What do you call the strip of grass between the house and the street?

I have always thought of it as "easement" it belongs to the Homeowner but the City has rights to it. The homeowner is responsible for upkeep, like grass mowing but can't plant anything on it. (usually).

We have always called it an easement in Texas. It belongs to the city, but the home owner is usually responsible for mowing it. You can see on mostsurveys that the land beyond the survey boundary is marked as an easement.

I'm hereby adopting devilstrip - love fun new terminology to use in my lingo! And was just talking about this the other day!

I would call it curb or median.

Karen,  I have seen signs that said.. NO Parking on the ROW.  I wondered what that meant then found out if meant, RIGHT OF WAY.  near that strip of grass.

Hm.. good question....  :)

Karen, I love learning new expressions like this. We don't seem to have an equivalent.

Hi Karen,

Just like Janice, I don't believe we have an equivalent either. That area of grass seems just seems to be lost in translation and up for interpretation. LOL All the best!

:)

Matt 

I never knew what to call it.  I wonder why "devil strip"????

Karen: I grew up in nearby Cleveland.  I never heard of the term "devil's strip."  There must have been many more devils in Akron than in Cleveland is my guess.  Honestly, I have always heard that strip between the sidewalk and the street... called the "tree lawn."  That strip, and the sidewalk, both belonged to the city, but were to be maintained by the homeowner.

@ Ed of Bean and Dunn in comment # 5:  Wow... I am guessing that second picture is your twin brother.  You two look incredibly alike !  LOL.

I've never heard of devilstrip but I like it. All that really matters, is that someone else has to do the upkeep on it.

We can it the "boulevard" strip here abouts.

I have to agree with Tom its a "boulevard" here but interesting topic since we also have streets called boulevards .......... never thought of it that way ..haha