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Re: [RC] Neighbors - Chris Paus--- oddfarm <jsalas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: This was my experience. 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! Lisa Salas, The Odd farm ===== "A good horse makes short miles," George Eliot Chris and Star BayRab Acres http://pages.prodigy.net/paus ============================================================ There is something so magical about being out at night after being on the trail all day on a long 100 with miles left to go. ~ Tom Noll ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ============================================================
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