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I live @ 3513 Glynn Dr. abutting this property. There is a large oak tree in the backyard that is about 40% dead. For several years a large detached limb has been up in the canopy of this tree. Concern over where this will finally fall and concern over all the other dead limbs over my yard and his deck are the root of my complaint. I have been picking twigs, small to medium branches from my yard every week for at least 10 years due to this issue. I haea had more than a couple heated discussions with this neighbor over the issue, and yet he does nothing. I have offered use of my yard to get a truck in to trim his tree, but still nothing. Yesterday a probably 400 lb limb fell into my yard. My frustrated girlfriend threw some of the stick onto his deck. Last night at 9:30 he and his wife cleaned their deck and threw all they found back into my yard - one large branch that had not fallen into my yard was also included plus what I suspect was a lot of other tree debris from the whole summer. Again this morning we did a cleanup, but my waste can is already full of tree garbage. In addition to all this he uses my fence as a storage for wood and multiple ladders (read about that in how to encourage a burglar!). Also it appears that he has not cleaned up last fall's leaves and stores what I would guess as maybe a thousand pounds of junk back there. I would certainly think this is a fire hazard as the weather dries out. I have actually seen rats running around in the springtime. The attached image shows the largest portion of the limb that left several holes and an approximately 3" deep by 8' long depression in my yard when it fell.
I would really like someone to address this hazard with my neighbor. I have alwys wondered how he can let his young daughter play on their deck with certain death looming right overhead.He simply does not care about his most expensive possession.