Fubar411
ArboristSite Member
I've got some neighbors that don't care for my woodpile. For the second year in a row, they've called the city on me. The code enforcement officer has told me, but has not produced, an ordinance that my wood must be 12" OFF the ground. I think the ordinance says minimum 12" high, to be sure it is a wood pile and not scattered wood. They're going to look it up and get back to me, but I'm sick of getting in trouble for processing my own wood.
And to make matters worse, the same neighbors called the city on me for having a small burn pile. I had three fire trucks and an ambulance show up with two police officers. They were right, my county doesn't allow open burns, so I'm going to get the biggest fire pit I can so I can legally burn what doesn't fit in my fireplace insert.
A little other history, they tried to get us in trouble for keeping chickens, but our city allows them. So they just wrote letters to the editor targeting us as making the street look like a third world country.
I'm wondering why it is such a big concern that people doing things "the old way" ie where nobody profits like the supermarket or the gas company seems so barbaric and out of place in civilized society. Is this what drives people to live out in the country? Cause I'm sure feeling like doing that.
And to make matters worse, the same neighbors called the city on me for having a small burn pile. I had three fire trucks and an ambulance show up with two police officers. They were right, my county doesn't allow open burns, so I'm going to get the biggest fire pit I can so I can legally burn what doesn't fit in my fireplace insert.
A little other history, they tried to get us in trouble for keeping chickens, but our city allows them. So they just wrote letters to the editor targeting us as making the street look like a third world country.
I'm wondering why it is such a big concern that people doing things "the old way" ie where nobody profits like the supermarket or the gas company seems so barbaric and out of place in civilized society. Is this what drives people to live out in the country? Cause I'm sure feeling like doing that.