Junk Cars, Property Rights
This controversy has been raging for awhile now. It looks like the “junk car” law will be voted on by the Clallam County Commissioners this coming week.
What do you think about this? Are junk cars a hazard? Does it intrude on your property rights when the government tells you what you can and can't do in your own yard?
How exactly do you define a Junk Car? Would this law discriminate against lower-income people? After all, you aren't likely to see a Lexus or a Mercedes up on blocks in somebody’s front yard.
If this law gets passed, is it enforceable?
Let’s hear from YOU.
What do you think about this? Are junk cars a hazard? Does it intrude on your property rights when the government tells you what you can and can't do in your own yard?
How exactly do you define a Junk Car? Would this law discriminate against lower-income people? After all, you aren't likely to see a Lexus or a Mercedes up on blocks in somebody’s front yard.
If this law gets passed, is it enforceable?
Let’s hear from YOU.
posted by Tom Harper at 11:57 AM
8 Comments:
With the rising price of gasoline, we all might be driving "junkers" before long.
Good point, Barry. I guess it's easier to go after somebody trying to work on his car than to go after Big Oil and their price gouging.
"Property rights"? I didn't realize my neighbor's "property rights" included the right to infest the neighborhood with the rats and mosquitos that are attracted to junked cars. And it's contagious. One car up on blocks leads to 2 cars on blocks, then 3, then 4...
It looks like they've passed that junk car ordinance, in today's PDN. They keep talking about how supporters of this law outnumbered opponents at public meetings. Uh, yeah, if somebody's car isn't running, then they couldn't get to the meeting to show their opposition, right?
I think too many yuppies and Californians have moved here. People didn't used to whine about what their neighbors did.
Hopefully this junk car law will strike a balance, so that somebody can work on their car if they need to, but a person won't be allowed to blight the neighborhood with a bunch of car parts and cars up on blocks.
Do you know if they are doing code enforcement yet on this? I noticed in the old code that it did not apply if the person had license as a used car dealer. If its declared a wrecking yard then the fencing rule comes into play but there must be an exemption to that for car dealers.
Personally I don't care if a person has a car or two that they have big dreams about but there is a place down the road that the entire property is junk cars (near IGS but I wont name any names...).
I haven't heard or read about any specific cases yet. I'm guessing that they just wanted to get this law passed so they could appease all the people who were complaining.
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