I am really trying to just let this slide, believe me. In the big scheme of things, it’s really not important. But it annoys me nonetheless.
In front of my house is a long strip of gravel where I park my car. One of the asshole neighbors has decided this is a good place to park his gigantic camper/RV. It’s been there nonstop for about a week now, day and night.
Do I have any recourse? Or do I just have to bite my lip and let it go? You should know that I rent, but my landlord is kind of uninvolved (normally the way I like it) so I don’t really want to bother him about it.
It is not blocking the mailbox or my car, so I don’t have any real standing. But I’m afraid people are going to think it’s mine and that I’m the jerk, leaving it there. I don’t know these neighbors - they are not really friendly sorts, and have already been kind of a pain. They set up a martial arts…dummy…at the end of the street and spend hours each day beating the crap out of it (until they get bored), they have a horrible leaky old car they are always working on, and they have a Harley, which they are always driving really loud at night (but only around 10 or 10:30).
I could go to them and ask, but I don’t really want one of our first interactions to be “Hi, can you move your damn RV?”
Check with your city. Many municipalities have ordinances against RV’s parked in the street or even in driveways visible from the street. I don’t know if a strip of gravel counts as the street, but if it doesn’t, then it may be part of your rental property. If that’s the case, it’s parked on your landlord’s property and he may want to know about it. The city may or may not be interested in property issues. Still worth a call to find out.
In most places I’ve lived, you can’t leave a car parked on the street for more than three days. I don’t know if this “long strip of gravel” counts as the street, but if it does, report it to the police.
Does the gravel strip belong to landlord’s property? If so, I would contact the landlord. I would think the landlord would want to know if someone were using their property as a long-term parking lot.
It is not just city ordinances, I know our county has laws against:
Parking RV’s/campers or boats on streets.
Running a business from your home that includes clients stopping by (so you cannot have a private hairdressing or music lessons or tattoo shop, etc.)
Owning exotic animals.
And there are many more things on the list of things that are banned by county ordinance. If that is the case where you live, you only need to call the non-emergency police number and let them know of the violation. That RV/camper will get a warning note, and then it will be fined or towed away if they do not move it.
My subdivision has a covenant that covers many things including the parking of RVs, campers, and boats. If you have an active homeowners association, someone there would know. If it isn’t active, the covenant should still be on record at the city hall or county clerks office.
So let’s say there is such a covenant and it outlaws parking RVs for a long time. Great! Now you have a tool to work with. You can tell the owner of the vehicle about the covenant and see if they comply. If not, then you’ll have to get a lawyer. Calling the cops won’t help as they don’t enforce covenants - at least where I live. You’ll have to sue.
If this is so he is trespassing. It is no different from him parking in your driveway. I think either you or the landlord are within your rights to have it towed. RVs are expensive enough that I think the tow company would be pretty sure of getting their money. I’d put a notice on the thing first.
I wonder if breaking into a vehicle parked on your property is illegal after notice is given to remove it. You could have a party in it.
We just recently had a car parked on the street in front of our house for a little over a week with no activity. We were not sure who it belonged to, but we decided it was annoying us and it was not our job to go door-to-door, so we called the City and they tagged it and it was gone a couple days later (not sure if it was towed or the owner moved it).
Another neighbor has an old project 4x4 in his driverway - it has not moved in 14 years - but he has a current registration on it, along with all the cobwebs, and it is in his driveway, so there is nothing we can do.
We have decided we’ll go to the landlord first and see what he says. It’s just so rude! Take your damn RV and move it somewhere else. I’m Ok with you parking it for a weekend, I understand neighborly stuff, but it seems like they just intend to leave it there. It’s so jerkish.
The RV is apparently parked on private property that is being rented by someone else. No need to go through all that when you just can have it towed away.
