OT: Would this bug you or delight you?
HILLSBOROUGH, Calif. — Fred Flintstone fought the law — and he won.
Technically, the owner of the fanciful Flintstones house in a posh San Francisco suburb settled a lawsuit with the town of Hillsborough. But the agreement will allow Fred and his friends to remain.
In a yabba dabba dispute that pitted property rights against government rules that played out in international media, retired publishing mogul Florence Fang defended her colorful, bulbous-shaped house and its elaborate homage to "The Flintstones" family, featuring Stone Age sculptures inspired by the 1960s cartoon, along with aliens and other oddities..
The town, however, called the towering dinosaurs and life-size sculptures "a highly visible eyesore" and sued Fang, alleging she violated local codes when she put dinosaur sculptures in the backyard and made other landscaping changes that caused local officials to declare it a public nuisance.
An attorney for the town previously said residents are required to get a permit before installing such sculptures, regardless of the theme.
Hillsborough went to court in 2019 after Fang failed to comply with multiple stop-work orders, as well as an order to remove the features around the multimillion-dollar property with its 2,730-square-foot (254-square-meter) home. Fang counter-sued. The Daily Post in Palo Alto first reported news of the settlement on Thursday
Associated Press
June 27, 2021 — 3:20pm
Hurry-up Vikings, we ain't getting any younger!
Inside looks uncomfortable.
Overall, that is fun. Not an eyesore to me.
I'm fine with it....in someone else's neighborhood.
Is she somehow polluting the environment? Because if its just an eyesore (in the eye of the beholder) the residents and lical government need to get a life. Its none of their damn buisness what she does or how she decorates her yard.
There are a lot of trees around it. Unless there is a HOA, then the individual should be able to do this.
Freedom. I wouldn't really want to live next to that, but then I wouldn't buy in that neighborhood. If they built after I was there, oh well. It isn't ugly, but wouldn't really want the attention, traffic and such.
The huge power line running through the neighborhood would probably be something I would dislike more than that house.
@"AGRforever" said: Is she somehow polluting the environment? Because if its just an eyesore (in the eye of the beholder) the residents and lical government need to get a life. Its none of their damn buisness what she does or how she decorates her yard.however... if you had a 2 million dollar home and she did that next to your house and suddenly your relator says your house is devalued by 20% since nobody wants to live next door to a theme park, IMO its suddenly your business isnt it?
thats how I feel about the wind towers anyway... I dont like people telling me what I can and cant do on my land, but I can understand if what I do on my land affects them financially or affects their health.
however all these fuckers trying to move out into ag country and then bitch about smelling cow or pig shit... well they can all eat shit or move back to the city they left. ( commercial feedlots/confinements are a different matter)
Anyone been to the real "Flinstones Bedrock" (some dirtpatch, Arizona)
https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g31407-d534990-Reviews-Flintstone_s_Bedrock_City-Williams_Arizona.html
I wouldn't move into to the neighborhood if it was there when looking. Can't say I would be pleased if my neighbor did something like that, my current situation, is kinda similar. Previous neighbor had nice gardens, trees, new folk move in, cut down the trees, remove the gardens, paint the house white and bricks gray, install concrete sculptures, looks like a friggen mini golf course for the color blind. But nice folk and to each their own.
@"JimmyinSD" said:@"AGRforever" said: Is she somehow polluting the environment? Because if its just an eyesore (in the eye of the beholder) the residents and lical government need to get a life. Its none of their damn buisness what she does or how she decorates her yard. however... if you had a 2 million dollar home and she did that next to your house and suddenly your relator says your house is devalued by 20% since nobody wants to live next door to a theme park, IMO its suddenly your business isnt it?thats how I feel about the wind towers anyway... I dont like people telling me what I can and cant do on my land, but I can understand if what I do on my land affects them financially or affects their health.
however all these fuckers trying to move out into ag country and then bitch about smelling cow or pig shit... well they can all eat shit or move back to the city they left. ( commercial feedlots/confinements are a different matter)
Gotta disagree. Your claim to property ends at your property line. Unless of course there is some sort of pre-disclosed HOA or similar and as long as the neighboring property isn't doing something like polluting the water supply you really have no claim in my book. If you did own that house next door you could build a fence or plant some trees.
@"AGRforever" said:@"JimmyinSD" said:@"AGRforever" said: Is she somehow polluting the environment? Because if its just an eyesore (in the eye of the beholder) the residents and lical government need to get a life. Its none of their damn buisness what she does or how she decorates her yard. however... if you had a 2 million dollar home and she did that next to your house and suddenly your relator says your house is devalued by 20% since nobody wants to live next door to a theme park, IMO its suddenly your business isnt it?thats how I feel about the wind towers anyway... I dont like people telling me what I can and cant do on my land, but I can understand if what I do on my land affects them financially or affects their health.
however all these fuckers trying to move out into ag country and then bitch about smelling cow or pig shit... well they can all eat shit or move back to the city they left. ( commercial feedlots/confinements are a different matter)
Gotta disagree. Your claim to property ends at your property line. Unless of course there is some sort of pre-disclosed HOA or similar and as long as the neighboring property isn't doing something like polluting the water supply you really have no claim in my book. If you did own that house next door you could build a fence or plant some trees.
Not in organized counties and cities, there are zoning laws and building codes established to protect existing property owners from seeing their investments ruined by shitty neighbors. Hell local planning and zoning boards will often implement building material and color limitations for certain types of structures to keep from devaluing areas.
@"JimmyinSD" said:@"AGRforever" said:@"JimmyinSD" said:@"AGRforever" said: Is she somehow polluting the environment? Because if its just an eyesore (in the eye of the beholder) the residents and lical government need to get a life. Its none of their damn buisness what she does or how she decorates her yard. however... if you had a 2 million dollar home and she did that next to your house and suddenly your relator says your house is devalued by 20% since nobody wants to live next door to a theme park, IMO its suddenly your business isnt it?thats how I feel about the wind towers anyway... I dont like people telling me what I can and cant do on my land, but I can understand if what I do on my land affects them financially or affects their health.
however all these fuckers trying to move out into ag country and then bitch about smelling cow or pig shit... well they can all eat shit or move back to the city they left. ( commercial feedlots/confinements are a different matter)
Gotta disagree. Your claim to property ends at your property line. Unless of course there is some sort of pre-disclosed HOA or similar and as long as the neighboring property isn't doing something like polluting the water supply you really have no claim in my book. If you did own that house next door you could build a fence or plant some trees.
Not in organized counties and cities, there are zoning laws and building codes established to protect existing property owners from seeing their investments ruined by shitty neighbors. Hell local planning and zoning boards will often implement building material and color limitations for certain types of structures to keep from devaluing areas.
Hell, I had to start putting my lawn clippings container on the side of the house instead of the front. But I also live under the tyranny of an HOA.
@"purplefaithful" said:@"JimmyinSD" said:@"AGRforever" said:@"JimmyinSD" said:@"AGRforever" said: Is she somehow polluting the environment? Because if its just an eyesore (in the eye of the beholder) the residents and lical government need to get a life. Its none of their damn buisness what she does or how she decorates her yard. however... if you had a 2 million dollar home and she did that next to your house and suddenly your relator says your house is devalued by 20% since nobody wants to live next door to a theme park, IMO its suddenly your business isnt it?thats how I feel about the wind towers anyway... I dont like people telling me what I can and cant do on my land, but I can understand if what I do on my land affects them financially or affects their health.
however all these fuckers trying to move out into ag country and then bitch about smelling cow or pig shit... well they can all eat shit or move back to the city they left. ( commercial feedlots/confinements are a different matter)
Gotta disagree. Your claim to property ends at your property line. Unless of course there is some sort of pre-disclosed HOA or similar and as long as the neighboring property isn't doing something like polluting the water supply you really have no claim in my book. If you did own that house next door you could build a fence or plant some trees.
Not in organized counties and cities, there are zoning laws and building codes established to protect existing property owners from seeing their investments ruined by shitty neighbors. Hell local planning and zoning boards will often implement building material and color limitations for certain types of structures to keep from devaluing areas.
Hell, I had to start putting my lawn clippings container on the side of the house instead of the front. But I also live under the tyranny of an HOA.
I dont care how much I like a neighborhood, I could never live within the confines of an HOA, at least not some of them I've heard about. Sounds to much like a rich school PTA except with more authority.
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