Ohio residents, please see proposed bill:

[bretcopsey]

I saw this on the Team Camaro site: http://www.camaros.net/forums/showthread.php?t=78968 :getout:

[JoshStratton]

I know why they are doing this and I actually agree. I am sick of looking at neighbors who have 5 or 6 cars rusting out in their front lawns while the rest of us with nice houses and decent sized garages try our best to keep the neighborhood looking ok. The politicians realize that if it really is a project vehicle, more than likely it will not be sitting in your yard.

We have a guy down the street and the township keeps telling him to clean up his yard. He is right on a major road and it looks like a salvage dump. He just keeps putting up pieces of plywood as a make-shift fence.

They are not going to start pulling people's stuff away, they just want a provision for extreme cases like the one above.

[bretcopsey]

I agree to a point. I have a project 51 Chevy currently in the driveway that by definition would be considered "junk" and could be subject to the current laws relating to junk motor vehicles. I have a pretty good relationship with the neighbors, and do not intend for it to sit long term though.

That said, I think that it is evident by the fact that I have been working on it, and its status as a "collector vehicle" has let me get by without being hassled about it. This new proposed legislation seems to not diferentiate between a collector vehicle and non collector. To me there is a difference between an inoperable 51 Chevy truck and an inoprable 86 Chevy truck (if that analogy makes sense.) If the collector vehicle is inoperable and no progress is being made within a reasonable amount of time, I would object to that myself (as I assume is the case you mentioned, though I don't knwo that they are "collectors")

Anyway, just thought I would help "spread the word." :bananna2:

[JoshStratton]

Oh I agree with what you are saying there. I hate the fact that they call them 'project' vehicles. That doesn't give any leaway at all. I could have a brand new Ferrari in the driveway with a tire off of it and they could take it under this law. Needless to say, I will be watching the government auctions...

[JJSmitches]

My friend had a Catalina towed from his property after being sited. Honestly this car was junk and they did him a favor towing it, BUT!!!

They also made him prove that his 32 Roadster, 55 Chevy, 56 Chevy, 55 Chevy Pickup, 54 Ford Pickup, 66 Mustang, and 54 Ford Vert all started and moved under their own power.

The person from the city called his house an eye sore because of all the vehicles, but I thought it looked like a car show.

[EFI69Cam]

I saw this on the Team Camaro site: http://www.camaros.net/forums/showthread.php?t=78968 :getout:

One man's junk is another's treasure.


When will they pass a law against cottage cheese exposure? I looked over to the fat neighbor's front yard the other day on accident and seen her in shorts pulling weeds. Nasty, and much worse than even a rusty Mopar in the front yard.

[lawbreaker2]

I agree to a point, BUT I have a few outside my home cuz I don't have room inside right now, I don't like it, and it seem to me like they wan't you to stay indoors at all time anymore, don't make any noise, don't burn anything, don't afend someone, I'm pissed at this and I don't know why my letters are like this:machine: :throw:

[nancejd]

I wonder when this stopped being a free country? When did we stop owning our land? Once they can decide that too many cars is an eyesore, why should you be allowed to have a shop? Where does it end?

The reallity is that if you don't like your neighbors, you are free to move away. Property value is never guaranteed, but you are suppossed to be secure in your person and property, the original reason for having government in the first place. Frankly, if it doesn't make your neighbors ill, they don't have any business deciding what you do on your own land.