My neighbor turned us in for our fence. They put up
a tennis court, which is fine since it is their property, but then they kept
coming over my fence into my pasture to get their balls. (Really bad tennis
players) So I put up an 8 foot privacy fence. The county says you can only put
up a 6 ft. fence with exceptions. So I paid my $250 to go before the zoning
board. No lawyers.
He said the fence was ugly, it blocked THEIR view
of MY beautiful horses and it wasn't fair. I said I had a right to protect my
family from people jumping in my yard, possibly getting bit or kicked and then
suing us for all that we owned. I also had a right to protect my very expensive
race horse from entroloths (sp?) that they could get from chewing on the
tennis balls.
OK, so I bedazzled them with B.S. There was no one
there to dispute so I won and got to keep my fence. It was a unanimous vote from
the zoning board. Besides, even though the county said 8 ft fences were not
allowed, it did not require permits to put up fences. That was the county's bad.
And if the fence was not blocking traffic or a safety hazard, I could keep it.
So I would talk with your neighbor first about the
rules and regulations and does he know he is in violation. Then contact
your zoning and planning board if he wants to be ugly. You may not need a
lawyer.
Good luck. We love our neighbors on the other side.
It's a cemetery!
