San Francisco Couple Threatened With Fine For Parking On Their Own Driveway

[El Diablo Blanco]

I’d look into suing my Title company who helped close the loan. That should have been caught prior if it was really a thing. Fuck that bitch.

The courts fucked him good.  He has no right to use his own driveway and he had to pay her legal fees.  The judicial system in this country is just pure fucked.  I seriously don't see how he hasn't murdered that kunt yet.

[ThisisOverload]

What’s the issue?  Rules are rules, even though they weren’t caught for years.

Anyways, I think it’s great ... cars & garages should be kept in the back of the lot, as they are in other civilized cities.  If you got a problem with that, move to the suburbs

I've worked in residential land development for a long time in 17 different states.

The majority of development codes have the setback for the garage further forward than the house setback by 10-feet. It all depends on the zoning. Even the multi-million dollar houses are like this.

Some older parts of town will grandfather the garage setbacks just to keep consistency, but newly developed areas have changed.

So, the days of building garages in the back of the lot have gone the way of the dodo a very long time ago.

[ThisisOverload]

This happened with my brother on the east coast.  so not just a california thing. Apparently the person that owned the house before him never used their own driveway and allowed the neighbor to use it for years even though it's not her property.  So when my brother took ownership of the home she refused to stop parking on his driveway.  She even hired a lawyer and went to court and won.  WTF!  He buys a house and can't park on his own driveway when the neighbor has rights to it?

Property rights are weird.

My younger brother bought an old house in a rural area.

When they were rebuilding the fence around the property, they noticed the fence was built 7-feet inside their property. When they tried to move the fence to the original property line, the neighbor hired a lawyer and went to court.

My brother lost and they re-titled his lot to exclude that 7-foot strip.

It's a weird situation.

[Tapeworm]

The courts fucked him good.  He has no right to use his own driveway and he had to pay her legal fees.  The judicial system in this country is just pure fucked.  I seriously don't see how he hasn't murdered that kunt yet.

This can't be the whole story. I'm no Harley Brite but surely there's a legal basis. Not just "The previous owner always let me park there."

Like is the driveway over the property line or something?

Fuck living near people. Having neighbors sucks. Move rural, guys. It's worth the extra fuel cost.

[El Diablo Blanco]

This can't be the whole story. I'm no Harley Brite but surely there's a legal basis. Not just "The previous owner always let me park there."

Like is the driveway over the property line or something?

Fuck living near people. Having neighbors sucks. Move rural, guys. It's worth the extra fuel cost.

Somehow because she used that land for so many years. She maintained the right to use it. It’s mind boggling to think about these dumb ass laws.

[Dave D]

Somehow because she used that land for so many years. She maintained the right to use it. It’s mind boggling to think about these dumb ass laws.

I’ve always been a fan of my property my choice.

He should tear the driveway out and build a swallow habitat.

[ThisisOverload]

Somehow because she used that land for so many years. She maintained the right to use it. It’s mind boggling to think about these dumb ass laws.

It happens all the time.

Just wait until you get into a situation where squatters move into your home/property. There is a time period you have to formally evict them before they have a right to be there. Happens with rental properties all the time.

Squatters' rights vary state to state, but when someone is using your property for a certain amount of time, they do have rights to it.

I've seen a case where a person had to pay a maintenance fee to his neighbor because the fence was 1-foot on his property. His neighbors had maintained and improved the landscaping to that 1-foot strip over a period of 15 years.

Another case an old man allowed a couple to setup a trailer on his property for like 20 years and when he went to try and remove them, the County granted the people rights to stay on that section of land. So, he couldn't sell it because that section of land became a shared access easement, and there was no way to access his tract anymore.

This is why you never let anyone use your property for any reason.

[Rambone]

Must be a typo. Should be Joey and Ed Craine

[Tapeworm]

Somehow because she used that land for so many years. She maintained the right to use it. It’s mind boggling to think about these dumb ass laws.

Crazy people. Who goes to court so they can park in someone else's driveway?

Humans are cunts. 200 yards is a minimum distance. Move rural.

If he's barred from removing the driveway to make way for a giant cactus garden hopefully he at least retains the right to store his collection of nails anywhere he wants.