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From: Wallace Craig
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Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 8:50 AM
Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Unreasonable town ordinance
When I was hit with the ordinance to move my bird I also went to FMCA
And talk to a guy name Max Durbin the go to guy for this kind of thing. He
told me that FMCA has had very little luck stopping this type of ordinance. I
also found out the hard way that a RV or boat couldn't be grandfather in because
you move it off your land and bring it back.
In my case Harahan did not say you cannot have a RV but they did say in the
ordinance that it has to be park behind the first outside wall
Of your house facing the street or 20' from the street side property line.
Then I found out in Harahan you don't own the first 10'off the street. That was
what got me kick out but not until I paid out
$3,000 for a layer and $ 800.00 bucks in fines. It can get costly
to put up a fight. This ordinance was sit up so as not to block your neighbor
view on either side of you. If I had know all of this 35 years ago I would not
have moved to this city.
Bob Loomas 1985 PT 36
Harahan La.
Yes gentlemen, FMCA does have such a group although I don't know how active it
is. At least they might have some advise about dealing with the ordinance. The
ACLU is not where you need to go. One avenue that is always effective is to
identify the sponsor of the ordinance and to go after them politically. Running
against them in the next election or finding a canidate is good if you are
willing to go that far.
LOL
mbulriss <mbulriss@...> wrote:
Gardner,
When it's the town, you really have few choices other than move it or
face the fines. If it's a home owner's association, you can ignore
them for a long time. Don't ask how I know! HOAs have almost always
forgotten/chosen not to enforce some other parts of the covenants, so
it's tough for them to have unilateral enforcement of 'some'
convenants and not others.
You say it says you can't store it unless you have a garage. Big loop
hole? How do you think the neighbors will like your new "Bird House"? LOL
I find it hard to believe that they can restrict the storage of RVs at
private storage facilities when they also have ordinances against
storing them at home. Are you sure about that one? That's a stupid
double whammy that effectively prohibits ownership of RVs in that
town. Also seems like an ACLU lawsuit waiting to happen. Doesn't
FMCA have a lobby group that tackles such restrictive anti-RV problems?
Mike Bulriss
1991 WB40 "Texas Minivan"
San Antonio, TX
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WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Gardner Yeaw"
wrote:
>
> Well, I guess some %@#$ must have complained about my Bird in the
> driveway. I got a registered letter from the town stating that I can
> only 'store' it on my property for a total of five days in any year,
> unless I have a garage to park it in. Seems a little ridiculous. I
> also found that they don't allow RVs in the local storage facilities
> because they are afraid you might live in it.
>
> So now if I am planning a trip I can't load up the night before,
> or pull in when I get home from a trip and take it to the storage
> facility the next day. And I just put in a 30-amp outlet so I could
> keep it on shore power when it was at home.
>
> Also when I plan to work on it at the storage facility I normally
> keep it at I need to have everything I might possibly need in the
> car or Bird to address all the unexpected surprises I might
> encounter.
>
> Unfortunately moving isn't an option, I just spent a fortune on a
> new kitchen addition and other things.
>
>
> Gardner
> 78FC33
>
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Wallace Craig
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Azle, Texas
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