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You need to contact your city and find out what the blight laws are where you live. And charging people for appeals  makes sure only serious people are taking up the cities time.

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sturner wrote:

justine wrote:

You need to contact your city and find out what the blight laws are where you live. And charging people for appeals  makes sure only serious people are taking up the cities time.

So only the wealthy can afford to dispute the city and seek redress of greviences? I think it's a lot like a poll tax.

Agreed. You shouldn't be charged to appeal something like this, and the entire situation sounds like the city is doing it to generate revenue, which is abusive, same as Colorado Springs was with traffic laws back in '02, when consumer spending took a nosedive and the city was suffering due to less sales tax revenue.

Blight laws aren't abusive, the charge to appeal (redress of greviences) is.

They may have something in place where if the appeal is one, the cost is refunded. It keeps it down to serious appeals.

justine wrote:

How are blight laws abusive?

If they're vague and subjective enough so that Denali can't even be sure what she's done wrong, that gives potential for abuse.

Farmer sends message to neighbors with car fence

HOOPER, Utah - A farmer has erected a fence in his backyard made of three old cars sticking up in the air to send a message to new neighbors that he can do whatever he wants on his farm. "This is just a fun way for me to say, 'Hey boys, I'm still here,'" said Rhett Davis. "This is my redneck Stonehenge."

Davis came up with the idea after neighbors who recently moved into homes next to his hayfield complained about his farm.

"The people who bought the homes say, 'Well, we love looking into your yard and seeing the horses and the cattle, but we don't like the flies, and we don't like the mosquitoes,' and when I cut my field to bale it, they say, 'We don't like the dust in the air,' " Davis said.

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Not that I want to give any one ideas or you could print this out and say "Hey it could be worse."

LLEVIATHANN wrote:

Farmer sends message to neighbors with car fence

HOOPER, Utah - A farmer has erected a fence in his backyard made of three old cars sticking up in the air to send a message to new neighbors that he can do whatever he wants on his farm. "This is just a fun way for me to say, 'Hey boys, I'm still here,'" said Rhett Davis. "This is my redneck Stonehenge."

Davis came up with the idea after neighbors who recently moved into homes next to his hayfield complained about his farm.

"The people who bought the homes say, 'Well, we love looking into your yard and seeing the horses and the cattle, but we don't like the flies, and we don't like the mosquitoes,' and when I cut my field to bale it, they say, 'We don't like the dust in the air,' " Davis said.

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Not that I want to give any one ideas or you could print this out and say "Hey it could be worse."

Wow. They know they moved next to a farm, right?

Davis said he offered to pay half the cost of a fence between his property and the others and to build it. He said his neighbors declined the offer, saying it would block their view.

That sounds reasonable. They'd only pay half the cost of the fence, and nothing for the labor of installation.

The area has grown recently with new residents who desire a country atmosphere but don't want the smells and noises of farm life, Davis said.

"I respect that they're here and spent a lot on their homes, but on the other hand, give me a little bit, too. I've been here since I was 7 years old," he said.

It sounds to me as if they want a custom living environment/custom community in the same way they'd order a pizza or computer custom. They want to have not only their own cake and eat it, too, they want someone else's cake, as well.
"Whaa! We want to live next to a farm but hate the smell of hay and animals, whaa!"
Has our society become spoiled to the point where the individual fails to realize the world is bigger than they are?

Antonio wrote:

Has our society become spoiled to the point where the individual fails to realize the world is bigger than they are?

I'm sure it's been like that for centuries, if not longer.  The problem is that they get what they want more often these days.

justine wrote:

Tallgeese wrote:

justine wrote:

How are blight laws abusive?

If they're vague and subjective enough so that Denali can't even be sure what she's done wrong, that gives potential for abuse.

Well, maybe they aren't vague and subjective. She's asking us, not them. She needs to contact her city like i said before and find out what the law actually is.

Are you part of a homeowner's association?

I think Denali is saying she's going to appeal the $100 fine, not that it costs $100 to appeal.

Antonio wrote:

justine wrote:

Tallgeese wrote:

If they're vague and subjective enough so that Denali can't even be sure what she's done wrong, that gives potential for abuse.

Well, maybe they aren't vague and subjective. She's asking us, not them. She needs to contact her city like i said before and find out what the law actually is.

Are you part of a homeowner's association?

This doesn't have anything to do with HOAs. The city fined her for blight. She's lucky they didn't send someone out to clean it up and then send her a bill.