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Show — am WASATCH COUNTY COURIER 4| Kindling Enough to Fuel a Huge Fire September i at ll Midway City and the fugitive willows By Jean Croasmun, Courier staff Leah Williams is mad. And rightfully so. Almost two weeks ago, the four-foot owner, the person who planted the pri- six-inch hedge surrounding Williams’ Midway home was chopped down to two feet while Williams was out. “Not by abunch of juvenile hoodlums or high school kids looking for one last prank bushes needed to be kept under four-feet ‘before school started. Williams’ hedge was cut down by the city of Midway. “Tt was a massacre,” says Williams who saw when she returned what the city home ~ had done... badd. Williams had only stepped out for a few minutes - less than an hour, and in that time, Midway City had managed to chop fifteen Arctic Blue Willows that fence around -. serve as a ‘privacy Williams’ yard down to almost nothing. } Williams does ae ona busy corner, that is true. And, in the city’s defense, a couple of the hedges did exceed the four-foot height limit allowed by city Lichen Leaded code. But instead of cutting the willows back six inches to get them down to four feet, the ey took them down toa mere two feet.. Ft Sare es ere +. just a little off the top. The.city also took a lot off the sides, both street- side and the side that faces , Beh enathtls It was more than Williams’ home, something no city ordinance makes mention of. Something that would have — required the oe) ‘to on Williams’ lawn. , high. that. What Williams the lack Williams that the she was hadn’t found time. Nowhere in the city code does it mention the width of the trees. The willows are on Williams side of the irrigation. ditch that borders her home. And then the city had to. cut ee inside.“Criminal trespassing and vandalism,” says Williams, indicating that she now believes that Midway City violated her -rights by entering her yard to butcher her trees. “They could have written me ~ a letter,” she. says, but Williams, they n never did. Williams has: now hed according numerous to meet- ings with city leaders, including Mayor Gene Owens, who Williams says admit- ted that they might have gone too far. ‘But when Williams offers a solution to the problem — replacement of her 15 now-dying bushes, doors in Midway’s town offices shut hard. vandalism charges And she might have a : feces to Williams, the fugitive” willows reached four-feet six-inches at their highest.point when Midway City cut them down. against case. ne However, ps city allowed Inn on the Creek’s sign to remain over five feet. indeed the city did enter es yard to chop down the bushes, which they had to do unless the hedge-trimmer was a twenty-foot tall contortionist, they were probably in the wrong. Williams’ property rights may have been violated. _ But what might be the most ironic, or irritating in Williams’ case, is the Inn on the Creek sign in front of her house-a sign that sits in front of the fugitive wil- lows. While the city was chopping down ie acca a lawyer,”i Williams, who would like to pursue criminal tresthe city. former — of cooperation they are giving » now. Never was she informed bushes needed to be cut back; planning to do it herself but home the is steamed about is the -excessiveness of the city’s actions and passing -and = ALO; inform her that the Williams had no problem with : The fugitive hedges ‘sit on ¢ Williams’ property. When Williams bought the nine- -months did “The cout the sign domene to four feet on Monday,” says Williams. When asked about the Williams’ inci- dent, Midway’s Mayor Owens refused to comment. But Williams hasn’t finished with the city yet. She has a petition signed by over 50 people who say that . what the city did to her. willows was wrong. She plans to plead her case at the next Midway City meeting. 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