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 <
techlists@phpcoderusa.com>
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 <vodhner@cox.net>
>> 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
>>> <techlists@phpcoderusa.com> 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.
>>>
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