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Have you/would you ever call your city's code enforcement?

Posted on 12/27/23 at 7:36 am
Posted by WG_Dawg
Member since Jun 2004
88605 posts
Posted on 12/27/23 at 7:36 am
I never have but am considering it in the coming days and want feedback. My gut instinct says it's an a-hole move and who cares, but another of me just can't get over it. Also full disclosure I'm probably not gonna do shite I'm really just venting at this point because I'm irritated.

-Our neighborhood is not in an HOA so there are no neighborhood covenants or anything at play here.
-Neighbor across and to the left of me parks in the street 24/7 despite having a garage and an empty driveway. It's annoying, but not against any rules so whatever.
-Last week they had a massive dumpster placed in the street in front of their house. A crew was out there doing some siding work for one day before the holidays and haven't been back. It's been about 5 or 6 days now.The dumpster is still there as is a shitton of materials in his yard. Key point #1: It IS against our city's municipal code of ordinances to place a dumpster on a residential street. It's black and white, plain as day. It says it must be in the driveway.
-Key point #2: in addition to the dumpster being placed taking up half the street, he has now parked his truck on the other side of his driveway from where he normally does, which is smack dab in front of my driveway. I'm a male and capable of backing up fine but my wife can't back up for shite and over the holiday we had a dozen people at our house so it was a nuisance having another vehicle directly in front of our driveway.
-There are other houses in both directions I didn't draw on the picture below. Basically you have to now drive the length of 3 or 4 houses with only 1 lane of traffic. Key point #3: the street kind of crests a bit just before you get the dumpster (approaching from the left), so you are blind to what's ahead as you get to the dumpster. The homes on the right side of the picture have to travel essentially 3/4 house lengths in the wrong lane while oncoming cars can't see them.


I know the first response is gonna be "well uuuuhhhh have you talked to him?" This fella and his wife aren't super friendly so we have only had limited interactions, but honestly think about this situation. No matter what I speak to him about he's not going to have this gigantic dumpster moved from the street into his driveway just because I said please.

So to bring it back to question in the OP...would I be a mega a-hole to call code enforcement on this? And even if I did, what would they even do? Would they truly enforce to the letter of the law and have him move the dumpster? Picture below for reference.

Posted by LSUJML
Central
Member since May 2008
49854 posts
Posted on 12/27/23 at 7:38 am to
I’d at least wait until late next week, it could be the holidays are holding stuff up
After next week I’d call
Posted by WG_Dawg
Member since Jun 2004
88605 posts
Posted on 12/27/23 at 7:39 am to
quote:

I’d at least wait until late next week, it could be the holidays are holding stuff up
After next week I’d call


Yeah I figured as much. IF I do call (which I likely won't) I was going to give it another week anyway.
Posted by Statestreet
Gueydan
Member since Sep 2008
13769 posts
Posted on 12/27/23 at 7:43 am to
Good time to clean out your freezer, garage and attic then toss in that public dumpster that's on the street.
This post was edited on 12/27/23 at 8:46 am
Posted by Chad504boy
4 posts
Member since Feb 2005
171752 posts
Posted on 12/27/23 at 7:44 am to
Seems like your jealous he has a bigger house
Posted by Tasty Thrill
Member since Oct 2023
809 posts
Posted on 12/27/23 at 7:46 am to
How good is your car insurance? Buy a $700 beater and "accidentally" back into his truck. HARD...very hard.
Posted by HoustonGumbeauxGuy
Member since Jul 2011
31417 posts
Posted on 12/27/23 at 7:46 am to
Burn his fricking house to the ground
Posted by SteveLSU35
Shreveport
Member since Mar 2004
14519 posts
Posted on 12/27/23 at 7:47 am to
The house behind me has been a complete shite show of construction for a decade. Multiple projects just stopped before finished. Yard looking like complete crap. Then they took the house down to the studs wiping out the previous work…..AND REBUILT BIGGER. Never put siding on the top floor, or installed windows. Then after 5-10 months of nothing they build another entire house on far side. It’s huge and of course when it’s time for siding and windows……nothing. I’ve talked to the owners twice in the 10 years I’ve lived here. I finally got tired of it and called. They sent someone out. It was a very lazy report, and as long as they’re under contract there isn’t much that can happen. They added a few clean ups to the contract that on paper should be finished next month. I have seen one worker here since summer.
Posted by BabyTac
Austin, TX
Member since Jun 2008
14254 posts
Posted on 12/27/23 at 7:48 am to
Have you tried knocking on his door and having a conversation about it first?
Posted by RogerTheShrubber
Juneau, AK
Member since Jan 2009
281843 posts
Posted on 12/27/23 at 7:48 am to
quote:

you ever call your city's code enforcement?


frick no. Thats shite busybodied Karens do.
This post was edited on 12/27/23 at 7:49 am
Posted by whiskey over ice
Member since Sep 2020
3571 posts
Posted on 12/27/23 at 7:51 am to
did you really make a drawing in paintbrush?
Posted by LRB1967
Tennessee
Member since Dec 2020
21117 posts
Posted on 12/27/23 at 7:53 am to
I have not called because I live in the middle of nowhere. I know people who have though. One call was about an old refrigerator sitting out front of a person's house. People worried that a child might get in it and be unable to get out.
Posted by BabyTac
Austin, TX
Member since Jun 2008
14254 posts
Posted on 12/27/23 at 7:55 am to
quote:

KAREN worried that a child might get in it and be unable to get out.


Fixed it for ya
Posted by Datfish
Member since Sep 2018
794 posts
Posted on 12/27/23 at 7:56 am to
You should get Gordon.

This post was edited on 12/27/23 at 7:58 am
Posted by scott8811
Ratchet City, LA
Member since Oct 2014
12347 posts
Posted on 12/27/23 at 7:57 am to
I'm not the type to say, "talk to him first" because he clearly lacks basic consideration and speaking to him probably won't do shite... so I'd say wait till after the holidays and call. In general frick stuff like code enforcement, but if how someone is living is effecting someone else...more than visually...frick em
Posted by Spankum
Miss-sippi
Member since Jan 2007
58354 posts
Posted on 12/27/23 at 8:00 am to
Sounds to me like the guy is trying to keep his house decent looking and is spending a chunk of cash doing it. Maybe you ought to go over and thank him!
Posted by tigereye58
Member since Jan 2007
2745 posts
Posted on 12/27/23 at 8:02 am to
It sounds like he might be doing a remodel which means he probably is supposed to obtain a permit. If there is no sign in his yard with a permit # then that’s the angle you go.

I’d probably start with a conversation asking him if he could move the dumpster to the driveway and if not then maybe park his cars in the driveway. He will probably give you a time line of when the dumpster will be moved. If he does nothing then call.
Posted by LoneStar23
USA
Member since Aug 2019
5700 posts
Posted on 12/27/23 at 8:02 am to
Baw brought charts to his argument. This is where I parked my car
Posted by idlewatcher
Planet Arium
Member since Jan 2012
86402 posts
Posted on 12/27/23 at 8:05 am to
How do you guys live in that little square bro?

Personally I'd call the city. You can do it anonymously anyway. Say you saw some kid hanging off of it or that you heard a trapped dog in there but your "arf-ritis" doesn't enable you to climb up on it to rescue.

Good luck
Posted by WG_Dawg
Member since Jun 2004
88605 posts
Posted on 12/27/23 at 8:06 am to
quote:

Sounds to me like the guy is trying to keep his house decent looking and is spending a chunk of cash doing i


how does this preclude him from putting the dumpster in his completely empty driveway?
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