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Old 01-09-2009, 03:32 PM  
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What would you do if your neighbor....
Ok, as some of you have heard me complain before, the neighbors who live behind me\across the street installed a 10ft lamppost in their front yard. It is excessively bright. I by that I mean it outshines the streetlights easily. The ligh illuminates the entire backside of my house meaning it shines right through my dining room window and bedroom window. I cannot sit on my deck when it is on as it is like having a light shined righ tin your face.

So, what I have done so far....I tolerated it and paid $500 to put in a tree to help block it. That does a meh job. So I thought oh well until....CHRISTMAS TIME! What is so special about CHRISTMAS TIME and the Lamp? I will tell you....

The people put exterior x-mas lights on their home and guess what...they had to turn off their light so they could be seen. Day after x-mas the light was back on in all of its blinding beauty.

So I finally looked up the code and found an "Unlawul Illumination" code that states basically your light cannot shine across your property line to the point it is a nuisance. So I filed a complaint with the city.

The city in turn said this is an exception to municiple code and they forwarded it to the Police. The Police contacted me and said they are waiting for the blessing from the city prosector to allow a citation. This is where it gets good...

If they do get the blessing, I of course have to sign a complaint and possibly appear in court to have the light dimmed or removed.

I am half willing to accept reimbursement for the $500 for the tree I put in, though that does me no good in the winter. The wife says I should let it go. My best friemd says "**** em' they should of thought about that when they put in the light".

So would you follow it all the way to court? Or am I being a bigger dick than usual?


Updated: Talked to him, asked him to either wait until 10:00 to turn it on or get a dimmer bulb.....light was off last night so he is being cool though I could tell by his town he wasn't happy about the purpose of my visit
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Old 01-10-2009, 11:20 AM   #136
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He turned it off last night. I am waiting to see how long this will last. I genuinely feel bad about it but **** it, he shoul dnever of put in such a bright light in the first palce.
Why the **** do YOU feel bad?

He's the one who gave no consideration to his neighbors when he installed that thing.
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Old 01-10-2009, 11:26 AM   #137
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All I know is the guy looked like he could play LB for the Chiefs. I am 5'6" and a desk jockey. You can do the math....
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Old 01-10-2009, 11:28 AM   #138
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Why the **** do YOU feel bad?

He's the one who gave no consideration to his neighbors when he installed that thing.
Oh, I don't know....certain feeling of selfhishness I guess? I know I am in the right but I guess it is like spanking your child...you know it is for the best but you really wish you didn't have to do it.
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Old 01-10-2009, 02:11 PM   #139
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Oh, I don't know....certain feeling of selfhishness I guess? I know I am in the right but I guess it is like spanking your child...you know it is for the best but you really wish you didn't have to do it.
I would go over and tell him you appreciate him turning the light out last night. Then I'd tell him what time you don't mind him turning it on for the night. OTW is right though. He may have been oblivious to it when he put it in, but the combination of you installing a tree in to try and block it, and his turning it off to show off his Christmas lights should've been the writing on the wall.
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Old 01-10-2009, 03:01 PM   #140
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We know you are a big disk why not ask if they will turn it out at certain times? Like before 10 oclock or something. And lets see a pic to be sure
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Old 01-10-2009, 03:15 PM   #141
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We know you are a big disk why not ask if they will turn it out at certain times? Like before 10 oclock or something. And lets see a pic to be sure
dude you are like way late to the game... Talked to him, gave Oz a link to pic..though the pic does ltitle justice.....apprecciatet the advice though
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Old 01-10-2009, 03:16 PM   #142
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I would go over and tell him you appreciate him turning the light out last night. Then I'd tell him what time you don't mind him turning it on for the night. OTW is right though. He may have been oblivious to it when he put it in, but the combination of you installing a tree in to try and block it, and his turning it off to show off his Christmas lights should've been the writing on the wall.
I told him yesterday if he could wait until 10:00 to turn it on I will deal with the bedroom window. I am more irked about the dining room and deck.
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Old 01-10-2009, 03:53 PM   #143
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Have you talked to any of the other neighbors about this. It doesn't hurt to have allies.
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Old 01-10-2009, 03:55 PM   #144
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Have you talked to any of the other neighbors about this. It doesn't hurt to have allies.
No, a huge fight could result.
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Old 01-10-2009, 04:05 PM   #145
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No, a huge fight could result.
Man GFY, Zach.. I get your point..you think I'm a pussy who hides behind a keyboard. Good for you. As you call people a coward from behind your keyboard.
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Old 01-10-2009, 04:05 PM   #146
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Have you talked to any of the other neighbors about this. It doesn't hurt to have allies.
Thought about it but I talked with the guy. He has it shut off for now so we will see how long it lasts or what he ends up doing.
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Old 01-10-2009, 04:43 PM   #147
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Thought about it but I talked with the guy. He has it shut off for now so we will see how long it lasts or what he ends up doing.
I'm stunned that after you went and made him aware of the problem, he actually tried to fix the problem. How very un-humane of him.
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I'm stunned that after you went and made him aware of the problem, he actually tried to fix the problem. How very un-humane of him.
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I would go over and tell him you appreciate him turning the light out last night. Then I'd tell him what time you don't mind him turning it on for the night. OTW is right though. He may have been oblivious to it when he put it in, but the combination of you installing a tree in to try and block it, and his turning it off to show off his Christmas lights should've been the writing on the wall.
Yea, depending on what he does in the long run, I figured I would thank him. Though as some said, he did ask for it by puttin git up in the first place.

And just to correct some people, not you particularly, I did NOT engage the Police. It was never my intention to engage the Police and I stopped it before the Police got involved. I merely entered a complaint to the city as I did feel a dick move deserved something of a dick move in return. Some agree with that, some don't.

The city for some reason says this is one code that has to be enforced by the Police and therefore I thought better to have the face to face.

Still part of me would of liked to of seen him get a fine just for doing it in the first place. But, I am a dick too so...anyhow, hopefully things will work out and he can have his "dimmer" light and I can have dinner and a nice evening on my deck without wearing blinders myself.

Now we can go back to Zach calling people keyboard commandos and calling people cowards from behind the safety of his keyboard.
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Old 01-10-2009, 07:16 PM   #150
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Thought about it but I talked with the guy. He has it shut off for now so we will see how long it lasts or what he ends up doing.
Just your tone makes it pretty clear that you expect the worst even though it sounds to me like your neighbor has done nothing wrong.

He put up a light in his yard. I doubt that he realized that it shined so brightly into your house. After working up some big confrontation scenario in your head, you asked him to turn it off, and he agreed.

There is an asshole in this scenario, and I don't think it's him.
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