We have the same types of laws here in the city. Basically if it wont move
and doesnt have a tag on it they will actually come into you yard and
sticker it to to it away.Since I expanded my fence so that my 210 pound
great dane has free reign they haven't really come back !!
George in DC
----- Original Message -----
From: <OHFASTONE@aol.com>
To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2000 10:27 PM
Subject: Local government going too far?
> Hey everyone,
> We had a hearing downtown this morning. I reside in a fourplex, I'm in
one
> unit, my brother in another, mom, in one, and our tenant in the remaining
> one. Basically everyone here is into cars one way or another, but here is
> where it gets interesting. We were cited two weeks ago and at the
hearing,
> we are supposed to be violating several laws, so by June 30th, all
vehicles
> must be removed as it is against the law to have, on residential property,
> any vehicle that is not running and/or currently registered (I didn't know
> your car had to be registered to be parked in your backyard). They said
> someone was complaining because Eddie (our tenant) was operating a
business
> out of his place (true). Over the last two years, the city has impounded
> about 17 of his vehicles due to improper registration, no problem there,
they
> shouldn't have been on the street. But whoever was complaining, had to
have
> been trespassing, because they went in the backyard and took polaroids of
> everything back there. What really got me was that they said that Eddie
> could no longer have anymore yard sales as that was a zoning violation.
I'm
> curious, so if you have stuff you want to get rid of, you can't have a
yard
> sale? If your car isn't running or registered, you have to scrap it?
What
> if the car isn't legal for road use, you can't keep it at your house? I'm
> glad they couldn't get into the garages.
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