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Source: Valley Morning Star, Harlingen, TexasSept.迷你倉最平 28--SAN BENITO -- Hundreds of San Benito residents received code enforcement violation notices in the mail this week as the city tries to keep tall grass and weeds under control.Three weeks of rain triggered a mosquito population explosion, and now the city has many yards with a lot of tall grass.The San Benito Code Enforcement Office has been contacting home owners and businesses to mow and trim grass in their yards and nearby alleys, officials said.Code enforcement is mowing grass on city property, they said."It keeps away the mosquitoes, insects, bugs," code enforcement officer George Machuca said. "It cuts down on the possibility of having possums, rodents and snakes in residential and commercial areas. Our main concern, of course, is going to be the health and safety of the citizens here."Officials said they sent the letters to property owners, managers or renters notifying them that they have 10 days to comply with a city ordinance, which states that grass should not be allowed to grow taller than 12 inches.If the property owner fails to comply with the notice, then "the City reserves the right to correct the violation(s) and assess you a fee," the letter states.Recent rains have led to an overgrowth of grass and weeds around the city,儲存and officials said anyone who received a letter should know it is not necessarily an isolated incident."Just this week in itself we sent out anywhere between 75 and 100 (letters) a day," Machuca said. "We have done anywhere from 500 to almost 1,000 within this past week. Normally we see more when we get rains that come in. On average we have anywhere between five and 10 throughout a day."Machuca added that code enforcement officers are available to provide assistance in mitigating issues and concerns on a case-by-case basis."We have a lot of elderly people, and that makes it really hard because their son or daughter can be out of town or they don't live here. We try to work with them," Machuca said about residents who are unable to maintain their own lawns."Our idea is just to make sure we get San Benito to look nicer and cleaner for the community. We are here; our doors are always open. We are just a phone call away."Officials said people who receive the letter can contact the Code Enforcement Office at 956-361-3804, and code enforcement officers will work to address any specific concerns.jmendoza@valleystar.comCopyright: ___ (c)2013 Valley Morning Star (Harlingen, Texas) Visit Valley Morning Star (Harlingen, Texas) at .valleymorningstar.com Distributed by MCT Information Servicesmini storage