you may wnt to warn him that cities do you satelite imaging. I have a friend who put a pool in, the next year his property tax increased because of the pool. :-)~MIKE~(-: On Fri, May 1, 2015 at 6:33 AM, Keith Smith wrote: > On 2015-04-30 20:05, JD Austin wrote: > >> I think Victor is on the right track.. >> "Hey.. I heard through the grapevine that someone already complained >> to the the HOA and they're just waiting for you to FINISH what you're >> doing in the backyard before they come down on you along with the city >> code enforcement people. I wanted you to know before you wasted a ton >> of money doing whatever you're doing over there so you can get the >> right permits/etc while you can." >> >> ​​​ >> > > > This is a no win situation. You tell him you heard it through the > grapevine and he will wonder who is talking about him and his business. > And more so how you know all these details. > > > >> On Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 7:39 PM, Victor Odhner >> wrote: >> >> Why don’t you just play it straight? The old “don’t tell >>> others, tell us!” policy. >>> >>> Do you think your neighbor would hate you if you mentioned that >>> you’d heard of people losing a bundle because they had to tear out >>> a non-compliant structure? I’m presuming that your motive really >>> is for them to be spared a major hassle. You could embellish a >>> little, “A friend of mine really got beat up by the licensing >>> people because he screwed up on some stupid details . . . “. >>> >>> On Apr 30, 2015, at 16:00:40, Keith Smith >>> wrote: >>> >>> On 2015-04-30 15:19, joe@actionline.com wrote: >>> >>>> Every day, I receive email messages sent to me from fake sender >>>> >>> email >>> >>>> addresses, even spam garbage supposedly sent to me from my own >>>> >>> email >>> >>>> address. How do they do that? >>>> While I have never done this before, I now have a need to do send >>>> >>> an >>> >>>> email completely anonymously (preferably using our homeowner >>>> >>> association >>> >>>> email address ;) and would like to know how this can be done >>>> >>> safely and >>> >>>> not illegally. >>>> To briefly explain, we have a neighbor who has poured the >>>> >>> foundation to >>> >>>> build a structure in his back yard (without obtaining a building >>>> >>> permit) >>> >>>> and if he should proceed, this non-compliant structure will cause >>>> >>> him >>> >>>> even greater expense and hardship if he is not prevented from >>>> >>> proceeding. >>> >>>> The size of the foundation makes it very obvious that the >>>> >>> structure is >>> >>>> not in compliance with either city building codes or HOA >>>> >>> requirements. >>> >>>> Needless to say, we want to avoid causing hard feelings with our >>>> neighbor, so we would like to be able to alert the city >>>> >>> authorities >>> >>>> *anonymously* in order to protect our neighbor from continuing >>>> >>> and ending >>> >>>> up with very costly consequences. >>>> Regrettably, our home owner's association has taken the position >>>> >>> that >>> >>>> they will indeed take the necessary corrective actions, including >>>> notifying the city building code department, once the building is >>>> >>> built >>> >>>> and visible from the street; however, they say that they will not >>>> >>> take >>> >>>> any action until the building is built and a "visible" violation >>>> >>> has >>> >>>> actually been committed. How stupid is that? >>>> >>> >>> Is it against your HOA's CC&R's to pour a slab in the back yard of >>> your house? Probably not. If not the HOA would not have a leg to >>> stand on. Once a structure is visable even if it is just the frame >>> it probably will then fall under your HOA's jurisdiction. >>> >>> I would assume city code requires a permit to lay down concrete for >>> any use. At this point it is probably a city issue. >>> >>> So, my question is, how can I send an email to the city building >>>> >>> code >>> >>>> enforcement department to alert them of the homeowner's failure >>>> >>> to obtain >>> >>>> a building permit so that the email will appear to be from our >>>> >>> homeowner >>> >>>> association? >>>> I have already spoken to them by phone, but they will not take >>>> >>> any action >>> >>>> until they receive a formal "complaint" via their online input >>>> >>> form which >>> >>>> requires submitting the name and contact information of whoever >>>> >>> is filing >>> >>>> the complaint. They say that such reports are best and usually >>>> >>> filed by >>> >>>> HOAs and not by neighbors, to avoid needless conflicts. >>>> Obviously, I could just wait until my neighbor has spent all the >>>> >>> money to >>> >>>> build the structure and then have a prolonged legal action to >>>> >>> force him >>> >>>> to tear it down, but how much better to protect him from all that >>>> needless pain and expense? >>>> >>> >>> I would never spoof an email. Who knows where that can lead. >>> They will be able to track it back to you anyway, unless you really >>> get fancy. >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss [1] >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> Keith Smith >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss [1] >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss [1] >>> >> >> >> >> Links: >> ------ >> [1] http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > -- > Keith Smith > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss