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I am constructing a large outdoor chameleon cage in my backyard with the dimensions of 7 feet long x 4 feet wide x 7feet tall...i have the perfect place picked out too, BUT it is against the law to put my cage in that spot!

My neighboors say that if it is in there visual range they will sue us! But what really stinks about this whole event is that THEY ARE RIGHT! We talked to the Sheriffs department and if we dont get the consent of our neighboors, than i can not keep the cage there....and it is not easy to just move a HUGE cage like the one i built!

I had the perfect place too! How could i convince them!!!!
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eric

and if you put something so they cant see the cage? what a stupid law is your backyard!!!

Even if i put anything infront of the cage it will still interfere with their precious FREAKING veiw! Man this is the definition of bogus!

I tried reasoning with them today and explained that the caeg was gonna be filled with plants, like hibiscus and Orange trees...these trees smell good and have attractive flowers...WHAT IS SO BAD ABOUT THAT!!It would hardly even look like a cage...it would look more like a screened garden!

PSH! some people!
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eric

Find the laws about building your own private fencing inside your yard. In Canada, you are allowed to build a fence inside the existing for "Privacy". If they are so worried about looking accross your yard, tell them YOU are concerned with them looking INTO yours! Consider it a breach of privacy.

Good luck solving this. Don't back down. It is usually in your right to put up something in your backyard providing it does not directly hinder neighbors.

My family has had 2 occasions where this was a problem. Same backyard, same neighbors. We won.
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CANADIAN CHAMELEONS

Sounds like a neighborhood or development covenant. Many many developments have a set of property use restrictions in place ( to keep folks from painting their house purple, letting their place look terrible, or storing junker cars on the front lawn). If you own, you are required to follow them. It is part of the real estate agreement. If you rent you should have your landlord give you a copy. Find out if you have neighborhood covenants and what they say. Find out specifically what "view" this depends on. The bad thing is, even if the "community" that originally set up the covenants no longer exists, the covenants stay in effect.

hmmm, you COULD obstruct thier veiw with something else-plant some trees. NICE trees.. You may have to ask them about those, but if they say sure, you can plant trees, then plant away, completely obscure thier view from your yard-then they can't say ANYTHING>

of build a privacy fence, if its not against your laws

thats just silly, if you ask me

It may be silly, but it's getting much more common with all these planned residential developments. Instead of relying on neighbors solve their differences one to one, more and more "community associations" that care for the common grounds around homes are putting covenants in place to keep people from spoiling their property values with junk, bad upkeep, noise, etc.