Mysterious Bitchy Neighbor, should I do anything?

Maybe it's all part of the setup because you're going to be on OVERHAULIN?

Oh, and the realtor selling the house across the street is named Chris, so it's not him.

have any scrap guys leave numbers in case you want to get rid of that stuff? They could be complaining hoping you'll call them to get rid of it.

Enyar wrote: Maybe it's all part of the setup because you're going to be on OVERHAULIN?

HAHAHAHA!!!! I would beat someone's ass if they let Chip Foose anywhere near my '64 Notchback.

If you're gonna be a dick, would you use your real name/address?

Signed, Sumdumsumbeothupdastreet.

914Driver wrote: If you're gonna be a dick, would you use your real name/address? Signed, Sumdumsumbeothupdastreet.

I thought about that, but since the officer can't legally give out the name or email address, I'd be surprised if someone signed up for a new email address with a fake name just to complain about a car in super-secret. Although it's definitely possible. People are berkeleying weird.

Worse case scenario you'll have to clean up.

However.......

A coffee can with holes punched in the bottom filled with a lawn fertilizer high in nitrogen (makes things rally green) spelling out bad words on the cranks lawn at night .

It's a real shame the guy down the street already disposed of the rickety old privacy fence that he recently replaced. I'm REALLY tempted to find the E36 M3tiest looking privacy fence and surround the car in it.

We used to have our boat next to our garage, visible from the street, for about 1-2 weeks during the summer. It is not a good looking boat at all, and it is against zoning laws, but pretty much everyone on our street is either really cool.

We would pretty much always get the notice that we were in violation of the zoning, as would our neighbor a few houses down with a nice ski boat that was only in the driveway for a week at a time, 3 weeks maximum.

The officer said that it was one person who would call in, and they would call in with a minimum 10-15 violations for the entire town. He estimated that this person would have to drive about 50 miles of neighborhoods to get all of them. Some people just like to be shiny happy people, and will go extremely far out of their way to do so.

16vCorey wrote: The plot thickens. So the cop came by again today. He said that the complainer is back at it again. He said he got another email from him, and the cop replied and said that he had come by and that we were in compliance with the law and to let it go. The complainer then emailed back and said that the car around back under the tarp was technically illegal because the alley that goes around the house is public, and it's not supposed to be in public view. The cop then told him that it's a gray area of the law, and there's not much they can do. He told my fiance off the record that if the dude fights it he will probably win, but he's not going to enforce it unless he has direct orders from his Lieutenant to do so. The cop even asked him why this one car was bothering him so badly when a few of the neighbors have a bunch of garbage in their back yards. He didn't answer that one. The cop is totally on my side. He said the only reason he's even coming out at all is because the dude is complaining though the mayors website, and they have to follow up on all the complaints through that site. He also said that he didn't have a name and is not allowed to give out the email address, but told Colleen that the email address was "Jeremy and a bunch of numbers". That's where it gets weird. I don't know anyone named Jeremy on my street, and the only people that would even use the alley are people that live on my side of the street, and none of them are named Jeremy, and they're all cool.

You HAVE to figure out a way to go on the offensive. I'd have had a "friendly" chat with the guy at this point.

Otherwise, neon pink registered car in the driveway.

A) get your E36 M3 legal to the fullest extent of the law

B) Use the mayor's website to complain that someone is using the mayor's website to harass you

You know...the easiest way to get the compliance sticklers off your back?

Comply.

Even if it's to the minimum extent possible. You mention privacy fence. Those pre-fabbed 8' panels are not too expensive and can go in on a weekend with nice weather.

The knowledge that you have solved the problem in a way that won't have you worrying about it in the future will be a big load-off. No worrying about the next visit from the Cop or letter from the city folks.

I say this as the guy who had a house with no siding on it for the better part of 3 years (while I slowly remodel). Windows, roof, even exterior walls were not always present at different times. The best feeling of all was when that siding went up and I knew they couldn't get me for any code violations.

In my neighborhood...neighbors don't even have to complain. They send out a "task force" looking for code/ordinance/health violations.

Clem

Well, at least you can file one under "Good Cop." Me and Wayne should rent a house in the neighborhood to set the bar and pull the heat off you

For those of you who don't know Corey personally, picture the coolest, most relaxed motherberkeleyer you know. Now give him a half a xanax and a glass of whiskey. That's Corey. All this E36 M3 head would need to do would be to shake his hand and have a conversation with him, at which point, he'd probably feel like a berkeleying idiot for even thinking about being a dick.

And yeah, all that said, COMPLY! BEFORE THEY TASER YOU AND TURN YOUR BALLS INTO berkeleyING GRAVY!

DON"T TASER ME, BRO!

gamby wrote: You HAVE to figure out a way to go on the offensive. I'd have had a "friendly" chat with the guy at this point. Otherwise, neon pink registered car in the driveway.

I would LOVE to, if I just knew who the prick was.

He could do worse. I worked for a guy who was getting harrased about an unregistered 911 in his driveway while he waited for the seller to clear up some paperwork. It was a nice, clean driver that had sat about a week with no plates in his driveway. He registered four cars we were waiting to scrap, cut them in halves and had them dumped in piles on his front lawn. They were legal but an eyesore even by my standards. He kept them there for about two weeks until someone from the town came and begged him to remove them.

I still like the old semi registered as an RV idea, or a deuce and a half truck.

I am not sure why, but I have found this interesting. Since your initial street picture gives the street name, I dug in a bit deeper.
Property search on the Vanderburgh County Assessor's Office website yields the following looking at their map.
http://www.vanderburghassessor.org
Property Owner: OUTLAW, JEREMY & OUTLAW, PHILLIP
Owner's Address: 3209 BROADWAY AVE

This house is not on your street exactly but shares the same alley. Not sure if he is your guy but it is the only Jeremy that I could find that has a commonality to you.
He bought the house on 1/30/09 for $44k. They were there before you and may not like what you, the new guy, have done with the place.

Does this guy have a dog? Does he walk the dog around the block and maybe towards the park? I wonder if it is this slow walking that allows him time to see things that would not be noticed at driving speed.

EDIT:
Phillip and Jeremy also own, 330 Euclid Dr so it is possible that Broadway is a rental property for them.
http://www.vanderburghassessor.org/Default.aspx?PID=82-06-26-013-123.033-027
They may not be the answer if they do not live there?
Is the place empty? Up for rent? Up for sale?

In other interesting things, your neighbor, Dwight and the last house is totally getting screwed. Yes, the alley is supposed to wrap around but the current alley goes right through the middle of his property. The maps show the actual easement. If the maps are correct, the following seems true...
The current alley, at your property line, should continue perfectly straight. It should make a hard left (not the current lazy turn) at the park property line. From there it should follow the park property line till it makes a hard left onto the main street.
Not the end of the world maybe but a glaring difference to what is mapped.
Seems to me that if Dwight legally fenced in his back yard, he could cut off the current alley.

What a crazy world about how much you can find online these days.

EDIT #2:
I overlooked this from page 4:

16vCorey wrote: And I suspect that the complainer is either the old lady across the street, or one of her sons. She absolutely HATES it when people turn around in her driveway or park to close to her house, so I'm guessing some of that hate spilled over. Or she was bitching to one of her kids about me and they took it upon themselves to get involved.

This ties to my original belief that your complainer does not like your double row of cars parked in from of your house which makes it a little more challenging for them to back out. You see it as "allowed" and maybe the cop does too but clearly it is "different" and when the cop wont site you for it the neighbor went hunting for more.

Considering the angle of her driveway, backing out and heading toward Broadway requires a pretty big turn of the wheel. MAP
Many people are terrible at backing. When she leaves her house does she back out and point herself toward Broadway or does she take the easy way out (of less difficult backing) and depart by way of the alley?

You know you're trouble when Outlaws have to turn to the police

This ties to my original belief that your complainer does not like your double row of cars parked in from of your house which makes it a little more challenging for them to back out. You see it as "allowed" and maybe the cop does too but clearly it is "different" and when the cop wont site you for that they neighbor went hunting for more. Considering the angle of her driveway, backing out and heading toward Broadway requires a pretty big turn of the wheel. MAP Many people are terrible at backing. When she leaves her house does she back out and point herself toward Broadway or does she take the easy way out (of less difficult backing) and depart by way of the alley?

I can see that, but he has been in the house 3 years. Did she just recently move in? If not did someone (child, grandchild) just move in with her? On the map posted by John, there is a blue car parked the wrong way in front. Do you consistently park there? That could make backing out of the drive difficult.

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