Facts Verse presents if you spot a house with a purple fence this is what
you must not do if you walk around outside for a while and you're very
observant you might see a lot of different colored paints on pumps some
of the paints you find is on the road to the grass the sidewalks trees even on
fences it's essential you understand what the paint means based on the color
and location if you're walking through the forest or a field and you see orange
lines painted on the trees take note the orange pink means that the tree is due
to be chopped down it could be due to the decay or death of the tree itself or
a logging company could be taking it down to sell the wood if the tree has a
yellow line as well it means the tree bears
ginko painted lines on sidewalks all signify something if you see pink or
orange lines it means that the city's planning to plant a tree in that spot if
there is a red stripe on the ground it means that there is an electric power
line below the surface the green line means that there is a sewer or a drain
under the sidewalk the blue line means that there is a pipe nearby probably a
water pipe cities make sure to mark these areas so that nobody digs down and
damages something white lines in the road are commonly found but they
shouldn't be confused with the lines in the middle of the road designed for
drivers another set of white lines signifies an evacuation route they're
painted there so that residents know where to go in case of an emergency
many cities use yellow lines for traffic rather than white and these lines let
drivers know the rules of the road to solid lines means you cannot pass on
either side of the road a broken light on either side signifies that you can
pass on that side only when it's safe if you don't follow the lines you could be
pulled over inside it for a traffic violation a blue line in between the two
yellow lines it's often found in New Jersey and it's there to pay tribute to
law enforcement or to signify that there is a police station on that road a red
line in between the yellow lines means that a fire stations on the road and
green signifies there's a hospital or a medical center on that road
it helps new residents or visitor's find these places of importance if you're
visiting Arizona Idaho or Montana and you see fences that are painted Orange
pay attention laws were passed in these states that allow landowners to mark
their territory using orange paint it's a way to protect their land and keep
trespassers away in 1987 the state of Arkansas passed the law and it was the
first state to do so afterwards Arizona Idaho and Montana followed later
Florida Missouri Kansas and North Carolina passed the same law with this
law in place homeowners and property owners don't need to post no trespassing
signs on their property the orange fence would be enough to let people know that
they were not allowed on the property by painting their fences Orange they don't
have to cover the fence with signs which makes it look unsightly also property
owners don't need to worry about the signs falling down being covered with
snow or people taking the signs down intentionally if you spot a house with a
purple fence this is what you must not do if you're in the state of Texas do
not trespass on that property Texas wanted to adopt the same law as the
other states in 1997 but they didn't want to use the color orange officials
in the Lone Star State chose the color purple like the other states who adopted
the law though residents of Texas they were finding the people were ignoring
the no trespassing signs so they adopted the fence law Texas chose purple for a
good reason colorblind people can usually see purple
clearly that's why they chose that color under the purple paint law Texas
residents don't have to paint the entire fence purple according to the law the
paint must be vertical at least eight inches long and one inch wide the bottom
of the marking needs to be three to five feet above the ground in Timberland the
marks cannot be more than a hundred feet apart on open land they can be no more
than a thousand feet apart it makes the markings visible before somebody
trespasses there are some people who don't know about the law and they
trespass any way property owners are trying to raise awareness of the law so
that they don't find people hunting and fishing on their property subscribe
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