From: Jeff Gatton (jdgatton@yahoo.com)
Date: Sat Dec 13 2003 - 05:15:27 PST
Bill,
I'll contribute to "The Fund", if needed.
I second Fred's suggestion to drop the rear axle and
start roaming the streets!
It definately sounds like there is some nepitism going
on in your fine city council. There may be some legal
ground there for you too.
It's kind of funny when they said they couldn't add in
a clause for Historic Vehicles, because it would be
for one person. Well, it seems to me this new
ordinance is directed at one person. That is, unless
there has been a rash of big trucks, 18-wheelers and
such roaming and parking on the streets of your quaint
little town causing all sorts of hate and discontent.
Jeff Gatton
--- william f cox <grntrks@juno.com> wrote:
> Hi Bill,
> If you wind up hiring a lawyer, post an email. I' m
> not rich but, I'll
> gladly and proudly send $20.00 to the "Prestin Legal
> Defense Fund" just
> to know I had a small part of puttig a few elitist
> despots in their
> place.
> Nuff said,
>
> Frank Cox (grntrks@juno.com)
> Vietnam 1966
> '45 GMC 353 DUKW
> '66 M35A2 w/w
> '68 M105A1
>
>
> On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 20:20:04 -0500 "Bill & Bonnie
> Prestin"
> <bprestin@chartermi.net> writes:
> > I live on Main street, in a small town
> (Village) just off I75
> > in
> > Michigan. My lot size is 75 ft. wide by 160 ft
> deep. I own a 2 1/2
> > ton 1952
> > Studebaker(M342) and a 5 ton 1953 Diamont T(M51)
> >
> > I built a very large garage to house my
> trucks. In fact it
> > approached
> > the maximum height allowed for "accessory
> structures" in our town
> > which was
> > 25 ft tall. My garage is 24 ft. eight inches tall.
> > I also maxed out the square feet of coverage
> rule on my lot
> > which
> > allows for 25% coverage. I have 24.98% coverage.
> My garage is 34
> > ft. wide
> > by 46 ft long.
> > My neighbor is one of the 5 council members
> in our town. Her
> > brother,
> > who also lives on main street, is another of the
> five council
> > members. My
> > neighbor was not happy at all about the size of my
> garage. So they
> > made an
> > amendment to the allowed height of accessory
> structures. The new
> > maximum
> > height allowed is 17 ft. six inches tall. luckily
> my garage was
> > already
> > done.
> >
> > I recently saw in the paper (you have to read
> the fine print)
> > that there
> > was a proposed ordinance to restrict all vehicles
> with more than two
> > axles
> > from driving on any street in town (excepting main
> street) lucky me,
> > I live
> > on main street. But the ordinance also restricts
> vehicles with more
> > than two
> > axles from parking on all streets in town
> including main street.
> > Now, my trucks are stored in my garage at all
> times. In fact I
> > only get
> > one of them out, about 10-12 times a year. They
> are also licensed
> > and
> > insured as "historic" vehicles.
> > Now occasionally, when family comes up to
> visit, I will get
> > one out
> > and give the kids rides around the block, stopping
> in the parallel
> > parking
> > in front of my house to let the kids swap out &
> take turns. I also
> > use my
> > trucks in the local 4th of July parade. This new
> ordinance would
> > prevent me
> > from doing both of these things.
> > So I thought I would go to the meeting and
> talk to them about
> > it. To say
> > anything at our towns council meetings you have to
> get on the
> > agenda. So I
> > filled out the form the required week ahead of
> time. At the meeting,
> > I ask
> > If they could make an exclusion to the ordinance
> for licensed
> > "historic
> > vehicles". They said "we can't make an exclusion
> for just one
> > person." I
> > said " No I don't mean just me, it would be anyone
> with a historic
> > vehicle
> > with more than two axles." They said "that could
> be thousand of
> > vehicles"
> > "Doing that would defeat the purpose of the
> ordinance"
> > Then they told me that they don't think I
> should be allowed
> > to keep
> > trucks of that size on residential property in the
> village, and they
> > were
> > going to approach the zoning board to ask If they
> could make me
> > remove them.
> > I am not really sure what action I should
> take? Should I
> > wait until
> > I get a letter saying I have to get rid of my
> trucks? Or is there
> > something
> > I could do pro-actively. It makes me wonder what
> is becoming of "The
> > land of
> > the free"
> >
> > Bill
> >
> >
> >
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>
> Frank Cox (grntrks@juno.com)
> Vietnam 1966
> '45 GMC 353 DUKW
> '66 M35A2 w/w
> '68 M105A1
>
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