Today I got a notice each on two vehicles on my property that are in violation on how theyโre parked in front of my house (I donโt live in a hoa) because the neighbor complained. They complained because we parked them on an incline on the side yard next to the driveway, where at the most one is 4 inches over the property line on a semi steep slope, on a side of yard they have never walked over. For context, I live in the ghetto in the murder Capitol of the United States and have multiple vehicles.
Yeah, I fully agree they were over the line and we had a discussion two days ago where the lady very rudely approached me because evidently they impeded the ability for the people she hired to mow her lawn to mow her grass. (her grass that doesnโt exist, itโs December, the two cars have only been there for about 2 weeks)
Normally Iโd be entirely caving and apologizing for the inconvenience, but Iโm especially pissed off about it since weโve had issues where people who speed on this road come flying through our yard because we live on the outside of a curve and have hit their house on several occasions in the past, and one rammed one of our vehicles and totalled it just a few months ago.
Now, these two vehicles could have been parked in the other half of my yard, but I know they have young children in the house and the totalled car is still mobile enough to move, so Iโve had it parked in that strip of yard next to the driveway to act as a barrier because the car is already fucked anyway, and it gives me peace of mind that they wonโt have a truck come flying through their kidโs window.
So this lady had approached me, right after I finished towing out one of these speeding idiots out of my other neighborโs yard who had finally moved back in not that long ago after the renovations were done on their home, because it caught on fire and nearly burned the whole house to the ground. The speeding idiot nearly rammed into their power pole, and he had called over his friends and they were just going to try to drive through their yard and bout take out the rest of the pole, so I offered and pulled him out to avoid the neighborโs yard getting torn up because theyโre just an elderly couple thatโs already had a bunch of unfortunate things happen to them with their home and possessions going up in literal flames.
I get done with that, park back in my carport, and the lady is yelling at me over 4 inches of a tire over the line. The lady who Iโve set up a car to try to defend her house (which Iโve said to her), the lady who Iโve fixed a generator to offer to help in case we have another power outage since they have a young child, the lady who Iโve rushed to help when a tree went crashing in their yard and left them no way to park and offered my own driveway, and more that Iโm probably forgetting. I try to help the neighbors while staying out of anyoneโs business, and get yelled at over the car thatโs acting as a barrier to their house being over the line by 4 inches, enough to get the city involved to put a notice on the car when I said I would move it as soon as I had the keys.
Fine, Iโll move the cars and put them far on the other side, blocking the front of my own house. She is right, they are over the line. But she canโt expect to ask me for any sort of assistance ever again, and now Iโm looking at pink flamingos to line that side of the house with. Been nothing but nice and trying to help the neighborhood by trying to help against having a car wreck through your house and the other side I would regularly pick up the garbage people threw into their yard, cut their lawn for free, and keep an eye out when squatters tried to move in and they asked if we had any camera footage which we obliged. Iโm probably being dramatic and rambling, but this turn of events was really irratating me
Edit: I wrote this right before I walked outside to move them, and no, itโs on ALL the cars. Not even just those. They park cars in their yard. But they decided to do it to ALL of mine, some of which are just waiting on parts like an alternator for family because I can fix it so they donโt have to go to a shop for it. So now I have to figure out how to have 7 cars on one driveway while thereโs is still parked in their yard