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Goofy stuff like this gives the neighborhood some character (lemmy.world)
submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 60 points 4 months ago (4 children)

She's fighting with the city over this? What city had rules for how you can decorate your property? I can see a draconian HOA having an issue with this, but I was under the impression the city never cares unless there's a code violation.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Depending on the city they can be every bit as petty. Especially small towns that want to appear higher class than they are.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 months ago

And the trashier a town is the more likely it is to have weird ordinances from back when they were trying to keep the trash out that they selectively enforce now.

Source: I came from a trashy small town.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 months ago (1 children)

My hometown has city ordinance over fences. They have a max height and need to not block the view of the houses too much. It's in place to keep the welcoming feel of the town iirc. So yeah depending on the place the city could be getting involved directly

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I'd fight that. Surely there's a fourth amendment argument there (e.g. I need it to be high enough that police looking over it would constitute an illegal search).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

My city limits fence heights, but the limit is 1.8m. a cop would need to be pretty tall to see over

Anyway, if you want more height you could grow a hedge. Also if you don't like the setback rules, a hedge can regain all the lost front yard

We have a fair few hedges.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

I happen to be 1.9m or so, so a 1.8m fence wouldn't do much to prevent me from looking over since that's right about my eye level. So I'd opt for the hedge.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

iirc one american city tried to jail a dude because he "wouldn't" (couldn't as he was old af and broke) mow his lawn.

I dont think he went to jail but it was taken to court