Forum Discussion
107 Replies
- Yep, in the end the homeowners got what they should have! That is ridiculous that they even had to go through all this.
Good for them! - Thanks Toobold. I read that first article and it explained things a lot clearer than "there's a 5ft setback, they got a 2.5ft variance".
The owners had been parking the RV in the driveway. Zoning requires that all RVs and boats be inside a fully enclosed garage OR be parked completely behind the front of the building. Neighbors complained; owners got busted.
Owners offered to park the RV on the side of the house, by moving air conditioning and laying a concrete slab, but the RV would still extend past the front of the house by 2ft and 1/2 inch. They asked for the 2.5ft variance so they could park the RV on the side of the house. - More info on the lawsuit and the young man's Muscular Dystrophy disability. Article
Another article on the lawsuit and further information on his method of transportation.Article
Now talk amongst yourselves. Since people were asking for information I thought I'd do a search and hopefully get some questions answered. - The township wants a 5 foot setback. this has to be from the front of the house. if it was from the side of the house the RV would`ve been on the neighbors property (RV`s are 8 feet wide)! which is a completely different issue than what is being discussed. they want any RV to be 5 feet behind the front line of the house. the homeowners wanted a variance to allow them to be within 2 1/2 feet of the front edge of the house.
dodge guy wrote:
Setback meens front of property, not the side.
I don't see where you get this from, the city building code in my town/city has such a set back of either 8 or 10 feet (can't remember now) from the (shared) property line in some parts of town, but also has a 0 set back in others. This is for a permanent building not for some that can moved easy like the said RV in this post.
Maybe I missed it but I did not see what set back the encroachment was made on.jbrad13 wrote:
toedtoes wrote:
I thought setback was the space required to be "set back" from the property line - all the way around the property, not just the front. If there is a 5ft setback, then you have to leave 5ft between any structure and the property line - regardless of whether it's in the backyard, frontyard, etc. - unless the zoning regulation specifically identifies the setback as being for the front, side, etc. only.
Dodge guy - Rockhillmanor was responding to comments by Toobold who has made a lot of such assumptions that are not mentioned in the article. Which is why I keep pointing it out, once you start making assumptions, everyone starts making assumptions and the actual facts get completely lost in a fantasy argument with no basis on reality.
The setback in Jefferson Parish residential areas is completely behind the front line of the main occupied structure or 60 ft behind the front property line whichever is closer to the property line.
Then is the article mis-identifying things? Because it states there is a 5ft setback and the family was sticking 2.5ft into that setback. Nothing about 60ft at all.- sec 40-661 (g) of the Jefferson Parish, Louisiana Code of Ordinances-General Requirements covers the parking of recreational vehicles and recreational watercraft in the parish.
toedtoes wrote:
I thought setback was the space required to be "set back" from the property line - all the way around the property, not just the front. If there is a 5ft setback, then you have to leave 5ft between any structure and the property line - regardless of whether it's in the backyard, frontyard, etc. - unless the zoning regulation specifically identifies the setback as being for the front, side, etc. only.
Dodge guy - Rockhillmanor was responding to comments by Toobold who has made a lot of such assumptions that are not mentioned in the article. Which is why I keep pointing it out, once you start making assumptions, everyone starts making assumptions and the actual facts get completely lost in a fantasy argument with no basis on reality.
The setback in Jefferson Parish residential areas is completely behind the front line of the main occupied structure or 60 ft behind the front property line whichever is closer to the property line.- I thought setback was the space required to be "set back" from the property line - all the way around the property, not just the front. If there is a 5ft setback, then you have to leave 5ft between any structure and the property line - regardless of whether it's in the backyard, frontyard, etc. - unless the zoning regulation specifically identifies the setback as being for the front, side, etc. only.
Dodge guy - Rockhillmanor was responding to comments by Toobold who has made a lot of such assumptions that are not mentioned in the article. Which is why I keep pointing it out, once you start making assumptions, everyone starts making assumptions and the actual facts get completely lost in a fantasy argument with no basis on reality. - This is not a HOA issue but rather a zoning issue in Jefferson Parish. Our daughter lives in Metairie in Jefferson Parish where we wintered this year. When we purchased our new MH in February in Alabama, we parked it in our daughter's (very long) driveway for three weeks before we returned home to Ohio in March. The day before we left, a zoning inspector came to the house and asked, "What's the deal with the motor home?" I said, "It will be gone tomorrow." The zoning guy said, "Works for me.", turned around and left.
We had parked a motor home there before in the past but only for a couple days and never got asked about it.
