“What do these mean? By what standards are they to be judged? How can they be applied, in practice, in anything other than an almost totally-subjective manner?” These are questions most municipalities do not want to have directed at their bylaws, especially their...
Month: October 2015
“The Wall Comes Down” – Good Fences Don’t Necessarily Make Good Neighbors, Part IV
It seems the end is nigh for the Thetford, Vermont zoning dispute involving the 60-foot-by-24-foot partition erected by Ruth Dwyer to block her view of her neighbor, Patrick Perry’s house. She objected to seeing her neighbors mow their lawn, the light from their...