Neighbor's Huge Tent
My neighbor put up a tent that is almost the size of the entire yard, has a pitched roof, so goes over 6 feet, and is one foot from my property line. He is a renter. The landlord is unresponsive. Is this legal per zoning laws. It is an eyesore and he will be partying…
My neighbor put up a tent that is almost the size of the entire yard, has a pitched roof, so goes over 6 feet, and is one foot from my property line. He is a renter. The landlord is unresponsive. Is this legal per zoning laws. It is an eyesore and he will be partying all the time.
The technical term I think is “Strobe Light”.
Thanks Noki!
I had a friend in London who was battling loud music. She took her own boombox outside & sang Wagner along w/ it. Neighbor got the point in no time flat.
Now iz, I LIKE the way you’re thinkin’!
I wonder if the OP can do something equally obnoxious and equally within the law as retaliation. Any ideas? I mean, f- it. If we are indeed allowed to impose our disgusting personal habits on the world around us, what kind of habits would this tent-building jerk off find unbearable? Not a very mature approach but fun to imagine at least, no? I’m thinking — high wattage throbbing light onto his property/into his windows?
Thank you so much 60designers! The Code you posted clearly shows the tent is in violation of the law, and in so many ways. It it about 1-1/2 stories high, almost butts my property line fence, and he does use a fire pit and grill close to the tent. As to other posters, there is no comparison between a large umbrella and this tent- its more like what you see outside Ethical Culture when they host wedding parties.
I agree with Minard. What sucks here is that I don’t think there’s much you can do. You just got served some really bad luck. Kinda like having a neighbor whose baby cries all the time. I live near a community garden (hahah what a joke; the keys belong to a bunch of nutty alcoholic “old timers” who threaten people with getting their guns and shooting them, and blast music at extreme decibel levels all saturday and sunday) and there’s nothing anyone can do. You call 311, you call the cops, and as long as they are within the law, my definition of nuisance (noise that forces me to leave my house for the weekend) is not the law’s definition of nuisance. Bad luck for us. But hey if you can put a dent in his tent, so to speak, let us know how you did it!
And Slopenick, please. No one was comparing a large table umbrella to a giant circus tent that essentially comprises the entire yard, nor were rainwater problems even mentioned by the op. They were suggested by someone responding. Trying to be useful, unlike you and Minard.
Look, it wasn’t that you pointed out practical considerations, or didn’t shed light on what is legal or illegal. It was the condescending tone and the way you went about it. You essentially pointed out the obvious in a rather obnoxious way, and then pretended to suggest something useful – but not really (as in, you can TRY it, you little whiner, but you’ll probably get in trouble too.)
Honesty per se, had little to do with your response. Imo.
Why bother? Clearly, the op feels angry and desperate, and you probably would too if you had a giant plastic eyesore (not to mention fire hazard) smack against your backyard, had cigar and cigarette smoke pouring into your windows at all hours, had loud booze-fests going on under your nose (and ears) well into the night, and finally, when you’d tried to approach the person responsible, he’d shown himself to be a little prick who couldn’t care less about anything other than his own wishes.
So while you are probably right that these things are not necessarily illegal, can we at least acknowledge its being a royal pain in the ass, that the neighbor is being an ass, and that the op just might be able to rectify the situation through legal means?
I agree with Minard. Having a tent in your backyard is NOT illegal, nor is drinking there. If they are making too much noise there’s an established (and probably useless) procedure for dealing with it, but if you don’t like the tent, too bad.
I have an large umbrella in my backyard, as do many of my neighbors. Would you complain about that? Rainwater problems? Don’t you have anything more worthwhile to worry about?