At least we don't live in Clinton!

[TF Admin]

www.clintonnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051006/NEWS/510060350/1001

Take note of the following in the above story...

"Materials, equipment or non-traditional items shall not be stored on a porch, breezeway or balcony if visible from the street.

Minor vehicle repairs, such as oil changes or replacing tires, shocks or brakes, cannot exceed a 72-hour time period on property owned or rented by the vehicle's registered owner.

Major repairs are permitted if the work is conducted within a fully enclosed building."

and this lovely ordinance:

"Garage doors will be kept closed except when immediately entering or exiting the garage or short periods of time during cleaning or maintenance."

When I heard about this on SUpertalk Mississippi, I was completely taken aback. It's true. These are the same people who fought the Treehouse War all the way to the Supreme Court! Since when can a City legislate when you can keep your garage door open? Or how long it takes to change a tire? Who d these people think they are? Didn't communism fall? Didn't the Nazi Totalitarian Gov't crumble? What is going on?

TFADMIN

[TF Admin]

And BTW...what exactly qualifies as "non-traditional items"?

Can we be more vague?

TFADMIN

[wittzo]

Okay, here's one..the subdivision near my house requires that all resident's vehicles be parked in your garage with the door down. It's part of the covenant, I assume you will be fined by the homeowner's committee..One of the guys that owns a big chunk of the land they are developing had to park his H2 at his mother's house next to the subdivision because it was too big for his garage. He was one of the authors of the regs..talk about biting the hand that feeds you when the dog turns around to bite your butt

Those regs are standard for a lot of subdivisions. I hate subdivisions.

[Pontotocmom]

Well, I guess it is good thing I live in the country where we can do what we want. I couldn't live like that. We don't have anyone telling us to close the garage or what we can leave out. Or how long it takes to change a tire.