Ruling re: my lame town: is a POD a "dumpster" (1 Viewer)

[Otis]

So glad to be moving.

Had one of those POD temporary storage things in my driveway last week for about 5 days to prepare for a house sale and move. Some nerd neighbor took a photo of it with their iPhone (a village board member no doubt, and I'm pretty sure I know which one) and the village sent me an application for a dumpster permit and asked me to pay the 50 dollar application fee.

What says the FFA, and how would you handle?

Will answer yours.

 

[Rick James]

you're moving right? tell them to pound sand

 

[Righetti]

It's a dumpster, pay the fine

 

[Otis]

It's a dumpster, pay the fine

dump·ster

ˈdəmpstər/

noun

a large trash receptacle designed to be hoisted and emptied into a truck.

I didn't write the laws.

 

[fantasycurse42]

$50 bucks, not worth the headache, pay it and move on.

Also, egg the persons house or sleep with their wife, your choice.

 

[TLEF316]

A dumpster is for garbage. This is unreasonable.

 

[ChiefD]

If you're using a pod to store stuff while you're selling your house, that means you're storing all your clutter and junk you don't want potential buyers to see. Clutter + junk = trash.

I vote dumpster.

 

[Otis]

A dumpster is for garbage. This is unreasonable.

If you do a quick Web search you see some towns require a permit for "a dumpster or a temporary storage unit." They're clearly two different things. They did a ####ty job writing their laws, not my problem. Gives them something to talk about amending at the next board meeting.

 

[Abraham]

A dumpster is for garbage. This is unreasonable.

If you do a quick Web search you see some towns require a permit for "a dumpster or a temporary storage unit." They're clearly two different things. They did a ####ty job writing their laws, not my problem. Gives them something to talk about amending at the next board meeting.

Do you need us to find you a lawyer?

 

[Sinn Fein]

Tell them to pound sand.

 

[Otis]

If you're using a pod to store stuff while you're selling your house, that means you're storing all your clutter and junk you don't want potential buyers to see. Clutter + junk = trash.

I vote dumpster.

I put all of our stuff in it and sent it to the warehouse. It's not trashed. There's good stuff in there, like my PIMP chalice.

 

[belljr]

Find a lawyer to write a letter to the board stating your case. It was not a dumpster you were in the process of moving

 

[Otis]

A dumpster is for garbage. This is unreasonable.

If you do a quick Web search you see some towns require a permit for "a dumpster or a temporary storage unit." They're clearly two different things. They did a ####ty job writing their laws, not my problem. Gives them something to talk about amending at the next board meeting.

Do you need us to find you a lawyer?

I already know where to look. Great lawyer thread here moderated by woz.

 

[avoiding injuries]

Is it gone now? If so, I'd ignore it and wait for a second letter (if one comes).

 

[Bucky86]

Sue them for emotional distress.

 

[TLEF316]

A dumpster is for garbage. This is unreasonable.

If you do a quick Web search you see some towns require a permit for "a dumpster or a temporary storage unit." They're clearly two different things. They did a ####ty job writing their laws, not my problem. Gives them something to talk about amending at the next board meeting.

Sorry. That's what I meant. You aren't throwing these items away. You're storing them.

On your side with this one. Lawyer up.

 

[Parrothead]

I would check the zoning ordinance and see if there is an allowance for temporary storage units.. PODs are not dumpsters

 

[Otis]

Is it gone now? If so, I'd ignore it and wait for a second letter (if one comes).

Been gone for a week or two now.

 

[Otis]

A dumpster is for garbage. This is unreasonable.

If you do a quick Web search you see some towns require a permit for "a dumpster or a temporary storage unit." They're clearly two different things. They did a ####ty job writing their laws, not my problem. Gives them something to talk about amending at the next board meeting.

Sorry. That's what I meant. You aren't throwing these items away. You're storing them.

On your side with this one. Lawyer up.

Yes, I was agreeing with you. Just need a lawyer now.

 

[Lutherman2112]

A dumpster is for garbage. This is unreasonable.

If you do a quick Web search you see some towns require a permit for "a dumpster or a temporary storage unit." They're clearly two different things. They did a ####ty job writing their laws, not my problem. Gives them something to talk about amending at the next board meeting.

Check your rental agreement with pods; look for sections on waste or hazardous materials.

If the agreement says no waste or haz mat, would that prove it wasn't a dumpster?

 

[jon_mx]

What is so hard about responding to the letter?

 

[Otis]

A dumpster is for garbage. This is unreasonable.

If you do a quick Web search you see some towns require a permit for "a dumpster or a temporary storage unit." They're clearly two different things. They did a ####ty job writing their laws, not my problem. Gives them something to talk about amending at the next board meeting.

Check your rental agreement with pods; look for sections on waste or hazardous materials.

If the agreement says no waste or haz mat, would that prove it wasn't a dumpster?

Great idea. Yes I'm pretty sure it said something like that.

 

[Otis]

What is so hard about responding to the letter?

Nothing?

 

[Baloney Sandwich]

The only way I would ever consider paying that would be to load $50 worth of pennies in a garbage bag and drop it off at the town hall with the citation taped to the outside.

A POD is definitely not a dumpster.

 

[jon_mx]

Seems like a simple thing a phone call could fix without any drama at all. But that is what the FFA is for I guess

 

[Plaid Boxer]

What is so hard about responding to the letter?

That would be a less dramatic thread.

 

[Da Guru]

Thought you poured a #### ton of money into your home the last couple of years?

 

[Abraham]

What is so hard about responding to the letter?

Can't get the words right with regard to the "it's obama's fault."

 

[Otis]

Seems like a simple thing a phone call could fix without any drama at all. But that is what the FFA is for I guess

Not sure what you mean. What phone call should I make? They've clearly told me what their position is and it's clear what they're trying to do. Should I call and argue with some village clerk about the definition of dumpster? Yeah, that seems like a worthwhile phone call.

 

[McGarnicle]

I would ignore it unless this threatens to hold up the sale of your house in any way.

 

[Abraham]

Seems like a simple thing a phone call could fix without any drama at all. But that is what the FFA is for I guess

Not sure what you mean. What phone call should I make? They've clearly told me what their position is and it's clear what they're trying to do. Should I call and argue with some village clerk about the definition of dumpster? Yeah, that seems like a worthwhile phone call.

Get homer to do it.

 

[Otis]

Here's a permit application for the beautiful city of Oakland. LINK

It's for a "DUMPSTER/TEMPORARY STORAGE PERMIT APPLICATION," and throughout they refer to it as a "container."

Tons of other examples where the two are called out as separate things.

My town should amend it's laws if that's what it wants.

 

[GroveDiesel]

Not a dumpster.

Is an eyesore.

 

[St. Louis Bob]

Start a militia.

 

[Otis]

Not a dumpster.

Is an eyesore.

Agreed on both. Luckily it was only there for a few days.

 

[avoiding injuries]

Is it gone now? If so, I'd ignore it and wait for a second letter (if one comes).

Been gone for a week or two now.

I may be overestimating these people, but I can't imagine anyone will follow up on something that isn't there anymore. It was an eyesore and they sent a letter to encourage it's removal. IMO

 

[McGarnicle]

Not a dumpster.

Is an eyesore.

Agreed on both. Luckily it was only there for a few days.

Yeah but some people need to get a life. I hate busybody neighbors.

I know that having a neighborhood association is beneficial in a lot of ways, but petty crap like this would drive me nuts.

 

[Johnny Rock]

Just to spite them I'd call off the house sale, bring the POD back and move back in to your house. Keep ignoring future "dumpster" notices. Eventually they'll put a lien on your house and sell it at a Sheriff's auction.

You can famously fight it in court thus proving a POD is not a dumpster. You will gain lawyer-cred as the "Man of the People" and they'll make a movie about you called "Otis Brockovich." Or you'll become like the woman in Pennsylvania who recently lost her house over a $6.30 unpaid tax bill.

This could move into the Top 5 All-Time threads.

 

[Ned]

GB cranky neighbors just looking to complain.

Its already gone? I'd toss the letter into the recycling bin and move on.

 

[NCCommish]

Of course PODs aren't dumpsters.

 

[mr roboto]

An eyesore? Who ####### cares?

I have a neighbor who has a small pile of firewood at the top of his driveway. A neighbor called the city on him and he got a citation. For a 3ftx3ft neatly stacked pile of firewood.

I can't ####### wait to get out of a tract home suburban neighborhood.

Otis, it's not a dumpster. You should write a nice letter to your former neighbor calling them a busy body and recommending if they like spying so much they should apply to work for the CIA. Make it easy on them and enclose and application in the letter for them.

 

[McGarnicle]

You should write a nice letter to your former neighbor calling them a busy body and recommending if they like spying so much they should apply to work for the CIA. Make it easy on them and enclose and application in the letter for them.

This is actually good.

 

[coyote5]

Pretty sure he doesn't know which neighbor did this. Although carpet bombing the entirety of his soon to be ex neighbors with a nasty letter would be a nice how do you do on the way out of town...

Why don't you just leave burning bags of dog#### on everyone's front door step?

 

[Ramblin Wreck]

Dump your trash in his yard. Take a picture of it. Send it to the board.

Oh and don't pay the fine. You're moving.

 

[Ignoramus]

Of course PODs aren't dumpsters.

 

[Wrigley]

Don't go the lawyer route, they suck

 

[jonessed]

There's no way I would pay that fine.

 

[mr roboto]

Aren't you moving out of that town anyway? Screw 'em.

 

[Parrothead]

right after you move- have the POD company deliver one to your neighbor's driveway, take a pic, and exact revenge

 

[Annyong]

I like Otis threads