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Posted by Keith in Washington on Friday, January 09, 2009 at 19:20:31 :
In Reply to: Re: O.T. Zoning play by the rules posted by 74w300uteline on Friday, January 09, 2009 at 10:14:51 :
OK do they control when you can flush. What a load of cr*(*(.
I guess I live in heaven.
1) I can park my cars or trucks on the street at anytime.
2) I can have an unlicenced vehicle on the property and not worry.
3) I can paint my house any color.
4) My garage door faces the street and I do not have to keep it closed.
5) I can park my cars, trucks, boats and RVs in the driveway and leave them there as long as I want.
6) I can cut down a dead tree and do not have to plant a new one or pay someone to.
7) Trees and bushes are happy that they can germinate from seed and not worry about getting wacked if they are closer than X feet from the road.
8) I can turn on and off the insurance on my son's truck not worry that I will have a visit from a state trooper (He lives in Japan and it it is only used when he comes home so why pay for it as it is parked)
9) I can let the registration lapse for as long as I want and then register it again without all sorts of fees and back payments. If the vehicle is not on public roads the state could care less.
10) I do not need insurance on a vehicle is it is not on public roads.
11) My neibhors are not constantly spying on me so that they can report me on some minor infraction. They can not see my house for all the trees nor are they that type of person.
There are communities with covenants that restrict what you can do. Many of the newer ones are that way. Why would anyone subject themselves to such stuff. They say to protect their property values but is is really to force conformity. If your are different they will wack you. Japan is really bad in that way.
It is really interesting that I live in a very liberal area but people really seem to respect most property rights. Our state supreme court just overturned a county law that mandated very strict setbacks as green zones on private property. It stopped all activity in those areas. It covered 50+% of a persons property in some areas. It was thrown out as it was deemed a taking/tax without cause. The county passed it originally to reduce the loss of open space. Funny thing is they ignored a report stating that open space loss was not an issue and actually was gaining. The report was put out by a very "Green" organization.
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