Senoia residents

could soon be getting a bill from City Hall if they don't cut their grass.

During Monday

night's City Council meeting, Mayor Joan Trammell said City Attorney Drew

Whalen is working on toughening the city's existing grass ordinance.

The city currently

does not allow grass to grow higher than eight inches, but Trammell said

and waiting for a response, summer is almost over.

She said she

has received numerous complaints this season about overgrown lots in the

city and one resident in the Town Lakes subdivision said the area has

a snake problem because of the weeds.

When Trammell

drove out to the area, she discovered a dead snake in the road and wants

a quicker remedy to address the problem.

The city is

contemplating just cutting the grass and sending a bill to the owner of

the property.

Councilman

Bob Hannah was a little reluctant at first to support the idea, because

he wondered what would happen if a resident wanted his lot to return to

a more natural state.

Trammell said

that would be allowed as longs as trees are planted, but long weeds and

overgrown grass present a possible health hazard to city residents.

Whalen said

that's correct and he will present a draft of an ordinance for the city

to peruse at its Aug. 6 meeting.