In alt.home.repair on 29 Jul 2005 07:29:18 -0700 Banty
posted:

In article .com, Jennifer
says...



Doug Kanter wrote:
"Jennifer" wrote in message
oups.com...

It does seem rather odd that his fence is directly down the property
line. Isn't some sort of set-back distance usually required?

What he gonna do, Jennifer? Make the neighbor move it? This mess is carved
on stone. Or, concrete, to be precise.

Er, did I **** you off somehow?

It wouldn't be the first time a fence was moved. I actually asked
because one of my co-workers was recently complaining that his township
made him tear down his fence because it was too close to the sidewalk
and six inches too high.

I'd bet pretty good money that a fencing contractor by trade would know enough
to check with the town ordinances (or whatever governing body applies) as to
what the fencing requirements and restrictions are.

In my town, we're allowed to fence on the property line.

It's possible that he could put the fence on the property line , but
the edge of the sidewalk was not the property line.

In my old n'hood, the road we lived on was a main straight road, went
from 59th st. to 86th st, crossed the entire suburbs at the time. It
was 8 or 12 feet from our property line, but the previous owner had
planted trees and bushes next (to the rain culvert which was next) to
the road. A lot of owners did this, and a lot of owners put their
bushes inside the property line instead. (This also had the advantage
that one could see if a car was coming when backing out of the
driveway.)

I was back last winter for my unlce's funeral, 41 years later, and
they still haven't widened the road we lived on.

Banty


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