So you blew them into the street and left them there? That's your bigger problem than whether or not it's legal.

 

Street sweeper picks all that up.
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I don't think it's illegal, just not professional imo.

 

Around here it's illegal (although most people aren't aware). Most storm drains go to the lakes and rivers where the P and N are not wanted; not to mention causing clogs/slow downs in the drain system.

I see lots of people do that since it's easier than collecting clippings aftee. Same goes for leaves.

I used to have a state representative who liked to blow his yard debris into the park even though he had to go around 3 sides of the house to get there. Seemed like more work than bagging it.

 

I don't care if it's legal - if you do it, you're a grade-A A-hole.

I was getting the stink-eye from two creepy, freak show-looking lawn people last week as they cut a few properties around one I was doing. Maybe they used to cut the one I'm doing before the new owner moved in - I dunno.

Anyway, they were just hacking away butchering the lawns down to the dirt and blasting clippings all over. I did see them with a blower, but not sure what they used it for. When they left there was grass out on the street in front of three homes. You could see where their truck was parked after they left because there was a clean spot clearly visible surrounded by grass on the street.

Hacks.

 

If it's illegal around here then no one knows because tons of people do it. Hell they aim the mower straight into the road and blow it all over cars passing by! It looks like crap, it's stupid, and gets dangerous when it's wet. A small company that mows a church I drive by regularly always blows the clippings straight into the road not even trying to stop it. It really pisses me off when people blow grass in the road
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I'll be honest, I have an account where I'll blow grass into the road. It's a very busy two lane road and im not about to go out there and dodge traffic to blow some grass back into the yard. I don't like doing it but I dont like being dead even more so...
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We have a saying in my necks...

Not my circus.
Not my monkeys.

Keep my side of the street clean.
That's all anyone can do.

 

bear in mind a homeowner has entirely different standards they have to live up to, than does a professional.

Here in alaska there are a lot of cult de sacs.... Homeowners can push the snow into the road from their driveway to the middle of the cul de sac. If a company does it, the town fines them.

Go figure.

Customers are always like "just put the snow in the road"
Sorry we can't.
But I do it all the time.

Sure Ill do it but you pay the fine up front... it's $1000.00

one of the reasons I don't do residential driveways.

 

So you blew them into the street and left them there? That's your bigger problem than whether or not it's legal.

Come on man, I know I was frustrated when typing the above, but it had to be clear enough to understand. On the main road on the right is my HOA, the left side is homeowners that mow. One of the homeowners blew them straight out into the middle of the street. I pushed them back over to the curb due to the wind carrying them over to the side that I just mowed and cleaned. I don't leave so much a leave or a stick laying in the road on my side, much less someone else grass clippings, and I'm sure not picking them up for free, being that I gave them a proposal to cut their property, they just don't want to pay HOA fees to pay me.

 

We have a saying in my necks...

Not my circus.
Not my monkeys.

Keep my side of the street clean.
That's all anyone can do.

This.

It has no affect on you at all......so don't let it bother you.

 

The thing you have to look at is how your liability insurance looks at it.... Our insurance company clearly states that if we have a claim on a vehicle, house, pedestrian, whatever and there are clippings in the road (purposely discharged) they wouldn't cover the claim, negligence on our part . Is every insurance company like this, I don't know... I do think it looks horrible for a homeowner to blow clippings, but they don't care. I can only control what I do and my guys do.

I've been on the receiving end of getting a rock threw into the side of my personal truck as a homeowner was mowing a curb with half of the deck on the street and it threw a rock into the quarter panel. I was really pissed and stopped right in the middle of the street to let them know about it. I got the "oh golly gee, did I do that???" Had I been just a second sooner it would have been a window and who knows what kind of possible injuries.

 

When I mow, I discharge away from the street, into the lawn. But when blowing afterward there's no fighting the wind. If the wind is blowing toward the street then that's the only direction I can blow to clear off the sidewalk/driveway.

 

Come on man, I know I was frustrated when typing the above, but it had to be clear enough to understand. On the main road on the right is my HOA, the left side is homeowners that mow. One of the homeowners blew them straight out into the middle of the street. I pushed them back over to the curb due to the wind carrying them over to the side that I just mowed and cleaned. I don't leave so much a leave or a stick laying in the road on my side, much less someone else grass clippings, and I'm sure not picking them up for free, being that I gave them a proposal to cut their property, they just don't want to pay HOA fees to pay me.

Oh ok. I see. If all he does is blow them out into the street and leave it and then you blew it back against his curb I doubt he will care if he was picky he would have picked it up or blown it back onto the yard. You made it sound like you blew it all in the street and left.

 

My Understanding is dumping grass into the storm drain is illegal. Having some clipping in the street is not illegal but as others mentioned... Not something I condone.

 

Illegal here, but I see people do it. Really ticks me off when they blow the cigarette butts into the road.

 

This should be against the law whether it is or not...When grass goes into a storm drainage system, all the nutrients taken up by the grass moves based on percentage into the watershed, wherever that may be.

This is one of the big controversies going on over the amount of nitrogen and phosphorous moving into the Chesapeake Bay, which brings about algae blooms that can deplete oxygen levels to the point of being detrimental to any species depending on clean water for survival.

Farmers are the one catching the brunt of regulations attempting to limit the amount of nutrients moving into the bay. No one ever seems to consider that home owners over apply nutrients in an attempt to win lawn of the month in their subdivisions. The reason homeowners are not being monitored more closely is the fact your lawmakers are those living in a subdivision vying for lawn of the month.

The grass clippings being discussed is one of the main culprits of high levels of nutrients moving into watersheds throughout the country, and a very important reason no grass clippings should be allowed to enter a storm drainage system. To put this into plain English, no one should ever allow grass clippings to move from the area being cut.

 

I see most of the commercial companies lie brick man, valley crest, etc.... and the municipal workers do this all the time. It must not be illegal here.

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I'll be honest, I have an account where I'll blow grass into the road. It's a very busy two lane road and im not about to go out there and dodge traffic to blow some grass back into the yard. I don't like doing it but I dont like being dead even more so...
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To me, that makes sense. I had one that was the same way. I had no choice but to leave them in the street.

But otherwise, if its not a busy road, they should be blown back into the lawn.

 

When I mow, I discharge away from the street, into the lawn. But when blowing afterward there's no fighting the wind. If the wind is blowing toward the street then that's the only direction I can blow to clear off the sidewalk/driveway.

Yep...I do the same thing. I try not to blow towards the neighbors but if the wind is blowing one direction or another then that is just the way it goes. I have only had one neighbor say something over the last several years. It wasn't clippings but leaves that were trapped against a chain link fence. When I weedeated them out part of them went into the guys yard. I tried to blow most of them back but the wind was so strong it didn't make a difference. My brother and the guy almost came to blows before I talked the situation down. I simply explained the situation and he ended up being fine with it and we ended up talking for another 20 minutes. I think as long as people are reasonable and you are doing the job properly then everything will work itself out.

 

This should be against the law whether it is or not...When grass goes into a storm drainage system, all the nutrients taken up by the grass moves based on percentage into the watershed, wherever that may be.

This is one of the big controversies going on over the amount of nitrogen and phosphorous moving into the Chesapeake Bay, which brings about algae blooms that can deplete oxygen levels to the point of being detrimental to any species depending on clean water for survival.

Farmers are the one catching the brunt of regulations attempting to limit the amount of nutrients moving into the bay. No one ever seems to consider that home owners over apply nutrients in an attempt to win lawn of the month in their subdivisions. The reason homeowners are not being monitored more closely is the fact your lawmakers are those living in a subdivision vying for lawn of the month.

The grass clippings being discussed is one of the main culprits of high levels of nutrients moving into watersheds throughout the country, and a very important reason no grass clippings should be allowed to enter a storm drainage system. To put this into plain English, no one should ever allow grass clippings to move from the area being cut.

Up here we call it "Non source point ______" pollution. I left it blank so you can put in the flavor of the month element that's going to destroy the Chesapeake Bay. There have been so many different elements of fertilizer mentioned as the problem by lawmakers and lobbyist that have no idea what they are talking about I don't take them seriously any more. They only try to regulate the smallest segment of any perceived problem that it really does nothing. Regulate the happy homeowner?? NEVER gonna happen. Regulate and intimidate and harass the less than 9,000 applicators in Va.? Ye betcha. There are more DIYers in the RVA metro areas by far than registered applicators statewide!! I don't give a lot of credence to the grass clippings causing problems. How about all the leaves that line the rivers and streams that feed the bay? I'm not sure there even IS a problem with the Bay!! But Pols say there is so they have something to regulate and generate revenue. As far as blowing into the street, NO CLASS!!

 

In my area they passed an ordinance/law, whatever you wanna call it that its illegal to blow grass into the street.A lot of towns have it,some are just making it legal.I see homeowners doing it a lot as well as hacks. Never seen it enforced but I don't like leaving a mess. Some is understandable. There is one account I have where I'm on a busy side road and there's times I'm shooting grass toward the street. I stop for a second and let the car pass so I don't blow anything at the car directly. Just a thought
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As far as I know in VA Beach it is illegal. I know in Norfolk it is. One of my old boss's neighbors would come home from work and blow the leaves from his front yard to the street and let the wind take them to other peoples houses. One time we watched him blow them down and across the street into one of our yards that we had just got done cleaning up. If we had done anything like what he normally did we would catch hell and have the city called.

Sometimes there is no helping a little grass going into the street, due to wind or what have you.

 

most homeowners do that sort of thing. they discharge the grass right into the road covering half the road with clippings here. enough cars go by it blows it all back into the yards though so not a big deal. :laugh:

littering is illegal in every state but i see trash on the side of the road or in people's yards all the time. since when do people obey the law?

i don't think blowing grass in the street is illegal here but it's just trashy and not the right thing to do.