscape boulevard encroachments of sidewalks and utilities<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Maintain a clear path to sidewalks
\n\u2022 If there is no sidewalk, leave enough space so that pedestrians do not have to walk on the street
\n\u2022 Leave passengers room to get out of their cars
\n\u2022 Confirm where underground utilities are located, and avoid interfering with utilities<\/p>\n