[Locke]

I've been kind of loosely following this thread but what is the actual reported grievance?

It doesnt sound like its 'too many cars' but rather that they're concerned that you're running an unlicensed business out of your garage?

But you say that you're not, they're all your family's vehicles, albeit you appear to have a big family and lots of vehicles, but is it a parking complaint, a noise complaint (air tools at all hours) or is it 'we think hes running a business out of his garage' complaint?

In which case, the average person usually doesnt care if you're running a business out of your garage as long as you arent terribly inconveniencing them, (see: air tools at all hours) or parking.

I mean, I can kind of see the complaint. You've got a big family and lots of cars and you're taking up a lot of space. Thats fair on both sides, I myself have a family with 5 cars, parking for us is an issue to be respectful of our neighbours, but I also have an advantage because if I need a car to sit for a bit I can take it to my office where I have designated parking spaces that I pay for.

A bylaw complaint seems a bit steep, I do agree that I'd prefer to talk to my neighbour before resorting to basically just childish 'tattle-taling' because we're adults.

I even live next door to a rental property with 6 people living there and they are very respectful about parking and we attempt to reciprocate that respect. But obviously when you have 10 cars between 2 houses people have to be respectful and make concessions.

I guess it really depends on what your neighbours' issue is.

I do have a fair bit of experience with people running businesses out of their homes and thats a very touchy issue with neighbours.