Submissions keep getting rejected for SFPRP

My submissions keep getting rejected for SFPRP, but I looked carefully through this forum before submitting them, and they seem to be fine according to the criteria I found, which was something like:

  1. Not within the property line
  2. Not on the fence of the location

For example, this one doesn’t fall within the property line:

But it still got rejected for that reason:

It’s for a community sitting area that’s bordered by a SFPRP fence, but from what I could tell the fence thing means things like art pieces on a fence, not just anything near a fence. Does anyone know what’s going on? Are there secret rules that I’m not aware of?

Current street view for that location makes it look like it is blocked by a fence which seems to belong to the house right there. I would need strong proof that this is meant for the whole community to enjoy and does not belong to the owners of that house.

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after completely botching my original answer, i think i finally did manage to find a view of the garden.


but it still isn’t clear that this is a community area.

I don’t think the outlines on Google Maps there count as legal documentation, but if you do have proof that this belongs to the community, sometimes Niantic will reevaluate an appeal decision.

(one click either direction from this spot no longer shows a garden. one way shows the fencing connected to the home and the other way shows dense vegetation here)

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Sure! Here’s a photo from the location:

And although this is worse evidence, as a member of the local community, I can confirm that it is

You’re right, after looking into it more property lines are horrible and you can’t get anything accurate without hiring someone for some reason, maybe that’s why Niantic is so generous with rejecting things as SFPRP. Still a bit confused because I remember the post I saw taking abt this saying Google maps is fine to use

Perhaps Niantic thinks that a group gathering there for a raid or farm would be a nuisance to the homeowners. Part of a class action lawsuit settlement was Niantic promising not to place wayspots in a way that would be a nuisance to homeowners. Blocking driveways or mailboxes, being loud when kids are trying to sleep, that kind of thing.

And perhaps they’d rather err on the side of being too careful, than taking chances.