Cars on people’s lawns are never a good look…except for on, and around, Melrose on game days.
Parking in the yard (on surfaces that are not pavement nor gravel)
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I like you as a poster, and I'm surprised you can't figure out property rights. I saw your post below, and since you live in a nice community with an HOA, it makes more sense. Everyone doesn't live in your tightly controlled slice of the world.
I just remembered one of my old drug dealers had like 10 cars in his front yard. He went to prison again, but his family still lives there and kept about 6 cars in the lawn, until the house burned down. Now there are no cars in the front yard.
Maybe something to think about for those of you with neighbors that park on the lawn.
Maybe something to think about for those of you with neighbors that park on the lawn.
It happens all the time in my shitty little Iowa town. Not just cars or trucks either. We have one house with a giant bus RV that has to be 30+ years old parked in their yard. It’s right next to a red pickup that only has its front half and yellow flames painted on the sides. Not more than a block up the street, one guy parks 2 cars and a Matco Tool box truck on the right away between the sidewalk and street. 2 eyesores we pass by several times per day.
2 years and the youngest graduates. I can’t wait to move away.
2 years and the youngest graduates. I can’t wait to move away.
To be fair, the first 60 years of my life I was not in an HOA. But I've lived in Iowa, Missouri, Texas, New Jersey, Virginia, and Delaware, and I have to say I've never lived within any city limits where people parked their cars on their lawn.
Your key issue, though, seems to be property rights. I understand that. But are you arguing that municipalities - which are corporations that provide a myriad of services to lot owners - should not have the ability to place restrictions on the usage of property?
Some restrictions are fine, and some aren't. It's situational. For instance, some places don't allow parking on the street. Try that in Secaucus NJ, or Philly, or most places in NYC.
I would never do it and never see if in my neighborhood where there's no HOA because I will not live in an HOA area. Growing up in small town Iowa you'd see it from time to time.
I guess if you want to look like a redneck from Florida go ahead and park in your yard. I just can't imagine doing it.
I guess if you want to look like a redneck from Florida go ahead and park in your yard. I just can't imagine doing it.
that's not a private property rights thing though...that's a public right of way thing
The only acceptable time to have your vehicles tires on grass is if you are unloading furniture or something heavy and want to be closer to your door. That is even pushin it.
please explain what consideration the appropriate level of regulation of the use of private property has on how the public right of way is used
people parking on their front lawns is an entirely different issue than people utilizing on-street parking. they are regulated differently (one typically through subdivision & land development or public street codes, one typically through property maintenance or zoning codes)
