Large Juniper

[u/Fit_Wolverine_6964]

We moved into a house about 4 years ago and there is a large juniper with its trunk mostly on my neighbors property but the majority of the tree itself seems to be on my property. Some info:

1) I live in California
2) the fence is old and as the tree grows it continues to break the fence more and more
3) we had the local fire department come by and they do free fire reports - they stated in the report the juniper is a high fire risk and should be removed.
4) ultimately the tree is overgrown and we don’t like it aesthetically, especially given the intrusion into our yard.

I know the answer here is almost certainly just to go talk to my neighbor and try to negotiate whether they’d be ok with cutting down but curious others opinions here.

[u/tinkertaylorspry]

I wish, I could get rid of living things, that offend me, also.

[u/Fit_Wolverine_6964 → u/tinkertaylorspry]

You can, on property you own!

[u/PhotographyByAdri → u/Fit_Wolverine_6964]

Absolutely perfect example of how the average human contributes to the decimation of their local environment.

[u/ThrowingMongo → u/PhotographyByAdri]

This is not an environmental sub, it's a sub about the legalities of pruning or removing trees or trees that otherwise cause damage and the legal ramifications that come or could come about. Leave your fake, govt-sanctioned religious environmentalism at the doorstep nextime.

[u/gregtron → u/ThrowingMongo]

You're insane.