Insane Lawns (4)
Location: San Marino, CA
Signature landscaping style in town: lawns on the sidewalk
Climate: dry-summer subtropical zone
Conditions at the moment: drought
Community demography: according to US Census data, San Marino’s population was 12,945 in the year 2000; median household income was $117,267; the town covers an area of 9.8 kilometers (3.8 square miles) in Los Angeles County
If you do lawn tourism here by bike: you are probably doing something illegal. According to City Code chapter 13 you need to buy a $6 Dollar license to operate your bike “propelled wholly or in part by human power, upon any street, public path or way” within City Limits.
Note to owners: What did you do to that palm tree?
Tags: bicycle license, draught, lawns, San Marino, water
November 26th, 2007 at 12:43 pm
Hey - at least it’s pervious surface, so doesn’t add to additional runoff… Not that the 60′ wide streets help any, but hey - it is a suburban enclave, and the streets need to anticipate 3 lanes of traffic in each direction, don’t they?