Just Being Neighbourly
Mark Easton, a town councillor in Utah, had a beautiful view of the mountains, until a new neighbour purchased the land below his house and built a new home.
Picky Mr Easton calculated that the new home was fractionally higher than the planning dept had approved, so he went to the local authority to make sure they enforced the roof line height.
The new neighbour had to drop the roof height, at great expense. Whilst they were about it the neighbour asked the builders for some new shuttering to be installed as well.
Mr Easton has been onto the planning department again, saying that he wasn't too keen on the look of these shutters either & could they pop round to investigate.
This is what they found:
The local authority said the vents can stay since there is no planning law referring to shutter design.
Picky Mr Easton calculated that the new home was fractionally higher than the planning dept had approved, so he went to the local authority to make sure they enforced the roof line height.
The new neighbour had to drop the roof height, at great expense. Whilst they were about it the neighbour asked the builders for some new shuttering to be installed as well.
Mr Easton has been onto the planning department again, saying that he wasn't too keen on the look of these shutters either & could they pop round to investigate.
This is what they found:
The local authority said the vents can stay since there is no planning law referring to shutter design.