HugeNerd

That's my point. They'll do something when it's three feet tall, but maybe I want the neighbor to cut it before it reaches that level?

You guys are wrong. The city handles what overflows onto ITS property, they don't care about your property. That's what the HOA is for.

You can't leave your trash on the sidewalk (city property) randomly, the city can't do jack shit if some slob leaves his trash on his lawn.

Until rats set in. You guys comfortable leaving things degenerate to that level until the city acts?

What do you think a city or state is? Gotta have rules, good luck living in a neighborhood without a HOA when the fat shirtless guy next door turns his front lawn into an open air trash heap.