It depends. 95% of the time that is still the property of the single family home that it is in front of. You will have to look up local regulations to see if the city owns that strip of land or not.
In The Netherlands this would probably be public property. My property stops at the sidewalk. The sidewalk, the road and the green area between those two belong to the city.
You will need a good supporting picture to prove there is indeed a green area between the sidewalk and the street.
You will also need a new picture for the nomination, as you have also posted this on reddit. Now it could be flagged as third party.
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A key point is that every Wayspot is unique. So to answer that question is this one eligible and acceptable we need to see the whole nomination and in this case the exact location in order to advise.
In the UK the area you describe is almost certainly public land. In other countries it is likely to be part of the individual property. So location is vital.
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Possible. If you provide the coordinates so that people can look on streetview (or provide the link to streetview), you can get better advice. From this picture alone, it is not possible to tell the status of this plot of land.
Hey @9532799 ,
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The location of this Wayspot doesn’t violate any guidelines.
Thanks,
If the location between the sidewalk and street is always acceptable, could this be added to the clarification here please? Little Free Libraries
Or did you have specific information about this particular LFL that was not shared in the post?
I agree with your confusion. There isn’t enough in that picture to categorically state that that location is eligible. The claim that this is between the sidewalk and the road doesn’t change this.
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Was this something that you have already submitted? We are confused as to how Aaron was able to come to the conclusion that this was in an eligible location without any location information. If you had submitted it already, then he could have looked at the nomination internally.
Don’t know if that is what was said. It can also be a reaction to the text. It was stated that the location is between the sidewalk and the street.
Exactly what I am trying to ascertain. If it is eligible because
then that is a game changer for submitting, reviewing, and reporting.
No text was shown here for Aaron’s comment to be applied to. Only the photo of the LFL. And I asked if this had been submitted already to find out if he could have possibly been looking at more than we can see.
Oh, and if in front of a house but between the street and the sidewalk is always eligible, then this needs to be updated, too.
The general rule for reviewing wayspots is that whatever the submitter claims needs proof. A claim from the submitter is worth nothing without evidence (which could simply be acquired from streetview in many cases).
“this is between the street and the sidewalk” is a claim. Scopely Explore cannot use this claim alone to say the location is OK.
Agree, I also stated that I would like to see proof in the supporting picture.
Exactly. The rules around these couch spots are not equally applied. I’ll go by whatever the official Wayfarer rule is but right now it seems like Mom and Dad aren’t on the same page with these. Also, how can they possibly tell just looking at this picture without showing placement on a map?
As stated by others, it would really help reviewers if we had clear and consistent guidance on LFLs. If they are on the right of way between a sidewalk and a street, I assume that they are eligible. And should not be marked as being on private property.
We dont know what information Aaron has looked at in order to give a very specific answer.
I think it is very possible that Aaron has access to information that we mere mortals dont.
I think that is a reasonable educated guess.
The answer given is very specifically worded:
that it is about THIS wayspot and that the location doesnt violate any guidelines.
Nothing has changed. The same guidelines are in place now as were in place yesterday
We dont have enough information to make any judgement call so speculation can stop at that point. We dont have the facts.
Little free libraries can be considered, The question is that ( just like everything) each needs to be individually judged that it doesn’t violate any guidelines.
In some places that is easy and in others it may be harder to tell. Use you local knowledge and experience about property boundaries, and vote as best you can judge.
Wayfarer is full of judgement calls and interpretation.
Everywhere I’ve lived in the US, the municipality owns only the “right of way” on the strip between the sidewalk and the street. The home owner owns the property. The easiest way to determine who owns it is to stop maintaining it. The municipality (or HOA) will eventually show up with a fine or a lawn mover. Then you’ll know for sure 
Yes, something has changed. Aaron has weighed in with apparently no more information than
and has declared
If he knows more than
then he should clarify that. Otherwise this will be passed around as a forum clarification that the strip between the sidewalk and the street IS eligible.
Right? It just leads to more confusion. Joe “mOaR wAySpOtS” is gonna see that answer and just assume LFLs, that very well could be on SFPRP since the photo is not clear, are eligible. This answer sounds like “he works in mysterious ways.”