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Zoning laws get a lot of negative on HN, but I think they serve an important, good purpose. Here me out. I work from home. Yay. I live in a residential area
by dba7dba 8y ago
Zoning laws get a lot of negative on HN, but I think they serve an important, good purpose.
Here me out.
I work from home. Yay.
I live in a residential area in US, near an elementary school across the street, with an apartment building in the way. I can hear kids out running around and playing in the yard. They get pretty noisy, but I'm fine with it.
Right next to the elementary school is an apartment complex where a guy seems to be running a motorcycle repair business based out of his apartment's garage. The garage faces the street, facing my home.
He tests the loud motorcycle engines about 1 - 2 times running a few minutes each time, about 3 - 5 times a week. One of these days, I'm going to super glue his garage shut so that he can't get the motorcycles in and out of the garage.
Ok, well, just kidding. I will just have to deal with it. But still, it is dang annoying to hear the motorcycle engines revving up as described above. I can't imagine how I can deal with a motorcycle/car repair shop across from my home.
Zoning laws are often used as a tool by people who practice NIMBYism, but the laws were introduced for a reason, and I support zoning laws because it would mean keeping certain types of businesses bit placed away from homes.
- gomox 8y agoLoud motorcycles should be violently taxed and restricted to low density zones of operation. I can't think of any other behavior that is as destructive to the common good for so little benefit to the individual. "I like loud sounds" is not good enough reason to inflict them on everyone else.
- SeeDave 8y agoI agree, wholeheartedly and have a hard time understanding the thought process and worldview of someone who rides a loud motorcycle even five blocks in a dense urban neighborhood at night. In one neighborhood I lived in... each building was 4 stories, with 5 apartments facing the road. There are two sides of the road. There were four apartment buildings per block. 5 * 4 * 5 * 2 * 4 = 800 homes being affected! Yikes!
- dba7dba 8y agoI mean, I'm ok with occasional loud motorcycles driving through the neighborhood. But this case is more than that. So, this particular neighbor is not riding a motorcycle through the neighborhood. Other riders do and I'm ok with that. But this particular neighbor revs the motorcycle engines "while standing still to test them". A few minutes at a time, about 3 - 5 times a week. Now imagine zoning law was gone. It might mean a user car mechanic moving in to operate a repair business, while leaving numerous unused cars on the street. It could mean someone opening a hair salon a door down from me. Or maybe another person opening a martial arts studio above me. Zoning laws used as a tool by NIMBYers is not good. But the laws have a valid place in our society.
- gomox 8y agoIm pretty sure for each loud motorcycle that drives by your street there are 20 angry neighbors wherever the owner lives :)
- ido 8y agoAssuming your area is zoned against his usage, why don't you report him to the authorities? Seems like the easiest way to solve your problem.