On Jun 20, 4:54*pm, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote:
What's plan B, if the fence reacher turns out not to be
cooperative?

Would it be too much to make offer like "arms reaching over
the fence will be cut off, at the fence line". ??

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the best answer
is always the same: talk to the neighbor, as a
neighbor.

Amen.

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Han
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neighbor wars can be nasty and no one wins. except lawyers
if things
go to court

I just went through something like this. The neighbor can trim
anything on his side of the property line as long as he doesn't kill
or seriously damage the tree in the process (OK, this is Canadian Law,
but my understanding is it's pretty much the same in the US).
Technically, he's not allowed to reach over the fence to cut it on
your side, but if he's only cutting a few extra inches off the
branches on your side, then there's no big bad there. It is
considered polite to inform your neighbor before trimming their tree,
but not required. As the other posters mentioned, it's not worth it
to start a feud over it.

There are a few caveats about new trees and such, but because you were
only there for two years, they wouldn't apply. Also, as an amusing
aside -- you own all the trimmings he cut, and if he really wanted to,
he could force you to get rid of them. Oh yeah, there are also some
laws in certain states about the maximum heights of cedar hedges, as
they may infringe on your neighbors access to sunlight, and a neighbor
can force you to cut down your hedges to appropriate heights. All in
all, it's best to get along with your neighbors.


John



John