The city thinks my fish house is "unsightly"

[Gordie]

One mans garbage is another mans gold

[merkman]

It only seem's right that the city fathers try to control what is in one's yard or the town would look like a junkyard in some locations.

The "problem" is there is that the term "junkyard" is really rather subjective.

I would much rather leave the definition of "junkyard" to the various homeowners associations and other groups that people willfully join to keep their neighborhood standards above their common definition of "junkyard" that is a choice they consciously made when moving into that neighborhood. And yes Harvey Lee you parking your fish house on the street... even overnight would be considered my most of those groups as the definition of a "junkyard". I spoke with one guy who lives in an association and they can not have any vehicles parked on their own driveways overnight... All vehicles go in the garage period.

I do not hold those same beliefs and that is why I consciously chose to live in a neighborhood without an association. After 13+ years of paying taxes on my property, along with working my a$$ off though the recession to keep my house and not turn it into yet another forclosed bank owned home that the city does not even require the banks , mortgage companies, and builders to mow the lawn on properties they own but twice a year.... The thanks i get for this is that i can not even store my fish house on my own property (that i pay rent on in the form of taxes) without applying for permit after permit and giving menards even more and more money as the city fathers sit in their cush office chairs and continue to make proclamations and silly ordances that really don't do much more then provide them an additional revenue stream in this age of tightened budgets and increased "fees" every time you turn around.

I guess in the end I can't expect much more of the new neighbors and others who have moved into this town... after all they are the ones who came from these various associations and other areas that require you to pay taxes and storage fees on everything you own..... just wish they would move into their own neighborhoods with their own associations and leave this grumpy old man in training alone..

I highly doubt looking at a 4 ft ×5 ft ×6 ft fishouse over the summer is really that much of an eyesore... and as others have posted here... if it is an eyesore for them, they should pay the city for the permit, pay menards for the lumber, and build their own ding dang fence......

The old man rant is now over.... Now GET OFF MY LAWN!!!!!

P.S. I am really liking the dayglo recommendation for the fence color!!! :-)

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[harvey lee]

The city I live in has no issue with my wheelhouse parked on the street. I have seen the police car go by many times with it on the street for the past 6-8 weeks with n0othing said.

Many town's have parking rules in ones yard and the strret that are not in association. Fence rules on how high and where built in your yard. Heck, when I was a young lad and lived in SSP, they had a ordinance on what type of fence back in the mid 60's. Many of these rules have been around for years or a decade or more.

Had a fellow I know in town that wanted too build a monster 2 story storage shed in his back yard. He needed a permit to do it but the permit was like $100 so he decided to put a wheel on each side and told the city it was a wheelhouse. Well, the city is not that dumb so they sent him a letter and said move it or it would go fasrther than a letter.

Long story short, he had to move it, guess it would have been much easier to just pay the permit fee. The neighbor's did NOT want that eyesore in their view in their back yard, a simple building permit would have took care of the issue but the city would never have permitted that large of a 2 story shed in a very small back yard up against the alley.

It's a tough deal for the majority that have nice well kept items in their yards but due to a few qwho let dump all over their yard, the city is forced to make an ordinance. I guess it would be hard for the city to say a nice house can stay but a messing one has to go. They one would have o0ne persons opinion on what was nice or junky. So, no fishhouses I guess.