These type of rules aren't county, state or federal laws, they're Homeowners Association rules. If you buy a house in a subdivision that has a Homeowners Association, you agree to join it, pay the monthly membership dues, and abide by it's rules. The idea is to keep the neighborhood uniform and clean. Some have nice perks like lawn service, a "safe home" for your kids or your Amazon deliveries, private security, stuff like that.
You guys type a lot faster than me.
Basically it's a neighborhood where all the homes were built by one construction company and they're sold by a corporation, not a person. Some are very large, some only a few blocks.
That well may be. I saw the story several years ago as part of an expose on ridiculous laws still on the books in the U.S. @Jules, you are right. Sometimes when a story is first printed, the details are omitted. I see that a lot with news stories in our local news venues. Sometimes they come back and update the stories though.
Geesh! Could they have chosen and smaller or lighter colored font?!! I hate when they do that.
If you watch the tv shopping channels, you will know that Christmas starts in July. For those who make Christmas cards and gifts, they need to buy the materials early.
It's a rental, and the people before them kept it very neat and tidy. These folks have trash spilling out of the trash bins, random stuff littering the front yard, there is an unoperational truck AND a boat in the driveway with parts and tools and detritus everywhere. The back yard has a swing set that is also broken, toys and bikes and a plastic playhouse for their 8 year old girl all randomly scattered and in various states of disrepair. The worst is the dogs. They have 4 and there are holes and toys and broken dog houses, and the POOP SMELL!!!
Corrections rarely come with the same level of enthusiasm as the original story though. Robin Williams' tragic suicide comes to mind. It was top of the news for a week, including interviews with many "experts" - doctors who'd never met him, but nevertheless speculated that it was due to depression, the roles he was being offered, an "inability to cope with" his (as it turned out, nonexistent) Parkinson's, old substance abuse problems rearing their ugly heads, and more.
What is an inspirational truck? Is that a southern thing?
Does your city not have a bylaw enforcement unit ? I counted at least five reasons why you should be on the phone to both your city councilor AND the by law enforcement office and the animal control agency. You are paying property taxes to provide YOU with services like by law enforcement, health and safety inspections, and animal inspections. Get on the phone. JimB.We live in a small subdivision (just 4 streets) in an older neighborhood. It's ranch houses for the most part, with large 1/2 acre plots. We're on a corner so we have almost an acre. Some folks don't keep up their yards as well as others, but there are no eyesores.....EXCEPT for our neighbor.
There is only chain link fencing (theirs) separating the yards, so we've started planting small, fast trowing trees in one section, and Ron's in the process of making a fence for the other section. It won't handle the smell, but it will at least mean we don't have to look at the mess every time we're outside. And also hopefully prevent the dogs seeing us when we're out, because they bark non stop.
I would complain to the City, the Board of Health...whomever you can find. The dog poop attracts flies that spread disease! Holes in the ground cause injuries. Injuries = lawsuits.We live in a small subdivision (just 4 streets) in an older neighborhood. It's ranch houses for the most part, with large 1/2 acre plots. We're on a corner so we have almost an acre. Some folks don't keep up their yards as well as others, but there are no eyesores.....EXCEPT for our neighbor.
There is only chain link fencing (theirs) separating the yards, so we've started planting small, fast trowing trees in one section, and Ron's in the process of making a fence for the other section. It won't handle the smell, but it will at least mean we don't have to look at the mess every time we're outside. And also hopefully prevent the dogs seeing us when we're out, because they bark non stop.
It's a good idea @RadishRose and we've talked about it before. Just not acted yet because of perhaps misplaced worries that it will repercus on us, that the neighbors will be vindictive in response. It wouldn't take much deduction to figure out who'd submitted the complaint. Everything I said is only visible on our side, becuase that's where the driveway and chain link is. Their neighbor on the other side has a tall fence, no driveway on their side, and both the houses just present a side wall with one window.
