From: Dave Brubaker (m151@cox.net)
Date: Sat Dec 13 2003 - 08:25:43 PST
Yes! Great idea. If you go the lawyer route, and I strongly suggest you
do, I will contribute to this fund.
These people need to be educated on proper government.
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David Brubaker
MVPA # 18115
M151A2
KCØNZN
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President: Mid-Kansas MVPA
www.mkmvpa.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "william f cox" <grntrks@juno.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 11:48 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] Is this the land of the free??
> 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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