Ed Stasiak wrote:
>
> > Dennis M wrote
> >
> > A larger city close to me is now trying to pass a law
> > preventing people from keeping their tarp-covered boats
> > parked in their front yards, claiming it's too much of
> > an eyesore. Usually, the only ones doing this are those
> > who don't have the option of storing it behind their
> > house or in a garage.
>
> That's been the law in my home town in metro Detroit
> for years, you have to store your boat or camper in
> the garage and if it don't fit, then it will have to
> go to a storage facility.

Rotten place to live. A man's motorhome ought to be his castle.

> This is to prevent people from parking their gigantic
> yacht or humongous camper in their driveway or backyard
> 364 days a year, making the neighborhood look like a
> storage lot.

The city here thought it would be a good idea to pass such an ordinance. Then
the community explained in no undertain terms that (a) there were no suitable
storage facilities within 30 miles; (b) people who paid $100K for a
motorhome were not going to roll over for such a silly rule, especially since
most homes were not designed with storage for a 34-foot motorhome in mind;
(c) most of the people with such vehicles were well-to-do, articulate and
politically active; (d) There were a lot more large-vehicle owners than there
were city councildroids; and (e) one of the councildroids himself owned such
a vehicle.

> Of course if you're on good terms with your neighbors
> and your boat/camper isn't that big, you can get away
> with it.

We should NOT have to depend on the kindness of our neighbors to not tattle
when we violate some rule that should never have been made. Selective
enforcement is improper in a free society.

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Cheers, Bev
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