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« on: July 26, 2019, 04:16:37 PM »

in front of your own home on the public street?

Our hicktown rural small town WI adopted an ordinance a few years ago after living here since 1993 to not be able to park anything on any village street more than 24 hours without moving it.  Well,  I have my trailer parked in front of my house the past 1 1/2 months doing NO harm on dead end street with about 10 houses above me is all and NO sidewalks so the roads are about another 10 feet wider than the normal street.  My wife was on facebook for our village and there are dozens of pics of trailers, cars, boats, etc..  parked in front of owners homes with a warning to move all coming from the local rent a cops (5 part timers in our useless village).  Glad I do not do facebook right???   2funny

I understand not parking in our small rural midwest town NON busy street in the winter for snowplowing, but 2 cars can easily go thru with my trailer parked on the street no harm, no foul.  I also understand if I was on the 2-3 main streets with sidewalks on skinnier streets in our town (1 mile wide entire village) that I would not park my trailer on the street due to high volume of vehicles going by being unsafe and dangerous if 2 cars meet each other, if you can even call it that being high volume of traffic.   I would say daily besides the builder up the street, we get about 10-15 cars passing in front of house entire day long is all.  not like mega traffic area.

I guess that is where my 450 dollar property tax increase went this year everyone in this one horse town is pissed taxes went up drastically like 20% rate increase which is INSANE for this hicktown.  All other years it mostly went up (some years down) since 1993 TOPS 100 bucks usually up/down less than 50 bucks.  It is almost like I lived in fricking yuppievil Madison WI or Dane County which should have higher taxes since offer more services and more convenient/bigger city by far.   I think someone on the village board is pocketing the money or spending it foolishly am sure of it. 

I know some high end places in Madison WI neighborhoods even restrict parking boats/trailers on your own property say in your grass or even own driveway.  That to me is NUTS and would NEVER tolerate that. 

I am thinking of going to a village board meeting and ask why since is a public street and wide enough and safe enough to NEVER cause any harm if parking a car or boat or trailer, etc. ONLY In front of your own home.  Heck, my neighbors who have 4 vehicles when their kid and grandkids come over for most of the entire summer take up a trailer and 2 other vehicles of their kdis even usually parking them in front of my own house so I am unable to.  First come, first serve is my opinion but if I do need to park in front of my own house,  they will gladly move 1 of their 3 vehicles/trailers for me to do so.  It is not like I park any other vehicles more than 24 hours in front of my own home so ONLY 1 should be allowed right being my enclosed trailer?  About same time they also put in an ordinance that your grass cannot be more than 8 inches long and NO junk sitting in your yard and know some who have gotten tickets because of both too tall grass and stuff in their yard.

Or, better yet,  raise a stink about it in my local newspaper and sign my name to the article am sure the local rent a cops would love that probably get a ticket the very next day then...   coolsmiley

Must be slow in this one horse town I drove my scooter downtown and not only was the local village cop sitting on one side of town catching speeders but on this side of town there was the green county sheriff NO LESS sitting probably eating a donut.  Do not these police officers have anything better to do than to harrass this peaceful tiny village where crime is nearly non existent?    I guess someone found out in the police dept. that there is not enough tickets being written so they must patrol round the clock to meet quotas??????????? 

Or even better,  I should run for village board president and get this dumb rule disbanned but then again I would have to deal with the other village board idiots in this town and hear other people complain like I am doing now.   ONLY ONE I think that would have said anything is my neighbor up the street him being the ONLY ONE going up/down my street 100x''s per day at 40 mph in a 25 speed zone being the local builder in the area since me and him had it out in 1993 when he told me out of the blue did not know who he was moving in at age 23 that he did not like my new house since was not big enough to meet his standards of building fancier homes in the subdivision.  I told him to F off and look the other way then and walked away.   cooldude  Have not talked to him since and when he drives past me in town like near daily we never waive at each other, wonder why?   Roll Eyes  Not everyone can afford his 300K on up homes he builds owning several lots above our house so he can be the ONLY builder of homes in our block. 

Trust me, if I had the means and funds to buy land or property in the country away from everyone, I would and do what the heck I wanted on my OWN property not having to abide by stupid laws passed by the powers that be..   Angry
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« Reply #1 on: July 26, 2019, 04:28:51 PM »

I am tempted just to piss off the local police to  back up my trailer on other side of my driveway there is room there so thus is moved EVERY 24 hours, then move it back to  other side of my driveway daily then they cannot say anything since has been moved every 24 hours right?? 

I see my neighbors fishing boat with cover on it parked on the street in front of his house for longer than my trailer same wide streets and has not caused anyone any harm.  My guess is the stuck up thinks he owns the town builder up the street bitched to the rent a cops in town and thus the reason why they have pics on facebook of several boats/cars/trailers including mine asking them to move them immediately citing village ordinance once again.  I have not seen in paper or anywhere else or been warned anytime other than when my trailer is parked in front of my house for say 1 month or so am pretty sure has to be dickwad builder up my street in his fancy home.  Just wish the cop would sit up our street to catch him speeding near daily doing near 40 mph but then he probably pays off the rent a cops to begin with.   
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« Reply #2 on: July 26, 2019, 06:52:46 PM »

You park a trailer and the neighbor opposite parks a trailer right across from yours.

How much room is left for vehicles to get through?
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« Reply #3 on: July 26, 2019, 08:39:55 PM »

You park a trailer and the neighbor opposite parks a trailer right across from yours.

How much room is left for vehicles to get through?

2 small cars easily to pass on thru,  but not sure about 2 big trucks with mirrors sticking out very wide streets in our subdivision NO sidewalks.  Is no different than 2 vehicles parked on opposite sides of the street at once see it all the time  on other streets forever since the trailer is about same width as my truck near 7 feet wide.  It is not like big city life very rarely EVER does 2 vehicles go up/down our road at once.    Plus,  where I live I can count on one hand since 1993 any vehicle parked across my street since that neighbor across street never parks there always on other road being a corner lot since that is where his door/garage is at on other road. 

I can see certain spots in our town where only a few in town park say all 3-4 vehicles or trailers or boats all over the road and that can cause issues especially if doing it all the time.   I am talking about ONLY ONE trailer/boat/vehicle being able to park in front of my own fricking house.   tickedoff
I leave enough room for the mailman and his vehicle to deliver the mail in my mailbox and pull around my trailer to the next house as well so that is not an issue just takes a simple turn of the wheel left then right again is all. 

This village and their fearless leaders must be coming from the big city lifestyle of Madison area thinking we must follow suite, thus maybe why our property taxes are now near the same in green county as dane county where bigger yuppier cities are located.  Something did happen in this town and no one in govt. is talking about it for the village clerk and village president both got let go recently in a closed door monthly mtg. and I asked one of the pion village street employees and he had no clue either?  Just last week a new lady got sworn in as new village president pretty sure she is not from around here either, probably yuppie Madison area.  Just read as well that my older neighbor down a nearby street whom was on the village board in years past got re-elected to the village board again so might go ask him what is going on is a straight shooter common sense guy been living here much longer than me.  My other retired farmer neighbor up my street now mid 80s served on the village board as well years ago and nice guy asked him why he got out and he said too many politics involved had enough could never get anything done something so simple common sense took forever to get done, plus he said they pissed him off when he wanted to do something for the good of the village but shot him down needing other govt. approval outside of local jurisdiction...

They have talked about banning burning barrels in town as well but other small towns nearby still allow it, but then if it goes thru, they better take some of my 450 bucks in tax increase and offer curbside pickup of trash/recycleables weekly which never has been done.   We have to go downtown to recycling center to dispose of items weekly and ONLY open Wednesday 4-7 p.m. and Saturday 8-noon is all.  I guess if working until 7 p.m. daily on Wednesdays then there goes leaving town in early morning hours to go anywhere on Saturdays?   Undecided
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« Reply #4 on: July 27, 2019, 04:47:43 AM »

Glad you got that off your chest, hope you feel better. I live outside the city limits but in a fairly large subdivision. While we don’t have to deal with ordinances there are quite a few restrictions, some of which I don’t care for but so far they seem to be working for the benefit of everyone.
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« Reply #5 on: July 27, 2019, 05:03:25 AM »

What would be the ramifications if say 2 fire trucks or a an ambulance and fire truck needed to pass each other, could it be done? It my be more about public safety.
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« Reply #6 on: July 27, 2019, 05:20:35 AM »

You need to start a gofundme page to raise money to buy a piece of land in the boonies. I’m sure there are many who will sympathize with your persecution and would be willing to send a few dollars your way to relieve your suffering.
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« Reply #7 on: July 27, 2019, 05:35:06 AM »

What would be the ramifications if say 2 fire trucks or an ambulance and fire truck needed to pass each other, could it be done? It my be more about public safety.

Yes, and of course, it's difficult (or impossible) to write ordinances so small out of the way places are treated differently than most neighborhood places.... visa vi public safety.

In my neighborhood (and a lot of the county) you see the occasional house with 4-6 old cars that may be collectors, but are mostly junk, all pulled up around the house and side yard, and covered with old rag covers because they're not allowed on the street (unlicensed, unregistered, uninsured, uninspected) (same with RVs, boats, and trailers).

One notable house, one street over from me has a Ford Model T in the carport that hasn't moved (or run) since 1992.  The same house mows it's lawn every few months, whether it needs it or not.  I think the guy that lives there is 110 years old (though he may have been dead in there for the last 10 years).  Just driving by, it's hard to tell.  

The guys who got hosed with our trailer on the street ordinance, were the (thousands) of small businesses who use their truck and trailer every (working) day to do yard, landscape, tree, carpentry, siding, roofing, you name it, to earn their living.  

What irritates me more than over-regulating ordinances (and this trailer on the street thing may or may not be over-regulation) is using police resources to enforce things I see as tax revenue collection, instead of criminal enforcement and apprehension.

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« Reply #8 on: July 27, 2019, 05:57:44 AM »

Welcome to the Brave New World of the People's Republic of WI.  I grew up there.  The liberal urban populace dictates the politics of the rural areas, who are unempowered to prevent that.  Much of that around the country including here - but we push back.  Some policies we can't, like guns which are foisted on us via state laws from all 3 D govt houses.  Much of our frustration is imported here via the Californicator immigrants who F'd up their state so they move here and say "This is how we did it in CA."

Our local town is unencorporated and the folks here are "live and let live - mind your own business."  Pretty solidly red enclave.  In our development, properties are 3-10 acres and the HOA has not enforced anything for over 20 years (since before we moved out here) so now it is legally unempowered by precedent.  Funny, folks move out here (mostly buy houses for sale, not build) then contact me as a past rep of the HOA, as to compliance with rules they are used to elsewhere - I tell them do what you want.

Good luck with that I feel your frustration.
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« Reply #9 on: July 27, 2019, 06:11:21 AM »

When you ride a Honda Valkyrie, people look up to you.  The town government recognizes that you are admired and will be imitated.  Your government wants to make sure you follow all the rules because other people will do what you do.  They want to be like you.

Yep, am sure that is it....   Grin

actually the villagers frown upon me having a HONDA since is not a Harley as all others have so maybe that is why I am having to follow (or should follow) the stupid village ordinance.  I will be asking the reasoning on why no one can park one of anything vehicle size more than 24 hours in one spot even in front of their own house and want a valid reasoning vs. just saying is a safety issue which is not true at all.  If I was blocking the street for 2 cars to pass each other then is a safety issue, but our streets in entire subdivision have no sidewalks being about 10 feet wider than a normal street.  Maybe they need to re-write the ordinance saying any street not as wide as so many feet cannot park anything anywhere for more than 24 hours?

Heaven forbid when our town has their july 4th celebration where 1000 people come in from all over to our 1200 population town blocking streets parking their vehicles all weekend long (2 days) on both sides where only 1 car can go thru them (skinnier streets downtown area than where I live) is not a safety issue?  Just this year july 4th weekend was a safety issue 3-4 blocks away from me downtown a full sized chevy truck parked where entire left rear quarter panel was caved in horribly sure looked like someone rammed into him doing 30-40 mph was severe damage.  
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« Reply #10 on: July 27, 2019, 05:22:08 PM »

Welcome to the Brave New World of the People's Republic of WI.  I grew up there.  The liberal urban populace dictates the politics of the rural areas, who are unempowered to prevent that.  Much of that around the country including here - but we push back.  Some policies we can't, like guns which are foisted on us via state laws from all 3 D govt houses.  Much of our frustration is imported here via the Californicator immigrants who F'd up their state so they move here and say "This is how we did it in CA."

Our local town is unencorporated and the folks here are "live and let live - mind your own business."  Pretty solidly red enclave.  In our development, properties are 3-10 acres and the HOA has not enforced anything for over 20 years (since before we moved out here) so now it is legally unempowered by precedent.  Funny, folks move out here (mostly buy houses for sale, not build) then contact me as a past rep of the HOA, as to compliance with rules they are used to elsewhere - I tell them do what you want.

Good luck with that I feel your frustration.

thanks MarkT,  wish I was there where live and let live should be the norm everywhere.  I decided to take an hour or so and move my trailer back to alongside my house to get probably the A-hole neighbor builder up the street who thinks he is empowered to enforce the rules with the local rentacops we have here.    Should be interesting to see the other 2-3 fishing boats and vehicles and another trailer parked down next street for months to see if they move now that we made the village facebook page with pics of our violation parking.

I still am going to ask village board members and maybe attend a Wednesday 7 p.m. village board meeting to ask WHY when safety is NOT a concern where I live anyways to park ONLY ONE vehicle or trailer in front of my own house same side of the street where there is plenty of room for 2 other vehicles to drive easily on thru.    Pretty sure it is mostly live and let live here except for the dickhead neighbors who would complain just because they can.  I have lived here since 1993 and there are 3-4 in this town who think they run the show since they have been either village president or village board members in years past or business owners and are basically rich as well.    When my next door neighbor had their 2 other vehicles and their trailer when kid and grandkids visited last 2 months they were parking all over my side of the street all the way down sometimes 4-5 vehicles in a row and slightly bigger trailer as well.  NO harm, no foul.  If I had to move my trailer out in front of my house all I would have to do is ask nicely to move their vehicle usually parked in front of my enclosed trailer and they would gladly do it.  Common courtesy is unfortunately not common sense with some people.   
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« Reply #11 on: July 27, 2019, 05:56:41 PM »

...just counting down the time until I can move the *($#)@$# out of the city and to my rural land..... Sick of that kind of crap..... Just over it.
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« Reply #12 on: July 27, 2019, 06:02:25 PM »

Welcome to the Brave New World of the People's Republic of WI.  I grew up there.  The liberal urban populace dictates the politics of the rural areas, who are unempowered to prevent that.  Much of that around the country including here - but we push back.  Some policies we can't, like guns which are foisted on us via state laws from all 3 D govt houses.  Much of our frustration is imported here via the Californicator immigrants who F'd up their state so they move here and say "This is how we did it in CA."

Our local town is unencorporated and the folks here are "live and let live - mind your own business."  Pretty solidly red enclave.  In our development, properties are 3-10 acres and the HOA has not enforced anything for over 20 years (since before we moved out here) so now it is legally unempowered by precedent.  Funny, folks move out here (mostly buy houses for sale, not build) then contact me as a past rep of the HOA, as to compliance with rules they are used to elsewhere - I tell them do what you want.

Good luck with that I feel your frustration.
I got an idea move your trailer and foot every 24 hr period. It has been moved not andamn thing they can say. If they try tell them to come mark the wheels on the pavement and if you move it one inch it has been moved.

thanks MarkT,  wish I was there where live and let live should be the norm everywhere.  I decided to take an hour or so and move my trailer back to alongside my house to get probably the A-hole neighbor builder up the street who thinks he is empowered to enforce the rules with the local rentacops we have here.    Should be interesting to see the other 2-3 fishing boats and vehicles and another trailer parked down next street for months to see if they move now that we made the village facebook page with pics of our violation parking.

I still am going to ask village board members and maybe attend a Wednesday 7 p.m. village board meeting to ask WHY when safety is NOT a concern where I live anyways to park ONLY ONE vehicle or trailer in front of my own house same side of the street where there is plenty of room for 2 other vehicles to drive easily on thru.    Pretty sure it is mostly live and let live here except for the dickhead neighbors who would complain just because they can.  I have lived here since 1993 and there are 3-4 in this town who think they run the show since they have been either village president or village board members in years past or business owners and are basically rich as well.    When my next door neighbor had their 2 other vehicles and their trailer when kid and grandkids visited last 2 months they were parking all over my side of the street all the way down sometimes 4-5 vehicles in a row and slightly bigger trailer as well.  NO harm, no foul.  If I had to move my trailer out in front of my house all I would have to do is ask nicely to move their vehicle usually parked in front of my enclosed trailer and they would gladly do it.  Common courtesy is unfortunately not common sense with some people.    
Well somehow my post ended up in the middle of another. I said move it a foot a day. It has been moved   If they disagree have them come out every morning and mark where the tires are and where they are the next day.
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« Reply #13 on: July 27, 2019, 06:57:07 PM »

Glad you got that off your chest, hope you feel better. I live outside the city limits but in a fairly large subdivision. While we don’t have to deal with ordinances there are quite a few restrictions, some of which I don’t care for but so far they seem to be working for the benefit of everyone.

My neighborhood is out in the country and we do not have an HOA.
All my neighbors and anyone that knows me knows that I have quite a bit of equipment, trucks, trailers, cars, my Valkyrie and a tractor with several implements.  

One of my good friends in the neighborhood has a very similar situation with quite a bit of equipment and vehicles.  He is constantly being harassed by the local authorities about his equipment and vehicles and yet they’ve never said a word to me. Every home in the neighborhood has the same size yard. The difference between he and I is that I keep all of my equipment on my property and off the street. I am fully aware that other people do not want or care to see all my trucks, trailers tractor and equipment and cars.  It should be noted though, most of my neighbors have asked and been granted the use of my shop with it’s lift and I help them out when I can.  

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« Reply #14 on: July 28, 2019, 04:30:05 AM »

What would be the ramifications if say 2 fire trucks or a an ambulance and fire truck needed to pass each other, could it be done? It my be more about public safety.
I believe he said he lives on dead end street. Why would two fire trucks be going in opposite directions, on a dead end street? Or any street? Wouldn't they go to the fire closest to them, rather than the farthest?
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« Reply #15 on: July 28, 2019, 06:34:34 AM »

What would be the ramifications if say 2 fire trucks or a an ambulance and fire truck needed to pass each other, could it be done? It my be more about public safety.
I believe he said he lives on dead end street. Why would two fire trucks be going in opposite directions, on a dead end street? Or any street? Wouldn't they go to the fire closest to them, rather than the farthest?

do not want to start an argument here but like said,  even 2 fire trucks going in opposite directions could fit with my enclosed trailer parked as long as no one parks on other side of street which happens like only once a year, if that.  Neighbor across street's garage and entrance to house is on the other side of the street and no one parks across my street ever.  The only thing that upsets me very rarely like 3-4 times per year is when both my neighbors park cars or trailers in front of my own house not even able to park one car in front of my own house on either side of my driveway, but that happens so rarely that if I needed the room,  I could ask either neighbor to just move their car since need to park 1 vehicle in front of  my own house and they would move it back in front of their own house am sure.  NO idea why they would do that though since plenty of room always in front of their own house, very odd on that indeed since I have never parked anything in front of their house ever.  I am not like my a-hole builder neighbor up the street who is also trying to sell his overpriced lots (farmland) he bought decades ago like I did for 5K per lot to build his own expensive homes up our street.  He has sold and built 3-4 fancier homes to richer older people up our street but has another 10+ lots to build on I guess his asking price of 30K for a 100x100 foot lot is too much for most in this tiny town.    If I was going to spend 30K for a tiny village lot I would take that 30K and buy 5-10 acres in the country somewhere certainly away from him and everyone else.

Serk,  good luck clearing some of that land you bought and building a moderate sized house that your family can enjoy.  I am pretty sure once the kids get outta college and more so when both of us retire in 20 more years (if still alive), I am going to do what my neighbors will be doing in 2 more years where he just retired ONLY age 63 and his wife age 58 now will be age 60 once retires early and move  way up in northern WI on a lake, etc...  He is not rich but his kid and wife both high up ranking in the military are who will help him out with bills and land and house payments am sure.   His kid bought over 100 acres in Kansas just to hunt deer on,  a 65K 3/4ton chevy diesel crew cab, 20K honda pioneer 5 seater 1000cc UTV, etc, etc.     Maybe one of my kids will become rich and do the same for me and retire early?   Roll Eyes

I saw some land fairly reasonable priced and nice home trailer (liveable at least) with nice huge storage barn for my toys on some land by ATV trails 2 1/2 hours north of me would love to buy but timing is not right now too far to drive to work daily, otherwise I would be jumping on it.  Too bad am not closer to retirement or would be perfect to get outta here..
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« Reply #16 on: July 28, 2019, 06:40:30 AM »

Serk,  good luck clearing some of that land you bought and building a moderate sized house that your family can enjoy.

I've got about a 10 year plan to get outta the city. Much as I love the idea of moving to the country, I really don't want the kiddos to go to a Kindergarten - 12th grade one room school (Which is where they'd be if we moved now.) so we're planning to wait until the triplets finish high school, which will be in about 10 years.
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« Reply #17 on: July 28, 2019, 09:57:01 AM »

What would be the ramifications if say 2 fire trucks or a an ambulance and fire truck needed to pass each other, could it be done? It my be more about public safety.
I believe he said he lives on dead end street. Why would two fire trucks be going in opposite directions, on a dead end street? Or any street? Wouldn't they go to the fire closest to them, rather than the farthest?
You just said it for me. A dead end street means one way in and one way out. You can’t just go around the block to get out. He also said that when there are vehicles parked on both side of the street that it may be difficult or impossible for a emergency rig to access the dead end street. His rig most likely wasn’t the reason for the ordinance. Some place in his town some one had a neighbor parking a semi truck/ trailer in front of some one else’s home or business. He just got caught in the shotgun approach to small town governance.
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« Reply #18 on: July 28, 2019, 01:52:11 PM »

Quote from: cookiedough link=topic=107571.msg1077785# crazy2 Has msg1077785 date=1564273328

I decided to take an hour or so and move my trailer back to alongside.............

My Lord, an hour or so?????

Did you have to clear a spot and pour a pad to park on?   Wink

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« Reply #19 on: July 29, 2019, 04:54:53 PM »

Quote from: cookiedough link=topic=107571.msg1077785# crazy2 Has msg1077785 date=1564273328

I decided to take an hour or so and move my trailer back to alongside.............

My Lord, an hour or so?????

Did you have to clear a spot and pour a pad to park on?   Wink

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somewhat yes (probably 1 1/2 hours total),  move 3-4 bigger items out of trailer was using for storage,  move ATV in there to another position to get all the other crap back in it once moved alongside garage,  strap ATV down, move the stuff alongside the garage where trailer going, sweep concrete that dirt/dust moves in on when rains heavy where trailer was going,  put hitch on truck,  backup truck and hitch trailer on,  and probably spending 20 minutes backing up the trailer to get it to fit alongside my garage not hitting the garage and not too far out too close to neighbors yard since have about 4 feet before goes onto neighbors city lot in grass.  trailer and truck is 45 feet long and driveway only 50 feet long so you do the math on how tight I have to backup into from the road to get trailer to fit alongside standard 20x24 foot garage.  23 foot trailers do not turn on a dime and pretty easy to mess up since unable to see somewhat at times with side mirrors where I am going backing up from the road going UP my driveway.  and trust me I am pretty good at backing up trailers compared to some at least I have seen at boat launches.
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« Reply #20 on: July 29, 2019, 05:04:37 PM »

Serk,  good luck clearing some of that land you bought and building a moderate sized house that your family can enjoy.

I've got about a 10 year plan to get outta the city. Much as I love the idea of moving to the country, I really don't want the kiddos to go to a Kindergarten - 12th grade one room school (Which is where they'd be if we moved now.) so we're planning to wait until the triplets finish high school, which will be in about 10 years.

What is wrong with a K-12 school?  Not so sure though a ONE room K-12 school would be great though.  ONLY bad thing I can see about K-12 schools growing up all my life around me is the somewhat lack of alternative higher end classes that are offered for students vs. bigger school systems.  Violence is less, less confusing walking in smaller schools to classes, and smaller classes are nice IMO having say 10-25 kids in each class vs. 50-100 or more.   Even our K-12 school system has a few classes where 2 other school systems use one teacher with a smartscreen (telepresence?) on the wall to have classes for some of the harder elective classes where all 3 schools have say 5-6 kids tops each taking that one class.  That stuff was not around when I was going to school lucky we had the start of 6-8 computers for entire school back in the early 1980s in the stone age... 2funny

Anyway, I moved the trailer off the street this Sunday and soon after I see my neighbor down the other street move his fishing boat off the street parked alongside his garage in the grass.  Village idiots in charge should be happy for awhile until i do it again later this year..... 2funny
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« Reply #21 on: July 30, 2019, 06:53:15 AM »

When I lived in Michigan we had no parking signs on our street.....which I agreed with since it was narrow and I lived on a curve. One of my sons parked his Jeep out on grass by the street. He got a ticket because he was within 10 ft of the street. That kid couldn’t buy luck if he tried.
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« Reply #22 on: July 30, 2019, 09:17:44 AM »

In Greenwood, Indiana, (in addition to the prohibition against street parking for over 24 hours) a property owner may not park a trailer on the grass in his yard. The ordinance led to this protest (link to news article below photo):



Can't Park on Grass Protest
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« Reply #23 on: July 30, 2019, 03:58:26 PM »

In Greenwood, Indiana, (in addition to the prohibition against street parking for over 24 hours) a property owner may not park a trailer on the grass in his yard. The ordinance led to this protest (link to news article below photo):



Can't Park on Grass Protest

 I agree with that guy if you maintain your grass and not any rubbish around being a so-called eye-sore for those snooty enough to care (like it is any of their business) what I do in my own fricking yard.  If I want to park all my stuff in my own front lawn I pay property taxes and should be allowed so since is MY YARD NOT the villages. 

Never heard of junk in yard laws or grass being under 8 inches long but even this stupid small town of 1200 or so has them now.  Too many yuppies from Madison moving out of the big city thinking they are high class or something sticking their nose in where it does not belong. 

I like the idea of moving my trailer every day 2 feet back and forth and make the local cop mark my tires to see if moved or not daily.  Cannot say jack diddly then right? 
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« Reply #24 on: July 30, 2019, 05:20:23 PM »

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I like the idea of moving my trailer every day 2 feet back and forth and make the local cop mark my tires to see if moved or not daily.  Cannot say jack diddly then right? 

Wrong!  That simply depends upon how carefully they worded their ordinance.

I'm glad I don't have any neighbors with your attitude.  It makes my neighborhood nice in which to live. 
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« Reply #25 on: July 30, 2019, 06:29:02 PM »

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I like the idea of moving my trailer every day 2 feet back and forth and make the local cop mark my tires to see if moved or not daily.  Cannot say jack diddly then right? 

Wrong!  That simply depends upon how carefully they worded their ordinance.

I'm glad I don't have any neighbors with your attitude.  It makes my neighborhood nice in which to live. 

Right back at yah...   Wink
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« Reply #26 on: July 31, 2019, 06:30:02 AM »

I like the idea of moving my trailer every day 2 feet back and forth and make the local cop mark my tires to see if moved or not daily.  Cannot say jack diddly then right? 
The officer could simply take photos.

In a rule-of-law democracy, the way to challenge a bad law is either to fight it in court if it may be unconstitutional, convince your elected leaders to change the law (usually requiring tact, convincing argument, and some sweet-talk), or convince enough same-thinking people (possibly including yourself) to run for office, get elected to key positions, and change the law.
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