It's a common complaint. Weeds in a neighborhood are high and the landowner should be ordered to cut them down. A Bellevue property owner says the taxpayers are responsible for an overgrown eyesore.

Fred Nemitz received a city notice to mow in front of his Bellevue property at 19th and Childs, but says the weeds don't belong to him.

"All these weeds, as tall as they are, they all belong to the county and they're not taking responsibility."

The street is a public road even though it looks like a wagon trail. The Sarpy County surveyor says the weeds are the adjacent property owner’s responsibility.

"It’s just like in any neighborhood, the area between the front of your lot and the street the landowner maintains," says Sarpy County surveyor Tom Lynam.

Nemitz says there's no sidewalk or curb, so measuring from the Kennedy Freeway fence he'll only cut to his property line. The rest he considers county responsibly. "If the regular guy has to do it then the county ought to do it, too. Who is accountable for this?"

The surveyor says if a developer came along this section of 19th Street is dedicated to public use, but it's not a county road. "Once you start cutting it then you are giving the perception it is your responsibility," says Lynam.

Nemitz says he's not cutting the weeds. Bellevue had sent him a warning to cut them or the city would take action. However, the city's nuisance officer tells Channel 6 News the order has been withdrawn because it's unclear whether the property owner or the county are responsible.