Calling By-Law Enforcement on a Neighbour

[SteveToms]

Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

Depending on the neighbourhood, you can forgo the jello and cookies and exchange tips on growing large plants in the basement, while oogling each others significant others.

There ya, go

[Ironhorse]

I had the trailer thing happen to me also. Had it disconnected after supper in the evening so that my wife could go and run a few errands. She backed the truck back up to the trailer but didn't hook up the W/D hitch. Woke up at 8am to leave, only to find a ticket attached to the side of the trailer.

I have my suspicions on who did it -- she was probably mad that my 23 footer & truck were (legally) parked on the street but partially in front of their house in "their" spot (even though they have a front driveway also) for all of one day in the year (trailer is stored elsewhere)...

[return to the red]

Originally Posted by peter12

We had a drug house behind us here in Calgary a few years ago. The guy was little, kind of muscular, brown moppy hair and really loud. He was also into concrete work, a complete slob, had a handicapped girlfriend, and liked to snort cocaine on his kitchen table in the middle of the afternoon.

He also had an assortment of kids, some of them his, that he locked up in his basement every night. We had police surveillance in our living room one day, they busted the house, and social services took away the kids. Last we heard the police hadn't caught him and that he had moved to either Lethbridge or Airdrie.

probably not the same guy, but you never know. This guy was short and stocky with a big furry goatie, bald and just a rude and obnoxius SOB.

[Fuzzy McGillicuddy]

I loathe people who are quick to call in the bylaw cops to settle neighborhood disputes. There are times when it's necessary to call in stormtroopers, but it shouldn't be the first step. Doesn't anyone talk to their neighbors anymore?

Most of the homes on our street don't have garages. We have parking pads out back, which are required by the city. My neighbor got the bright idea he would have more room in his backyard if he filled in his parking pad. Now the neighbors have two vehicles out front, and would often take up space in front of my house. I made him a deal. I told him I wouldn't sic the bylaw cops on him if he would refrain from parking in front of my house, where I like to park. Seems to be an acceptable compromise.

[MacDougalbry]

Funny, I didn't realize you could get ticketed for having an unhinged trailer. The dude across the street is getting his basement developed without a permit and there has been a construction trailer parked in front of the super mailbox for a week now. I'm suprised the postie hasn't called the city on him.

[MacDougalbry]

Originally Posted by zukes

What people do on their property is none of the neighbour's business, IMO. I would have been pissed about the trailer thing if I was you.

The car thing is a little different. If he is parking there just to avoid blocking another car in the driveway then okay, but if the have 3 cars and a two car driveway, then the neighbourly thing would be to ignore it.

That works fine if you live on a private acreage out in the country, but city living is a completely different matter. Legally, you don't have full control over your property. The city gains the right to place these restrictions on property use at the time the land is allowed to be absorbed into city boundaries.

This is going to be a hard lesson for the people who just subdivided their acreage up the street from us. Their lot is now covered with a giant pile of farm related crap that is going to have to go... These are the same people who would yell at anyone who accidentally ventured onto their unmarked "private road" but at the same time had no problem riding their horse and dirt bikes around on our street.

[jolinar of malkshor]

So you can't have your trailer unhooked on your own driveway?

[Rathji]

Originally Posted by jolinar of malkshor

So you can't have your trailer unhooked on your own driveway?

Your own driveway is Ok, as long as it is 100% on the driveway. Street is a total seperate story though

Funny, I didn't realize you could get ticketed for having an unhinged trailer.

You need a road use permit from the city to do it legally.

[jolinar of malkshor]

Originally Posted by Rathji

Your own driveway is Ok, as long as it is 100% on the driveway. Street is a total seperate story though



You need a road use permit from the city to do it legally.

Ok good. Thanks.

[Rhettzky]

Originally Posted by jolinar of malkshor

So you can't have your trailer unhooked on your own driveway?

Nope.

[ken0042]

Looks like the city has removed the document from its website, but the cached version indicates "You may not leave any type of trailer on a street or alley if it has been detached from the tow vehicle." link

I do believe it is OK for it to be on your driveway, but as Rathji said it must be on your property; not the part of the driveway that the city owns.

[Bobblehead]

Originally Posted by bradster57

This has always bugged me. Unless you have a driveway, the street is public property and anyone can park there.

True.

But to be civil I try not to use a spot that I know a neighbour usually uses. If I have a guest coming over, I'll move a vehicle out back or around the corner (there is a greenspace so always lots of places to park).

When a "touchy" neighbour has friends over and the park where I usually do, I do get peeved by the hypocrisy (as I have seen them scold other people attempting to park).

Like sands through the hourglass, these are the spots on the street.

[4X4]

Some people are such a-holes when it comes to street parking. I used to live in a townhouse in Acadia and had a neighbour that had 4 or 5 vehicles. And these weren't small hondas these were extended cargo van, full sized pickup, a stationwagon, a ford ranger and a fifth beater that he kept in the parking lot.
His damn vehicles would take up 60% of the street parking in front of our units (blocks of 4) and across the street wasn't an option.

[bradster57]

I had a really wierd neighbor back in Lethbridge when I was going to school. We lived on a congested street where it was not uncommon to have to park a ways away from our house. Our next door neighbor had an open driveway but she refused to actually park in it. She kept taking the spot infront of her house and leaving her driveway empty. So on occasion either me or my roomates or guests would take the spot infront of her house. About a week after we starting doing this, she turned her entire front lawn into one big driveway.

[jolinar of malkshor]

Originally Posted by ken0042

Looks like the city has removed the document from its website, but the cached version indicates "You may not leave any type of trailer on a street or alley if it has been detached from the tow vehicle." link

I do believe it is OK for it to be on your driveway, but as Rathji said it must be on your property; not the part of the driveway that the city owns.

Thats what I thought but I was getting confused when some people were saying that they received a ticket for having it parked in their driveway.

Thanks for the clarification. It is completely on my property.

[Rathji]

Originally Posted by jolinar of malkshor

Thats what I thought but I was getting confused when some people were saying that they received a ticket for having it parked in their driveway.

Thanks for the clarification. It is completely on my property.

In some new neighbourhoods where the developer still has not turned control over to the city, you can get fined by the developer for a trailer that is a huge eyesore *IF* they have included a clause in your purchase agreement that give them the rights to restrict items that affect the 'style' of the area.

I have only ever heard of this happening once, in Panorama. Apparently the guy owned a corner lot and parked his huge 5th wheel in the backyard. I don't know the exact details, as it was across the street from a house I was working on, but make sure you check this out if you live in such an area.

[burn_baby_burn]

My neighbor never cuts his grass. As a result he had Canadian Thistle, Perenial Sow Thistle, clover, Dandelions, Night Flowering Catch Fly, Shepards Purse all flowering and some waste high. He also had Crack Grass that was setting seed. I let it go the first year. Then after a person came up to me in my drive way this summer and asked how I could put up with it, I called the By Law Officer. The neighbor cut his grass the next day. The weeds really bothered me but I let it go thinking the guy would do the right thing and cut it because it was such an eye sore. It also pissed me off since I put a lot of work into my lawn keeping it weed free.

[Claeren]

In Silver Springs, across form my parents house, this Christian family (it is relevant) moved in across the street and the father was some sort of evangelical minister.

So first, he would have all of these kids that he had around the house (some were foster kids or something?) invite their friends over for 'parties' where they would be allowed to party after listening to a sermon(?)/youth outreach from god thing.

And then second, he and his wife would also have large groups of adults over for sermons(?) and other relgious type events.


It got to the point that there were consistently, 3-5 days a week, 20-50 cars parked on our quiet residential streets.

It was fine the first few times but once it was a constant problem we called in the by-law officer. This Christian family was all mad and sent the officer away saying they had some right to assembly and were just throwing the odd religious party - the officer, apparently being a sympathetic christian, agreed. So we had to assemble a bunch of evidence and go right to the city and demand that they move their assembly to a commercial/properly zoned area to which the city agreed and after ~2 years of not being able to park my car within a block or two of my house it was finally quiet.



My parents talk to all of our neighbours except for them, as they won't even look towards us, and this is like 5 years later. Kind of ironic, i thought forgiveness was their whole schtick?? lol....




Claeren.

[fredr123]

Originally Posted by ken0042

Looks like the city has removed the document from its website, but the cached version indicates "You may not leave any type of trailer on a street or alley if it has been detached from the tow vehicle." link

I do believe it is OK for it to be on your driveway, but as Rathji said it must be on your property; not the part of the driveway that the city owns.

Couple relevant links:
http://www.calgaryparking.com/rv.php3
http://www.calgary.ca/DocGallery/BU/...erks/26m96.pdf

16. (1) Except as allowed by permit pursuant to Bylaw 20M88, the Streets Bylaw, no operator
or owner shall leave parked or permit to be left parked on any street a trailer, a
semi-trailer, mobile equipment or any vehicle which has been detached from the
vehicle which is used to draw it.
(2) Where any type of motor vehicle has removable camping accommodation installed on
it the operator or owner of the vehicle or any person in charge of the vehicle either
permanently or temporarily shall not leave the camping accommodation or other
removable portion of the motor vehicle used for this purpose on any portion of a street
after the same has been removed from the motor vehicle.
(B/L 41M98, 1998 September 28)
17. (1) An owner or operator of a recreational vehicle for which the vehicle registration shows
a City of Calgary address shall not park a recreational vehicle on a street in the City:
(a) except in the area of the street immediately adjoining the owner or operator's
place of residence, and
(b) for more than thirty-six (36) consecutive hours following which the owner or
operator shall move the recreational vehicle to an off-street location for a period
of not less than forty-eight (48) consecutive hours before the recreational
vehicle may be parked again in the same area of the street immediately
adjoining the owner or operator's place of residence.
(2) No owner or operator of a recreational vehicle shall park the recreational vehicle on
any street in the City in such a manner as to constitute a hazard to other persons using
the street.

[bigtmac19]

Originally Posted by fotze

If all 'old ladies' were eliminated the bylaw enforcement group could cut their staff by 97%.

That's funny Fotze, though I would have to agree, my Mom being one of those people, when they still lived in their house.