The wall is a interlocking brick wall about 2-3 ft high. He added a
truck load of class 5 gravel to the top of the wall thus creating a
parking pad off of his driveway. My issue isn't the wall it's the fact
that he built this parking pad (driveway) which is about 24 ft feet
long. Long enough for his trailer and boat. It's not just a brick wall
like he claims.
lee_houston wrote:
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| My neighbor recently built what he claimed was a brick wall about 1 ft
| from our property line. He then had a truck load of gravel added to the
| wall, in effect creating a parking pad off his driveway. He neglected
| to get a building permit or to contact zoning. I found out from zoning
| that there's a 5 ft setback on driveways. He promptly parked his
| trailer on his new driveway which is above our fence line (since his
| property sits on a small high above our property).

trying to picture what you said. So this wall is a retaining wall and
he added fill on the 'hill' slope above the wall? how high is the wall?
Please describe more fully with some approximate measurements?

lee



The zoning board has
| since told him that he can't park on his new driveway since it hasn't
| been approved. I'm a little irritated at this neighbor for being so
| sneaky about the way that he put this driveway in. I think that his
| theory is to just do it and see if he gets caught. I'm assuming that
| he'll be applying for a zoning permit since that's his only option
| other than removing it. I don't know what happens at a zoning meeting
| since I've never been to one. Does it cost money? What questions should
| I ask. I hope someone can give me some advice on this.
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