Finally, it’s Sunday here. Sunday! And then it comes. Instead of peaceful relaxation in your own garden, you listen to the neighbor’s very badly adjusted mower. It’s about where you live. Somewhere you have to get used to it, elsewhere it can cost such a worker very expensive.
While in one city Sunday mowing is quietly tolerated, elsewhere it becomes an offense for which there is a risk of a fat fine. Why did ordinary garden activities become the topic of generally binding decrees and how to avoid unpleasant sanctions? Neighboring reconciliation and peace must simply have its rules. If everything depends only on the goodwill of each of us, it is difficult to agree with the satisfied.
The law to mow grass does not think
There is no specific law in the Czech Republic to prohibit lawn mowing or other noisy activities on Sunday, although in some other countries it is a long -term practice. However, the opportunity to regulate these matters is in the hands of municipalities and towns, although it is not just a procedure for which local representatives would be praised among gardeners. However, municipalities can issue so -called generally binding decrees, ie legal regulations that apply only to the territory of the municipality and are binding for all its inhabitants and visitors. And it is in these decrees that there are increasingly points on not only compliance with public order and night calm, but also peace for Sunday’s rest.
You need to find a balance
Municipalities seek to find a balance between the freedom of the individual and the right to peaceful coexistence in the neighborhood. Therefore, the aforementioned limitations are not only about chopping grass, but also the use of brush cutters, circular saws, chainsaws and other devices, which are simply a source of unpleasant noise. However, the specific wording of the decrees may vary significantly by the municipality from the municipality.
One example for all
One example where municipalities are actively trying to ensure adherence to Sunday’s peace is the beautiful city of Jičín. The local decree clearly states that on Sunday it is forbidden to carry out noisy work, which of course falls just mowing grass by a motor mower. Similar decrees apply in many other municipalities throughout the country, whether in smaller villages, where people are more sensitive to disturbing the peaceful atmosphere, or in larger cities where they seek to reduce the burden of the population with the ubiquitous noise of transport and the like.
Violations can cost expensive
If such a generally binding decree is violated, such a offender is usually financial penalty. The amount of the fine may vary, but can reach several thousand crowns. The municipalities in which they approved such a decree are prepared to recover fines of people, for example through city police officers, but also their own officials.
Ignorance of the decree does not excuse
How can we avoid an unpleasant situation, for example, when we need to modify the land at the cottage, but suddenly there will be officers with a block in hand (and certainly do not go for the recipe for fragrant cake)? Of course, the best prevention is to know local rules. Before you grab the mower on Sunday, or on another day outside normal working hours, check the wording of the generally binding decree of a particular municipality. These decrees are mandatory on the municipal website of the municipality, on the official notice board or at the municipal office.
Talk together despite the fence
If you are unsure, it is always better to ask a neighbor and prevent any misunderstanding, even if you risk that the resting neighbor will adapt reality slightly with his wish. Indeed, the whole neighboring coexistence is “about communication” and the willingness or ability to meet each other, unless of course they are exaggerated and do not limit you. We all have the right to peace as far as we live. Let’s try to remember this even when we plan weekend work.
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