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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. -- Cheers, Bev ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++ Warning -- Driver carries less than $20 worth of ammunition |
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Kevin Spencer wrote:
> I wanted to get some opinions about my behavior. I find > myself always backing into the driveway now when I park, or am I > unusual? > > Kevin Spencer You must lead an exciting life. And no doubt back into other things as well. Thanks for sharing... |
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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 not uncommon im many cities nationwide anymore. Some cities allow so many hours a month that the boat or RV can be parked on the property. |
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Daniel J. Stern wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Jul 2005, Kevin Spencer wrote: > > >>I wanted to get some opinions about my behavior. I recently moved into a >>house (I'm house-sitting for a few years) and I have never had my own >>driveway before this move. I find myself always backing into the >>driveway now when I park, so when it's time for me to go anywhere, I can >>pull out forward, and I won't have to worry about backing into a small >>child or another vehicle. > > > Yours is a smarter and safer way to use a home driveway than the more > common method of nosing in and backing out, and for exactly the reason you > state. > Many people would be surprised to know that some cities have ordinances prohibiting backing a car out of a driveway onto a major thoroughfare. People who live on busy main streets will quite often have circle drives or turn-around areas that they can pull into and back up to the house just enough to get facing forward to exit the driveway. |
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> The Real Bev wrote
> > Ed Stasiak wrote > > > > 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. Not at all, it keeps the city from looking like a storage lot. > A man's motorhome ought to be his castle. But I shouldn't have look at you blue tarp wrapped castle sized motorhome 364 days a year when I'm trying to relax in my backyard. It's the equivalent of putting a car up on cinder blocks like a hillbilly, it's an eye-sore. > > 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; If you can tow that boat/camper 200+ miles when you're going on vacation, you can tow it 30 miles to the storage lot. > (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; And people who paid 2-3x that much for their home don't want to look out their window day after day and see your camper/boat parked behind your garage, (out of sight for you but right in my line of sight) wrapped in tarps with knee high grass growing around it and varmints raising babies underneath it. > (c) most of the people with such vehicles were well-to-do, > articulate and politically active; If they can afford a camper/boat that is too large to fit in their garage, (or build a pole-barn to store it) they can afford to keep it at a storage lot during the off season. My friends father-in-law has a 23' boat that when it isn't at the marina during the summer months, is stored at a lot a few miles away for $35 a month. If he were to store it in his driveway, (can't get it in the back yard) not only would it look like hell but the trailer tongue would block the entire sidewalk. > (d) There were a lot more large-vehicle owners than there > were city councildroids; But the city council exists to serve the entire community, (the majority of whom do not own huge boats/campers) not just a few camper/boat owners who are too cheep to store their toys in a storage lot during the off season. > (e) one of the councildroids himself owned such a vehicle. See above. > > 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. The ordnance was passed because even if it's a brand-new boat or camper, it's an eye-sore when it's sitting there all year long and of course there are those who would fill their yard with broken-down cars, boats, campers, ect. simply because they are junk collectors. But why should I have my property value go down along with my quality of life, because you want to store a behemoth motorhome or the Love Boat in your backyard or driveway? > Selective enforcement is improper in a free society. The ordnance in my town (and I assume this is pretty much the case throughout Michigan) is that one can park their toy in the driveway for 4 days at a time. But during the summer when people are regularly boating or camping, most people just leave their toys in the driveway all season long so they can easily move in and out and nobody complains about it. It's only during the off-season that one can't store a boat or camper in the driveway or backyard and in the northern 'burbs of Detroit, where many people have 1-2+ acre lots, this rule is almost never enforced. And even here in a heavily urbanized city, I see many people getting away with storing pop-up campers or smaller boats all year long in their backyards (usually on a cement pad tucked away behind the garage). I stored my friends pop-up camper on my driveway (in the back yard) all last winter and none of my neighbors had a problem with it, but then I don't get in feuds with them. |
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On 07/16/05 12:33 pm Ed Stasiak tossed the following ingredients into
the ever-growing pot of cybersoup: > My friends father-in-law has a 23' boat that when it isn't > at the marina during the summer months, is stored at a lot > a few miles away for $35 a month. > > If he were to store it in his driveway, (can't get it in > the back yard) not only would it look like hell but the > trailer tongue would block the entire sidewalk. That would undoubtedly be a violation. But supposing it doesn't block the sidewalk? >>Selective enforcement is improper in a free society. > The ordnance in my town (and I assume this is pretty much > the case throughout Michigan) is that one can park their > toy in the driveway for 4 days at a time. I don't think that can be a general rule in MI, because the township code here (Holland Twp.) requires provision of only two parking *spaces* for each residence. I didn't see anything to suggest that those spaces must be enclosed. I deduce that one may park two (or even more) vehicles in one's driveway. Our neighbors across the street have regularly had four or more vehicles parked in their driveway, their triple garage being full of other stuff. Many other neighbors have boats parked in their driveways or alongside their houses, some all year round. No problem. > But during the summer when people are regularly boating > or camping, most people just leave their toys in the > driveway all season long so they can easily move in and > out and nobody complains about it. > > It's only during the off-season that one can't store > a boat or camper in the driveway or backyard and in the > northern 'burbs of Detroit, where many people have 1-2+ > acre lots, this rule is almost never enforced. > > And even here in a heavily urbanized city, I see many > people getting away with storing pop-up campers or > smaller boats all year long in their backyards (usually > on a cement pad tucked away behind the garage). > > I stored my friends pop-up camper on my driveway (in > the back yard) all last winter and none of my neighbors > had a problem with it, but then I don't get in feuds > with them. Perce |
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You are unusually conscientious in looking out for kids and other
vehicles. Lead on, sir. W : ) |
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Doug Miller wrote: > In article . com>, "Larry Bud" > wrote: > > > >Why doesn't he have to worry about backing into a child when parking > >the car? > > Perhaps neither he nor his neighbors have children... Then the original argument of worrying about backing into a child when pulling out doesn't apply either. |
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> Percival P. Cassidy wrote
> > Ed Stasiak wrote > > > > If he were to store it in his driveway, (can't get it in > > the back yard) not only would it look like hell but the > > trailer tongue would block the entire sidewalk. > > That would undoubtedly be a violation. But supposing > it doesn't block the sidewalk? Legally you can only keep a boat, camper, broken down car, ect in your driveway or backyard for 4 days but the SOP seems to be to keep the boat/camper at home all summer, even if it's only used one or twice. Now if your neighbors don't complain, you can keep it there all year round. Of course all it takes is one anonymous phone call to city hall, and you'll be towing your boat to the storage lot thru 12" of snow in the middle of February.... > > The ordnance in my town (and I assume this is pretty much > > the case throughout Michigan) is that one can park their > > toy in the driveway for 4 days at a time. > > I don't think that can be a general rule in MI, I've always understood that it was a state ordnance but it seems that cities can have their own rules; Novi, MI; "Except where otherwise permitted in this Ordinance, the off- street parking of a mobile home for periods exceeding twenty- four (24) hours on lands not approved for mobile homes or mobile home parks, shall be expressly prohibited, except that the Building Inspector [Official] may extend temporary permits allowing the parking of a mobile home in a rear yard on private property, not to exceed a period of two (2) weeks." Marysville, MI; "If the recreational equipment is parked or stored outside of a garage, it shall be parked or stored in the side or rear yard as defined in the Marysville Zoning Ordinance. At no time shall the recreational equipment protrude beyond the front line of the swelling. Recreational equipment and/or recreational vehicles may be parked anywhere on the premises for loading or unloading purposes for a period of not more than forty-eight (48) hours." Northville, MI; "Not more than one of each of the above enumerated apparatus, with a maximum or four (4) of the same may be parked or stored on a lot of record which is zoned and used for residential purposes; no closer than three (3) feet to any side or rear lot line; and ownership of said apparatus must be in the name of a member of the immediate family of the lot's owner, tenant or lessee. Campers, travel trailers, motorized homes, mobile homes and general utility trailers may be parked anywhere on the premises for loading or unloading purposes for a period not to exceed seventy-two (72) hours except the time limit shall not apply to rear yard area." > Many other neighbors have boats parked in their driveways or > alongside their houses, some all year round. No problem. Like I said, I see people doing that here also even thou it's illegal but as long as nobody calls city hall, (like the owner of the local storage facility....) you're alright. |
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