Damn do-gooders!
This is why I live in the country. 15 Acres in the woods, in a county with
no zoning, inspections or rules. If you want to open a bodyshop on your
property you can, you can also build it and wire with no inspections or
rules. Build or add to your shop, whatever.......
They probably have a law on fence hights, and once they know what's in the
yard it usually dosen't matter if it can be seen. Hell, some of these areas
have laws against having unlicensed cars in your garage. Some places you
can't change your own oil or do any work on a car. Can't even check the oil!
I had a simular thing happen with my first house in an urban area. I had a
full 4 car garage, drivers parked in the driveway, and a 51 Volkswagen
Stockcar in the back yard. Could not be seen from the street, and there were
no homes or access to behind my yard. Got the letter about unlicensed
vehicles. Went out and put the stockcar on my car trailer, covered it with a
tarp, and when the inspector came to check on it, I pointed out that the
vehicle (trailer) in my yard was tagged and it's load was no ones business.
He went away and dropped it.
Good luck, and let us know how it turns out.
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Ray Jones, Jones Ridge, in the Ouachita Mtns near Mena, Western Arkansas
All Y'all come visit, Y'hear?
> From: George Sazdoff <Scavengers58@xxxxxx>
> Reply-To: Scavengers58@xxxxxx
> Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2004 00:23:07 EDT
> To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [FWDLK] Local Parish Ordinances Against Antique Cars On Ones Property
>
> Hi Everyone....I'm sure quite a few of you have been through what I am going
> through right now. It seems that a disgruntled neighbor of mine has reported
> me to the local code enforcement bureau in my township (parish). I received
> a rather terse letter from this body stating that I must remove, make
> operable, or store in an enclosed building the vehicles on my property. Now,
> these
> cars can barely be seen from the street. There is a very large tree which
> conceals the cars in my side yard.....and the others are way in the rear of my
> property under a car port and in the rear drive. One of these is my Prize 57
> Plymouth Conv. the others are 2 '68 Olds 98 Conv., 1 '70 Olds Cutlas Conv., a
> 59
> Cadillac parts car, a 58 Plymouth parts car. Under the car port: '39 Buick
> Century, '58 Plymouth Belvedere 2 door hardtop....Loaded, and a '58 Chevy
> Apache
> Pickup Truck. These cars are all restorable, but not currently running.
> This agency gives me 10 days to comply, which the letter states is mandatory.
> This is really sick! I am going down to this office Monday to discuss a more
> realistic time frame, and any other options I might have. My question to any
> of
> you out there....particularly any Lawyers is this: If I erect a fence
> completely enclosing the yard area where the cars are....concealing
> them.....will
> this be sufficient? And, Will a "Cover It" Temporary Enclosure meet the
> requirement to store in an enclosed building?? This is really making me very
> sick.
> This is part of my car collection which took years to acquire and now a
> township ordinance is threatening to destroy the entire hobby for me. Seems
> so
> Un-American. My place is not a Blighted Property and like I said, you can
> hardly
> tell that there are cars back there. Any advice would really be appreciated.
> Please don't ask to buy any of the forwardlook cars as I will go down with
> the ship before I part with these. Thanks to All of You in advance. George.
>
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