Mowing down high grass

YOUNGSTOWN — City officials won’t use a ruler to measure the height of grass on private property, but they also won’t watch it keep growing and growing.

Sean T. McKinney, the city’s buildings and grounds commissioner, wants property owners to know they must comply with a Youngstown ordinance that requiring grass be mowed if it grows higher than 8 inches.

The city will primarily depend on residents to contact the buildings and grounds department at (330) 742-8806 with complaints about high grass, McKinney said.