Could trimming the trees on your property trigger a constitutional crisis? That’s what one homeowner is suggesting is happening in his Austin neighborhood, after he received a hefty bill for trimming back some of the trees on his property. But it wasn’t just any bill; it was a nearly $9,000 bill.
Now the homeowner has hired a lawyer and filed a federal lawsuit, according to CBS Austin.
According to the publication, the issue all stems from Michael Petrick’s decision to trim back some trees on his property. Petrick hired a tree company, which got right to work. But when the inspector who was overseeing a different project at the home came to take a look at how the work was going, he reportedly “had a conniption fit” about what was being done…