On May 30, 10:33 pm, Robert Allison wrote:
dnoyeB wrote:
On Wed, 30 May 2007 01:38:06 +0000, Robert Allison wrote:

dnoyeB wrote:

So if you owned a piece of property and someone told you that
you can't develope it, you would be fine with that? When did
development become "messing with" owners of adjacent property?
They are just trying to use their property as they see fit.

What you are saying is this: You can own all the land you
want around me, you just can't do anything with it.

Im not saying it, its our system. There are zoning rules that govern what
you can and can not do with your land. In general, if he has a home, what
other home owners do to their land will not affect him much. But when
you mix zones, then businesses can do things home owners dont like, and
vice versa. This is no different.

It happened in my neighborhood. But thats because my city is silly and
still has no city development plan, so its haphazard zoning...

I thought the OP was talking about a subdivision. Not a
walmart or a hog farm.

I have an electrical substation across the street from my
shop, which is behind my house. It is a good neighbor. It
never says anything about what I do on my property. I like it.

If it ever harms me, I can sue it (or rather its owners).
Otherwise, I live and let live. Since I live in the country,
there isn't any zoning. Down the street, we have a bread
distribution warehouse, a church, a plumbing supply warehouse
and some sort of office building. The other direction has
only homes, but they are putting in a large computer company
building (they are very secretive about exactly what they are
going to do there). It is about 300,000 sf. It is at the end
of my county road about a mile away.

When it gets too crowded for me, or I don't like something, I
can sell and move. Or I can just learn to live with it.
After all, they don't tell me what I can do with my property
and I don't tell them how to use theirs.

If I wanted that sort of thing, then I could live in an area
like the neighborhood of my current construction project. It
has one of those gestapo like neighborhood associations that
has to approve the exterior colors, roofing material and
color, entry locations, exterior selections, landscaping,
amount of time you can park on the street, what you can park
on the street, hours you can work, how long you can leave your
garage door open (1/2 hour), what playground equipment can be
visible from the street, what you can keep in your yard, etc.

They pretty much let you do what you want inside your house,
but you have no leeway concerning the exterior.

You see, there is a place for just about everyone. You just
have to find it.

--
Robert Allison
Rimshot, Inc.
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I live in a rural subdivision in the county, and it does have zoning,
permits, code enforcement, etc. Several neighbors complained to the
planning commission about a new subdivision planned with smaller lots
than the typical neigborhood lot, and the builder increased the lot
size.

Some states, counties, & watersheds have rules governing septic system
& well spacing. You need to ask about your local requirements; start
at the county courthouse. If you don't know who to call, start with
the County Clerk. Probably, your state has a website with the agency
involved in health & water permits.

Unless you have a shallow well, you probably won't notice any
problems. You could invest a small amount of $ by taking a water
sample from your well now, then periodically (quarterly? annually?)
and keeping track of the quality. If the wells and septic systems are
properly installed, nothing should be able to affect your water
supply. The soil acts as a filter, and the biological activity in the
soil converts all of the sewage into bacteria & plants. The most
drastic impact you should expect is lower capacity during extreme
drought, if the water table drops due to excessive use.

One thing to watch is that the builders don't create any buried trash
pits. Chemicals used during home construction (paints, thinners,
pesticides, solvents, etc.) don't belong underground and can
contaminate the groundwater. It could be years before anyone would
see this in their wells.

If you have a karst geology in your area, you may have problems. This
is when the limestone layer is immediately below the surface, and has
many joints, caves, and solution cavities that permit free flow of
water underground. You need a specialist to help you then, but you
probably would already know about it. There are some other types of
geological problems, but they are rare.