The beginning of May not only means the start of the city’s crackdown on littering, but it also brings about the return of the city’s regulations regarding lawn work. As usual, the District’s Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs will be keeping an eye out for property owners who let their lawns get out of control starting this Sunday.

A couple of days ago Prince of Petworth posted this picture, along with a query typical of his highly observant neighborhood blog: what do you do when you have a neighbor or an absentee landlord who doesn’t mow the lawn? According to a story in today’s Examiner, the District is actually cracking down on these types of overgrown lawns for us. The city government issued nearly 1,400 citations last year to residents who failed to…