tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146226.post6175836939004134064..comments2023-10-29T03:25:15.070-04:00Comments on Out of My Mind: More Government At Workcmkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17984250869194585666noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146226.post-14007675801321469582010-10-13T11:20:43.208-04:002010-10-13T11:20:43.208-04:00meleah: It is getting to the point where our city...meleah: It is getting to the point where our city is starting to sound like a homeowner's association. ;)<br /><br />janet: Oh, I understand about the 'not being allowed to pave over the entire yard' concept and where pipes, etc, are. The three driveways not being allowed completely eludes me, however. Conceivably, there could be three different houses on the property our neighbors own, so that would mean three driveways. (And, believe me, three houses would be MUCH worse to look at--we are in a very old section of town and our lots are extremely skinny. The houses would practically be touching each other.) Just because there is only ONE property owner and one house should make no amount of difference--in my opinion. For some reason or another--we have also been the 'victims' of this recently--the city has decided to begin 'enforcing' some obscure ordinances. They really make little to no sense and it almost seems as if they are doing this in order to give 'busy work' jobs to some people. I understand not allowing people to do things the way they want, just because they want, but the city is doing the exact same thing while enforcing these rules--and all without informing the citizenry that things are changing. It just rubs me the wrong way, is all. That place north of the Arctic Circle in Alaska keeps looking more and more tempting all of the time. ;)cmkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17984250869194585666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146226.post-9313547213593758142010-10-13T09:45:29.690-04:002010-10-13T09:45:29.690-04:00Probably it's to keep people from paving over ...Probably it's to keep people from paving over too much property. There could be any number of reasons, including what's under the concrete, like pipes nobody but the engineers know about. Plus, they have to enforce the regulations-if they let one person get away with having three driveways, everyone else will say "But you let them have three driveways!". Cities would prefer to have green stuff growing than have what could turn out to be poorly maintained paved-over spaces. <br /><br />On our street, and probably in our entire neighborhood, you can't put up any structures past the house itself. No fences in the front yard. The only exceptions I see are ramps for those residents who are handicapped. Sometimes regulations do make sense-I can imagine all the eyesores that would spring up if people were allowed to build front-porch decks, have falling-down fences in their front yards, etc. <br /><br />I guess they have these rules to prevent people from willy-nilly throwing up whatever strikes their fancy, then neglecting to keep it up. The more places look like a ghetto, the less property values will be, so the less revenue the city gets. At least, that's what I think is the reasoning.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146226.post-19028433632075737082010-10-12T19:19:28.493-04:002010-10-12T19:19:28.493-04:00Seriously, why can't they do what they want wi...Seriously, why can't they do what they want with their own property? That's strange.meleah rebeccahhttp://mommamiameaculpa.comnoreply@blogger.com