ChopperBill
Well-known member
Got done with our updates on the new unit in front of the house just in time. Code enforcement stuck a note to the door that I could only leave it on site 24 hours and it had to be hooked to the truck, but I had 2 days to move it . Knew she was full of beans on the 24 hours. Wasn't sure of the being on the truck deal. Looked up the code. It said 48 hours. A paragraph mentioned any boat, utility trailer or truck camper had to be attached the the truck. Well we all know what a truck camper is. Nope guess again. It is any thing that has to have a truck with it. Well Renee called from work and asked for an extension until the first of next week. She was told no way because it was on jacks and was a danger society and to everyone in the neighborhood and a cop would have given us a ticket on the spot and it was suppose to be in the driveway. B.S again. The code said if it wont fit in the drive way it can sit in the street. Well anyway they got into a match and next thing I knew 2 cops were at my front door. They told me 24 hours. Showed them the code. Then they agreed it was 48 hours but had to move it in 24. Showed them the warning and it said I had 2 days to move it. They said "Yep you do and you have proof". One cop had a truck camper but said they meant anything that wasn't a motor home had to have a truck hooked to it. I said a gazillion fifth wheel sit on there "jacks" and were no danger. They agreed. I know the lame brain that writes the codes so I didn't go any further than that. I agreed that I was in violation and would move it by the date that was on the warning. We shook hands and they left. Guess what I am getting at is it is darn frustrating trying to interpret the laws when the writer doesn't know an RV from the Taj Mahal and the ones handing out citations couldn't figure out a third grade Dick and Jane book!