Save the date for the PCVA community-wide garage sale - June 5th, 8am-2pm
• The Community Connections Committee will advertise on Facebook, NextDoor, Craigslist, and have large banners placed at the neighborhood entrances.
• Two days before the sale we will publish an address list of sale homes and a Google Map for navigation
• All you have to do is sign your home up and prepare your sale items. The sale is from 8:00am to 2:00pm.
• Goodwill will collect donations at Sycamore Glen Trail, just south of Pine Manor Drive and next to the PCVA Private Park from 11:00 to 3:00.
• Consider advertising online with the specific goods you are selling and pictures to help the right buyers find you
• Registration opens May 15th and closes June 3rd we have time to make the address list and Google Map

As the weather turns warmer and it stays light longer, the incidence of neighborhood harassment and vandalism tends to rise (ring and run, egging homes, toilet papering trees, stealing yard ornaments, racing cars and motorcycles, dumping trash, graffiti, etc.). Parents and guardians, please be sure to remind children that it is not OK to prank or harass others, and that what they think is fun may be viewed as a crime, an attack on an individual, or even an attempted home invasion.   
 
In Colorado Springs, it is unlawful for persons under the age of eighteen (18) years to loiter or to aimlessly drive or ride about, on or about any street, road, sidewalk, park, playground, yard, or building, whether public or private, without the consent or permission of the owner or occupant thereof, between Midnight on Friday and Saturday nights (10pm Sunday night through Thursday night) and 6:00am the next morning.
 
It is unlawful for the parent, guardian, or other adult person having the care and custody of a juvenile under the age of eighteen (18) years to knowingly permit or allow the juvenile to loiter or to aimlessly drive or ride about at the places and within the time prohibited
 
Read the Loitering Ordinance / Curfew rules for Colorado Springs at
codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/coloradospringsco/latest/coloradosprings_co/0-0-0-16212
 
Learn more about neighborhood safety at the National Crime Prevention Council's website http://www.ncpc.org/topics/home-and-neighborhood-safety

​Homeowners can water their lawns a maximum of 3 days per week, with any type of sprinkler system, by virtue of the Colorado Springs Ordinance #19-99, with the following restrictions:
- Restrictions apply between May 1 and October 15 each calendar year
- Watering times are between 6 PM and 10 AM daily.
- Drip systems and watering by a hand held hose can be used any time.

Please help keep our roads and sidewalks safe and free of branch obstacles by surveying your property often to assess how low your branches are and if they reach over the sidewalk or road - and trimming as necessary.

4.4.104: DUTY TO PRUNE: The owner of any house, building or property within the City shall not permit the branches of any shade, ornamental or other tree to project over any street, avenue or sidewalk, in front of or alongside of the house, building or property, lower than eight feet (8') from the surface of the sidewalk and fourteen feet (14') over the surface of the alley or street. In estimating these heights, the City Forester shall consider the variation of height due to normal rain, snow, sleet and foliage conditions. (Ord. 4716; 1968 Code §10-33.6; Ord. 77-190; Ord. 01-42)
See the City Code: 
https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/coloradospringsco/latest/coloradosprings_co/0-0-0-5922

As the weather is warmer and the days are longer, our friends and neighbors are spending more time outside. Drivers - you can help keep everyone safe by
- Driving the speed limit
- Putting away the distractions. This includes cell phones (even when on hands-free), eating, and looking for things.   
   Even other people in the vehicle can distract the driver.
- Being on the lookout at intersections, driveways and when backing
- Treating people on bikes as a motor vehicle as they have a legal right to be on the road 

Learn more at coloradosprings.gov/trafficsafety