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Sacramento Homeowners Told Backyards Must Be Downsized For New Trail Installation
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SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – An unexpected letter from the city of Sacramento brought an unwanted surprise for homeowners Ray and Kathy Hillier in their South Land Park neighborhood.
“It ticked me off really,” Ray said.
The couple in their 80s has lived here for more than four decades. Their home backs up to the path where the new Del Rio Trail will be paved in the near future. In a letter received Tuesday, the city claims the couple’s backyard is sticking out twenty-one feet over the property line.
By Rebekah Gonzalez
May 6, 2021
One South Land Park couple,
Ray and
Kathy Hillier received a letter on Tuesday, May 4, from the city claiming that their backyard is sticking out twenty-one feet over the property line.
Their home is near where the new Del Rio Trail will be paved in the foreseeable future, according to
The letter states that the couple will have to remove their fence, shed, and any other personal items in the space by July 31.
“It’s a lot of work to take all this down and they think he can do this by himself and he can’t,” Kathy told