I don't acctually live in a established subdivision but i know there are some rules and regulations for our street anyway we have this horrible neighbor that loves to harrass my husband and me and were tired of it we want to put a privacy fence along her side of our yard and i wanted to know if i could go all the way to the street with an 8' fence or do I have to taper down to a 3' fence or if we can even go in front of the house does anybody know any websites or who to call to find this out?
2007-03-14 15:11:38 · 4 answers · asked by Mary V 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
it should be in your deed... if you look at all the recorded deeds for the neighborhood, you can see... it's public records... i think you have to go to the courthouse to get them, but i'm not sure.
If you have a homeowners association, it's something completely different... those rules would be available from the head of the homeowners association.
2007-03-14 15:17:48 · answer #1 · answered by kmnmiamisax 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You need a Title Search. An attorney can either do this or have it done, or if there are Title Companies in your area, they can do it.
What you need is all of the documents filed other than mortgages and liens pertaining to your property since the Dawn of Time. IF there are such regulations for the neighborhood, they are on record, either in a prior deed, or in Covenants of the subdivision, filed by the owner of the whole subdivision at that time. The other thing to look at are any Town or City ordinances.
If you are not in a subdivision, there may still be some language in a prior deed where an owner sold the property, but reserved a restriction against something, be it selling alcohol or building a fence. Not all such restrictions are valid, however; racial restrictions are void on their face, and some that weren't repeated in later deeds can lapse if enough time passes.
Anyway, the answer is wherever your deed is filed, but you need someone that knows what to look for and how to find it.
2007-03-14 15:18:54 · answer #2 · answered by open4one 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I had a similar situtation years ago. The area I lived in only allowed the fence to go no closer to the road than "parallel to the main structure". I had a small patio, but the fence could not obstruct it.
2007-03-14 15:15:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Call your local zoning office. They will be able to inform you of the covenants, if any, in your neighborhood.
2007-03-14 15:15:38 · answer #4 · answered by tchem75 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋