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hollysmom

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26. In our town, they changed the zoning law to deal with this problem,

Reply to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)

Sun Oct 26, 2014, 05:33 PM

Oct 2014

your house cannot cast a shadow on your neighbor's house if you are doing a tear down and rebuild. You can not expand a house if it increases the shadow on your neighbor's house. What would be common courtesy is now a law. They also had to change the law as this generation of house buyers came to town and started cutting down the centuries old oaks. now if it is over 12 inches in diameter, you have to get a variance before you are allowed to cut down a tree, but they have to raise the fine over $200.

I live in an older house that does get shadows from my neighbors but they increased the property width and houses like mine can not be built so close to neighbors and it is only a partial shadow since our streets face east west.

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"Your house destroyed our privacy" - this is what McMansionization looks like in LA [View all] Liberal_in_LA Oct 2014 OP

I agree and have no sympathy for those who build/buy Dawson Leery Oct 2014 #1

A lot of this is driven by Chinese government policy AngryAmish Oct 2014 #18

True yeoman6987 Oct 2014 #28

I would be so upset if someone JustAnotherGen Oct 2014 #2

They probably wouldn't scream as loudly Warpy Oct 2014 #5

This I agree with 100% JustAnotherGen Oct 2014 #17

there needs to be community design standards -- the two houses next-door is perfect example nashville_brook Oct 2014 #3

If I observe all building codes and zoning restrictions... meaculpa2011 Oct 2014 #4

You contradict yourself in your own post BrotherIvan Oct 2014 #21

????????!!!!!!!!!!! My property rights end... meaculpa2011 Oct 2014 #24

Gotta say, I agree with you. Marr Oct 2014 #27

They should have to buy the whole block Politicalboi Oct 2014 #6

ahhhh, back for the old days when we thought at Levittown was the worst thing we thought developers MisterP Oct 2014 #7

A neighborhood I drive through often kiva Oct 2014 #8

An ongoing LA problem. I looked up this article from 1993 about Jack Lemmon and others Bluenorthwest Oct 2014 #9

I used to appraise in L.A. This is SMALL potatoes. I remember rounding a curve Hortensis Oct 2014 #10

This should be the answer to stop this BrotherIvan Oct 2014 #22

Communities can enact protective laws, and some do. BrotherIvan, we used to live in Glendale, a Hortensis Oct 2014 #25

Excellent BrotherIvan Oct 2014 #30

Problems of rich people in a first world country. n/t dilby Oct 2014 #11

Well, not necessarily rich people - lots of people put all their equity into their home hedgehog Oct 2014 #13

I live near the bottom of the mountain, used to be surrounded by woods.. mountain grammy Oct 2014 #12

Everyone wants to live in the country - as long as they can bring Suburbia along with them! hedgehog Oct 2014 #14

Already happened. TPTB dislike our old non conforming house mountain grammy Oct 2014 #16

The neighborhood in Century city has houses you'd want to buy Johonny Oct 2014 #15

"marring her views of Century City" frazzled Oct 2014 #19

This is where my respect for property rights clashes with the credo of "Don't be a dick". Throd Oct 2014 #20

My street, also. House burnt down; new one is a story higher than the neighbors'! I am across the WinkyDink Oct 2014 #23

In our town, they changed the zoning law to deal with this problem, hollysmom Oct 2014 #26

Paint the side facing the mcmansion with bizzare colors & designs.... Historic NY Oct 2014 #29