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In reply to the discussion: This message was self-deleted by its author [View all]snooper2
(30,151 posts)15. now it is a lot of plants growing around debris, doesn't sound like the city is asking for much
Half of the citations are against the flats she owns, rusting gutters, put numbers on your door, fix railing that is falling down. Plus she is just letting all the weeds grow wild that have "flowers".
Since she is giving the food away for free it shouldn't be a big deal for her neighbors to jump in and clean the place up. My neighbor lost a huge tree in last winters ice storm and there were six different neighbors including myself with chain saws cleaning up the mess.
Easy Peasy! Get to work!
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There are a great many problems with building codes and their enforcement. n/t
lumberjack_jeff
Oct 2014
#1
If, in your world, you need the permission of the local government to plant a tomato in your yard...
lumberjack_jeff
Oct 2014
#3
I think she shouldn't need "necessary permits and other things" for a garden.
lumberjack_jeff
Oct 2014
#97
Oh I doubt people will read the whole article, I'm halfway down and hit this tidbit
snooper2
Oct 2014
#6
I admit, "truck as chicken coop" is probably not good community relations in an urban setting. n/t
lumberjack_jeff
Oct 2014
#12
now it is a lot of plants growing around debris, doesn't sound like the city is asking for much
snooper2
Oct 2014
#15
It takes quite a while for logs or two x fours or any lumber to decompose into compostable material
Autumn
Oct 2014
#45
That's what our nurseries down here look like. They are kinda just a tent over some property
Hestia
Oct 2014
#64
And some of those codes are done to line a city's pockets with permitting cash and
RKP5637
Oct 2014
#5
thing is its not only not against code, we are supposed to be the greenest city in the country.
mopinko
Oct 2014
#9
So fix the issues and be done with it. I read the article and it can all be dealt with
KittyWampus
Oct 2014
#30
That's what I'm also thinking is what might have brought the city down on her. n/t
JimDandy
Oct 2014
#61
I'm sure it is well built, but your city objects to it and calles it an abandoned vcehicle.
Autumn
Oct 2014
#39
did you properly drain all fluids from the truck and dispose of them legally?
CreekDog
Oct 2014
#100
Several sympathetic DU'ers have suggested getting rid of the pick-up eyesore and building
KittyWampus
Oct 2014
#29
I haven't seen the FB page so I have no idea what the coop is like. Just that the city objects to it
Autumn
Oct 2014
#71
I saw the page, and the article. I think what you are doing is important.
lumberjack_jeff
Oct 2014
#93
It would seem like the zoning change would be a good place to start ...
surrealAmerican
Oct 2014
#31
There is some serious stupid on the thread you link to. Mo, I hope you can make some changes
KittyWampus
Oct 2014
#28
And that's one reason why farming has been zoned out of high population density areas.
Gormy Cuss
Oct 2014
#40