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There was no explanation why was he ordered to hide the boat? Sounds weird to me, its your yard and its a boat, not some PG13 item.
by ssijak 2y ago
There was no explanation why was he ordered to hide the boat? Sounds weird to me, its your yard and its a boat, not some PG13 item.
- smitty1e 2y agoHOAs are the tyranny of the majority.
- astura 2y agoThis is a city ordinance, nothing to do with an HOA.
- dotancohen 2y agoDemocracy is the tyranny of the majority, and most people who live in Western countries do enjoy their democracy.
- iLoveOncall 2y ago> Operative boats and large pickup campers, motor homes, recreation vehicles, utility trailers, and vacation trailers shall be allowed to be parked or stored in a required rear or side setback in a residential district only if screened on the side and front by a six-foot-high fence. In these instances, the provision of adequate light and air to a neighbor’s window shall not be obstructed. This is the law in question. It's likely because it's considered unsightly.
- nashashmi 2y agoEven a chain link fence would be sufficient to meet the law. Chain links are unsightly too.
- mc32 2y agoChain links are the worst kinds of fences. Ugly and seemingly are used to pen-in loud barking dogs who start barking two blocks away and keep barking till you’re another two blocks up the street. Often the ground is mostly bare with some weeds along the fence. Give me cliche picket fences any day. Even stone fences.
- dylan604 2y agoYou just gave us a cliche about chain links, and you want a cliche in return? Just keep your cliche and call it a day. Yes, I'm familiar with the scene you describe, but that is a small fraction of the places I have seen with chain link fences. In fact, regarding the barking dog, in my experience it is the solid wood fences with dogs inside that will not shut up because they can only hear but not see what might possibly be intruding. This is why it is common to cut access holes for the dogs to see out to realize there's nothing to bark at. I've seen versions from slits cut into the boards all the way to portal domes around the fence line.
- mc32 2y agoWhether run-down areas of cities or aging suburban areas, cyclone/chainlink fences were a cheap alternative during the 50s and 60s boom period. Installing cyclone/chainlink today looks cheap and is cheap and gnarly looking. It's like people who build a "deck" and use the cheapest materials --it looks awful. Chainlinks is for used car backlots and train depots, not yards. Pickets, vertical redwood, post and rail, even welded wire look way better than chainlink. I'll take a waddle fence too while we're at it. Chainlink is cheap and looks cheap. Worst is people do not maintain them after installation.
- iLoveOncall 2y agoI think that heavily depends on the definition of "screened", which I doubt a chain link fence satisfies.
- SAI_Peregrinus 2y agoChain link with window screen stretched over it would certainly be screened, and even uglier!
- prmoustache 2y agoKind of expensive but wouldn't a transparent glass fence meet the requirement as per the words?
- dotancohen 2y agoDepends on how you interpret the word "screened".