<VV> Zoning issues from Sema

[Bill Elliott]

It may be true that the catalyst for such regulations are those junk 
collectors with 10 or 20 cars in the back yard of a residential area, 
but the resulting regulations too often result in draconian codes which 
affect the responsible hobbiest.

As you say "if you are violating city, county, whatever code, you have a 
problem"... that's the truth...the problem is keeping that code from 
being enacted in the first place. And that's what SEMA does... or at 
least tries to do.

Most car collectors support responsible codes/zoning, but the anti-car 
crowd has other ideas...including not allowing cars to be parked on 
grass (even in your backyard shielded from view) or doing minor 
maintenance to your car in your own driveway... two rules in effect in 
jurisdictions just south of me.... and often hold sway in local 
regulations.

We must always be on guard for these sorts of intrusions into our 
personal liberties, our property rights, and our hobby.

Bill

corvairs wrote:

>       I gotta comment on this one. While I am certain  that this 
> happens I also know personally of multiple cases where the property 
> owner had been given warning after  warning, extensions, etc etc 
> sometimes literally for years. These cases almost always involve junk 
> collectors who have 10 or 20 cars in the back yard of a residential 
> area. Most jurisdictions (I said most) give more than reasonable 
> opportunities to contest something of this type, but the bottom line 
> is, if you are violating city, country, whatever code, you have a 
> problem. If you don't like the law - change it. If you don't like the 
> people enforcing it - change them. I've been involved in doing both. Lon
>
> scott wrote:
>
>>
>>   Often,  removal  of  these  vehicles from private property is enforced
>>   through  local  nuisance  laws with minimal or no notice to the owner.
>>    
>>
> ___



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