02-01-2010, 10:37 AM
>>> It would be a court that hears a valid complaint. The police and/or fire dept do not determine any laws.
Jeez, no reason to jump to taking something to court. I called the Fire Dept. the other night. THEY called what I was doing a complaint, under their system. Not a Complaint as in a lawsuit. They had two other complaints come in at the same time. They went out and took care of it. They can and do determine whether there should be a burn. I suppose if the person doesn't comply that they would issue a citation and then the neighbor could have a day in court, but in reality they just go take care of the problem and engage in communication and education.
If people do something habitually, they are willing to go out there and educate the people on how the code has changed and the days of burning everything are over. They do it in a nonconfrontational way. They understand that people have been doing it a long time and need to have it explained.
808, I feel like you are just going off on a general opinion about neighbor complaints, and finding the code, but you have never personally been in the situation and talked to the Fire Department. I have, and I'm trying to communicate a very valid way to work out a problem that can actually defuse neighbor tension and prevent some feud from starting up.
Jeez, no reason to jump to taking something to court. I called the Fire Dept. the other night. THEY called what I was doing a complaint, under their system. Not a Complaint as in a lawsuit. They had two other complaints come in at the same time. They went out and took care of it. They can and do determine whether there should be a burn. I suppose if the person doesn't comply that they would issue a citation and then the neighbor could have a day in court, but in reality they just go take care of the problem and engage in communication and education.
If people do something habitually, they are willing to go out there and educate the people on how the code has changed and the days of burning everything are over. They do it in a nonconfrontational way. They understand that people have been doing it a long time and need to have it explained.
808, I feel like you are just going off on a general opinion about neighbor complaints, and finding the code, but you have never personally been in the situation and talked to the Fire Department. I have, and I'm trying to communicate a very valid way to work out a problem that can actually defuse neighbor tension and prevent some feud from starting up.