One woman says that ever since she’s lived in her Southwest Lubbock home, she’s been in an ongoing battle with a growing weeds problem.
The weeds are taking over the alley way and line up along an easement separating her home from “The Falls,” a tennis/athletic club and residential area. The homeowner’s daughter believes it’s not her mother’s responsibility to take care of the weeds, but that of The Falls.
“It’s ridiculous that they can’t maintain it. They’ve got this beautiful easement that goes all the way through their property they take care of it, it’s lovely,” said Tracy Autry, the homeowner’s daughter.
Every so often, her husband and son come out to her mother’s house to try to maintain the lawn as much as possible.
An “endless battle,” she says, since the weeds return anyway.
“If any other family in town, ‘Average Joe,’ had weeds growing up to the roof line or up to the fence line like this back here, they would be getting a fine and the Falls should be held just as accountable like anyone else.”
Stuart Walker, the Code Administrator for the City of Lubbock says however, it’s neither the city’s or The Falls’ responsibility to get rid of the weeds.
“That easement is actually on the adjacent property, the owner’s property, so it’s the adjacent property owner that’s responsible for mowing those weeds,” said Walker.
Walker explains that there are certain situations in which a homeowner resides next to a piece of city property that they’re not necessarily responsible for mowing, but he doesn’t say this is one of those situations.
