8 Jun
2001
8 Jun
'01
10:07 a.m.
People routinely complain about rusting hulks of automobiles once destined for
"restoration" but really used for restoring something else. It's a real
sore
point in my neighborhood, but once the city knows it's (a) not a blatant health
risk, and (b) not a potential source of revenue, they generally let you get by
if you simply put a cover over each car. It's easier for the neighbors to
consider your "classic" car an item of value if you keep it covered. I guess
"out of sight, out of mind" applies.
Perhaps that same strategy could be applied to computer hardware.
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chad Fernandez" <fernande(a)internet1.net>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Friday, June 08, 2001 9:25 AM
Subject: Re: Storage of computer and parts in the residential area
I' surprised 1'x2' paving blocks under the
wheels were allowed. I would
have thought that the whole area would have had to be done, under the
boat. I'm not gonna argue, However :-)
Reminds me, that I need to work on getting rid of a car in my folks yard
:-)
Chad Fernandez
Michigan, USA
Richard Erlacher wrote:
>
> I'd suspect that this is due to observability of "big iron" from some
vantage
> point off the property. We've had annoying
visits from city folks from time
to
> time, apparently resulting from what one neighbor
or another can see from
his
> porch. My neighbor had a problem with his boat,
which he parked in his
front
> yard where it's shaded from the sun, and
which I certainly like with parking
it
> on the street. Someone didn't like that,
however, and complained to the
> authrorities. The result was that a notice was sent by the city, citing a
> confusingly worded statute of which they included a relevant portion. It
turns
> out, however, that, though, on first reading, the
statute suggests that it's
> illegal to have anything at all anywhere on your property, what compliance
with
> the statute really requres is a substantial
concrete or other "firmament" on
> which to park the wheels of the trailer, which was easily solved by putting
> three 1' x 2' paving blocks under the wheels.
>
> I'd guess that there's a simple solution of that sort, if you allow cooler
heads
(your own,
after it cools off) to prevail.
Dick