Perfectly legal activities? Ok… Let’s go with that.
In my experience, not all sounds are pleasant. What are the rules on sounds that one can project into their neighborhood?
Can someone, for example, create a huge “windchime” out of hubcaps, or something unappealing to look at? Or make one that cranks out an unpleasant chime?
Can I put up a wooden “Tree” in my yard, 20 feet high, and dangle socks and underwear from the thing? It’s my yard, after all. Why would anyone object?
Are their any rules at all, or does it all boil down to common courtesy? I understand the idea that “It’s my land, I can do what I want.” But there has to be a limit to this kind of stuff… Unless everyone is free to express themselves in any way they want… No matter how it impacts anyone around them. (I know there are neighborhoods that have homeowner fees, and rules of what is and is not permitted. I am referring to a neighborhood that does not).
For example… In the US, as far as I know, it is not illegal to display a Nazi flag. It may make you unpopular, but if that doesn’t bother you, could one buy a home in a predominantly jewish neighborhood, put up a flag pole, put flood lights on said flag pole, and fly a swastika for the neighborhood to see? I wouldn’t want to see that every night, or every day. Nor would I want to see a “white power” flag. But so what? It is not my property, right? So I suck it up or move?
Serious questions here…
Are there no laws that can stop someone from lighting up their (and then your) yards? Can someone put lights up with any wattage, and keep their property illuminated all night? Can your neighbor put up motion detectors on the side of their house that can kick off each time you come home, throwing light into your windows?
And what about sounds? Neighbors have dogs. Can someone set up a motion detector that senses when someone is near their property, and set off a loud noise, (dog barking, gun fire, whatever they want)?
