Articles on Zoning
How to Handle Issues With Incorrect Property Lines and Septic Systems
Last year our neighbor asked us when we were going to move our septic system. He said that he would never be able to sell his property with our septic on it. Would an easement be a good solution to this problem? Or should we move it? One more note, our neighbor poured concrete and put a carport right on the property line after finding out what the surveys had shown. Shouldn’t it be at least 3 foot away from us? My neighbor and I decided to put a fence between our properties, he paid half and I paid for half of the fence. I want to put more protection up on my side of the fence that ajoins to the gate. How do I know which end of the fence is mine and which end is his? Can I put up a barrier on my side of the fence? Our Township just recently adopted zoning. We lived in a mobile home and also operated a business at the property. We recently closed our business and we removed the mobile home that was in disrepair from wind damage and just being old. The new zoning lists our former business property as Residential Single Family Dwelling. The township lot size ordinance says that that property is too small to build on. Am I protected in anyway as far as being able to put a home or another mobile home back on that lot? What are some options that I have to sell this property? If i have a friend staying in my shed can the cops tell him he cant live in there? or the city? My neighbor runs a large landscaping business on two residentially zoned contiguous parcels behind my property. He is allowed to operate a business on these parcels by the Township because one of the parcels is considered “grandfathered-in” with non-conforming business zoning. Although this landscaping business has direct access to a road behind his property which runs through a neighborhood, all his traffic uses my driveway, which I share with a neighbor on the east side. My family and I have been harassed and intimidated since the day we moved in five years ago with four police reports to prove this. My question, how do I get back control of my driveway and ideally, make the business go out the other entrance? Right across the road from my property are my and one neighbor’s mailboxes. They turn come from their home and turn around in my driveway when they get their mail because it is more convenient for them to do that. Recently, they accused me of some things and I told them to not come on my property anymore. The city came in today and painted the curb in front of my house red as well as stuck a big “no parking” sign directly in front of my house. I was never made aware this was going to happen and it now draws away from my house, possibly devaluing it. When opening a liquor store, the prospective liquor store owner should check to make sure that the location that they have chosen is zoned for selling liquor. Just before opening a liquor store, it was discovered that there were zoning legal issues. Whether their attorney was responsible will depend in part on whether they were hired as a business set-up and zoning attorney, or something else.
