{"id":13611,"date":"2018-08-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-08-22T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/vegna-trjagrodurs-a-lodamorkum\/"},"modified":"2022-10-25T09:00:59","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T09:00:59","slug":"due-to-tree-planting-on-peatlands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/vegna-trjagrodurs-a-lodamorkum\/","title":{"rendered":"Due to tree growth on the boundary of the plots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Building Control Officer and the Horticultural Manager of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur would like to kindly remind residents to trim the trees on their own plots of land. There have been numerous reports of vegetation growing well onto pavements and roads, obstructing both visibility and traffic. This can cause inconvenience and a hazard for those passing by. The following points should be borne in mind:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Traffic signs must be visible.<\/li>\n<li>Do not obstruct street lighting with vegetation.<\/li>\n<li>Pedestrians and cyclists should have free passage on footpaths.<\/li>\n<li>As mechanical sweepers and snowploughs operate, the minimum height of vegetation over paths must be no less than 2.8 metres.<\/li>\n<li>Vegetation over motorways must not exceed a height of 4.2 metres, and this height restriction also applies where refuse lorries, fire engines and ambulances need to access a kerb or path.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tree growth is to be kept within the plot boundaries.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Building regulations place a duty on garden owners to keep vegetation within the boundaries of their plot. Regulation no. 112\/2012, section 7.2.2, states: \u201eThe occupier of a plot is obliged to keep the growth of trees or shrubs on the plot within the plot boundaries. If he fails to do so, and where the growth of trees or shrubs extends beyond the boundary with a street, pavement or open space, the highway authority or manager of the area is permitted to remove the part that causes a nuisance or is unsightly, at the landowner's expense, following prior warning\u201c.\u00a0<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/trjagrodur-og-lodarmork.jpg\" alt=\"\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 372px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 372\/279;\" \/>\n<p>Hildur Bjarnad\u00f3ttir, building officer, and<br \/>Ingibj\u00f6rg Sigur\u00f0ard\u00f3ttir, Gardener-in-Charge of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Byggingarfulltr\u00fai og\u00a0 gar\u00f0yrkjustj\u00f3ri Hafnarfjar\u00f0ar vilja g\u00f3\u00f0f\u00faslega minna \u00edb\u00faa \u00e1 a\u00f0 snyrta trj\u00e1gr\u00f3\u00f0ur \u00e1 s\u00ednum l\u00f3\u00f0arm\u00f6rkum. T\u00f6luvert hefur bori\u00f0 \u00e1 \u00e1bendingum \u00fear sem gr\u00f3\u00f0urinn vex langt \u00fat \u00e1 gangst\u00e9ttar og g\u00f6tur og hindrar b\u00e6\u00f0i s\u00fdn og umfer\u00f0. Getur \u00feetta valdi\u00f0 \u00f3\u00fe\u00e6gindum og h\u00e6ttu fyrir \u00fe\u00e1 sem lei\u00f0 eiga um. \u00dea\u00f0 sem \u00fearf a\u00f0 hafa \u00ed huga [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16370,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_breakdance_hide_in_design_set":false,"_breakdance_tags":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-frettir"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13611"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13611\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13611"}],"curies":[{"name":"WordPress","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}