![]() In some cases, neighbors can get a court order to have the animal confined. If the animal in question is dangerous, or has hurt someone, the owner can be held liable for any injury or damage. Many cities have ordinances covering pets and how they should be kept and whether they need to be leashed. As with most cases, how you deal with this depends on where you live. A wandering tomcat or unleashed dog can leave unwanted 'gifts' or otherwise damage property. Perhaps it is not your neighbor's property that is crossing the line, it is their animals. If the roots cross your property line, the tree owner has to remove it. If the roots are pushing onto your property, they are considered an encroachment in the same manner as fences and other physical belongings. However, if branches fall and cause damage on your property for any reason other than a storm or act of God, your neighbor is responsible for the cleanup and damage. Leaves, pods, acorns and the like falling onto your property are considered a natural occurrence and are the property owner's responsibility to clear away. ![]() If the tree is on a boundary, most states will not allow either party to destroy it. Maybe the roots are pushing through onto your property. The limbs hang over the fence you built or break and fall into your yard. Some neighbor disputes have a naturally occurring root, namely, trees. Otherwise, you will have to go to court and have a judge order the guy next door to keep his things next door. If yours does not, you can hire a private mediator to help you work through the encroachment issues. Many homeowners associations offer mediation services. Whether you pay for this yourself or work out a deal with the neighbor will depend on the state of your relationship with that person.Īfter you know exactly where your boundaries are, your neighbor should move their belongings if they are infringing on your property. If they don't, then you will have to agree to pay for a survey. The exact wording of the deeds should tell you where your property lines are. The first step in dealing with this is to talk to your neighbor and then compare deed copies. If your neighbor puts their property, a fence, or even an addition to their home on or crossing you property line, then you have a boundary dispute. What to do about your neighbor's boundary issues When a neighbor unlawfully encroaches on your property, you have options depending on the type of infringement. However, some neighbors who do not respect good fences or any other border. If you make reasonable assumptions about 5 days a week of driving like this, both ways, for an entire career, then one comes up with figures of one-to-two years of your waking life spent in queues, mostly rush hour traffic queues and slowness which is equivalent to queueing.There is a saying, "Good fences make good neighbors." For many people, this could be true. That corresponds to 30 minutes each day, each way, of traffic-caused queueing - 60 minutes of traffic queueing each day, or 300 minutes each week. But on a working weekday it takes you 60 minutes. ![]() So, for instance, suppose that a home-to-work trip on a Sunday morning takes you 30 minutes. ![]() It takes you twice as long to drive while moving then it would if there is no traffic congestion. If the speed limit of your road is 40 MPH and you can only move at 20 MPH - due to slow moving traffic, then you are losing 20 miles of travel during each hour of this slow movement. The 'queueing' here is more than just time spent waiting at stop signs and traffic lights. *Here's how Larson explains his estimate that some people spend 1-2 years of life in line: "My judgement is that for many Americans, especially those who commute to and from work in cars every day, that the great majority of their total queue time in life is the time in traffic congestion.
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