how would you deal with this?

[irishsharon]

So long story short our neighbor is parking his taxi right under our 12 and 8 year olds basketball hoop. He has a very large circular driveway and could also park on the otherside of his driveway. My boys never play early. Not sure what to do.

 

[barkley]

is the hoop not in/over your driveway? if not is it one of those freestanding ones that sit on the street?

if it's not in/over your private property you could nicely ask him not to park there, but if it hangs over his/is on public property that isn't a no parking zone there's nothing to keep him from doing it.

 

[StitchesGr8Fan]

Is he parking on your property? Or do you have the hoop over a public street?

 

[irishsharon]

We cannot put the hoop in our driveway as it is on an incline and if a ball got loose it would go on a busy street. It has been on the side of our property for six months. Our neighbor has always parked his cab in his driveway. He had a new cab then but now he has a very beat up one not sure if that has anything to do with it. I know he can park where ever he wants but I am not sure why he cant just park on the equally empty side of his driveway.

 

[disneylove69]

Share your concern with your neighbor. If there is another place to park he might just do so. If the taxi is old it may leak oil and he doesn't want it on the driveway. Do your sons use it a lot? You could have them talk to the neighbor.

 

[SleepyatDVC]

Park YOUR car there and more when needed?

 

[Disney Dynamite]

I would suggest talking to your neighbor. He might be oblivious to the basketball goal, or it might be his passive aggressive way of stopping your kids from playing basketball if the noise is somehow bothering him. Our neighbors prefer street parking over using their large driveway or three-car garage. It's sort of baffling to me.

 

[irishsharon]

Share your concern with your neighbor. If there is another place to park he might just do so. If the taxi is old it may leak oil and he doesn't want it on the driveway. Do your sons use it a lot? You could have them talk to the neighbor.

its funny you mention an oil leak because my DH said the same thing. But he can park it in front of his house on the street and not be any where near the hoop. Its a walk for him to park it were he does.

 

[irishsharon]

Park YOUR car there and more when needed?

I like how you think

 

[irishsharon]

I would suggest talking to your neighbor. He might be oblivious to the basketball goal, or it might be his passive aggressive way of stopping your kids from playing basketball if the noise is somehow bothering him. Our neighbors prefer street parking over using their large driveway or three-car garage. It's sort of baffling to me.

My boys are now in school all day and when they do play it is no more than 45 minutes if that every other day. Plus it is getting dark at six and my husband is always there when they play.I feel it is passive aggressive!!! He could park it any where on the street because no one else parks on the street so it just makes me shake my head Just don't want to have an issue when we have never had one before.

 

[Jimsig]

Call your local police department, most have a business number of some sort, though most likely recorded, its not used for emergencies. Find out if your town/city has regulations about parking "work" vehicles in the street. You don't have to report him quiet yet if he does, but talk to him first as some pp's have said, or if you already know he's a jerk report him. Then park one of your cars there so he can't do the same with one of his own

 

[barkley]

I'm still confused you say he could park his old cab either "anywhere on the street", "in front of his house on the street",
"the other side of HIS driveway" or "on the equally empty side of HIS driveway"-am I understanding that your hoop entails your kids playing basketball on a portion of his property/driveway? or that they throw from your property but the hoop hangs over his?

if that's the case, despite you having an incline on your driveway that prevents you from having a hoop that's self contained (including use) within your property-while you might not like the neighbor parking his work vehicle there (sounding like it's a portion of his property vs. the public street)-unless it's prohibited by your zoning laws-it's well within his rights, and even if it's prohibited-he would still have the right to block acess.

And as an aside-where we lived we had an adjacent neighbor who chose to put one of those free standing hoops on the street (next to the curb) but rather than being directly in front of his home he placed it on the small chunk between our two homes that once it the sidewalk ended we owned 9/10th of.

it caused not problems for him, but for us it caused all missed shots to end up in our flower garden, over our back fence, rolling around in our driveway...and despite his kids rarely using it-other kids who roamed at night took great joy in shooting rocks through the hoops (that hit our house and car), and using their weight to knock it over into the street blocking our driveway. it wasn't until a couple of windstorms knocked it over-once into a city vehicle driving by, and another time into the path of the garbage truck (they ceased pick up for the entire street until the thing was removed) that he was forced to move it (subsequently an entire ban was put upon unless they were placed entirely on private property and a designated distance from any adjoining property lines).


before I went calling in suspected code violations for parking, I would be looking to weather I was acting within current code, and more so-simply assuming my neighbor is accepting of me/my kids utilizing HIS private property without his permission.

 

[StitchesGr8Fan]

Does the basketball hoop hang over property that does not belong to you? Yes or No. It's pretty simple. If it hangs over property that isn't yours then you have no right to expect others to leave the area clear for your boys to play with the hoop.

 

[Marionnette]

We cannot put the hoop in our driveway as it is on an incline and if a ball got loose it would go on a busy street. It has been on the side of our property for six months. Our neighbor has always parked his cab in his driveway. He had a new cab then but now he has a very beat up one not sure if that has anything to do with it. I know he can park where ever he wants but I am not sure why he cant just park on the equally empty side of his driveway.

If your neighbor is parking in a public street or on his own property, then you have a couple of choices. You can kindly ask your neighbor if he would mind parking somewhere else so that the kids can enjoy playing basketball without fear of damaging his vehicle. Or you can move the hoop to another spot where the kids can play without worrying about it. In both of those cases, your kids' desire to play ball does not supersede the neighbor's right to park on a public street or on his own property.

In some communities, there are ordinances that prohibit parking commercial vehicles on public streets overnight. Some towns will also disallow parking commercial vehicles on private property that is not zoned for business. If your town has that kind of rule, then you could take the "mean neighbor" route and turn the guy in without talking to him first, but that would be really petty.

 

[robsmom]

Why not take the old-fashioned approach and talk to your neighbor. Tell him that you noticed he had taken to parking his cab in this particular spot. Ask him if he has a problem with your son's playing basketball in the street. It may be deliberate on his part, it may just be that he is a bit oblivious. Try to work it out. If he is doing it on purpose to stop the basketball playing, find out what is concerning him. If he drives a cab, maybe he works odd hours and is trying to sleep when they play ball? Maybe you can agree to something that works for all of you. Hopefully he does not realize what he is doing and will just park somewhere else.

 

[ruadisneyfan2]

Does the basketball hoop hang over property that does not belong to you? Yes or No. It's pretty simple. If it hangs over property that isn't yours then you have no right to expect others to leave the area clear for your boys to play with the hoop.

I agree. As a cab driver, he may not work typical hours.

 

[danygirl]

Why not just ask? And have in kind something your neighbor does that bothers you to Trade - like oh didn't realize that bothered you so much. We can move the hoop... Now btw can you stop x? Sometimes folks have to be reminded of the give and take...

 

[TeddyAllen]

I suggest approaching and having a talk with your neighbor about this issue. Communication is necessary in the case like this.

 

[OceanAnnie]

My boys are now in school all day and when they do play it is no more than 45 minutes if that every other day. Plus it is getting dark at six and my husband is always there when they play.I feel it is passive aggressive!!! He could park it any where on the street because no one else parks on the street so it just makes me shake my head Just don't want to have an issue when we have never had one before.

It does seem that way. It's like he's sending a message. He must have an issue with the boys playing basketball. I'd just talk to him about it. Find out why he does it. If there is a problem maybe a compromise can be reached.

Sure he can park wherever he wants. But it isn't very neighborly. He could have just come over and told you if he has an issue instead of preventing the boys from playing at all.

 

[irishsharon]

I'm still confused you say he could park his old cab either "anywhere on the street", "in front of his house on the street",
"the other side of HIS driveway" or "on the equally empty side of HIS driveway"-am I understanding that your hoop entails your kids playing basketball on a portion of his property/driveway? or that they throw from your property but the hoop hangs over his?

if that's the case, despite you having an incline on your driveway that prevents you from having a hoop that's self contained (including use) within your property-while you might not like the neighbor parking his work vehicle there (sounding like it's a portion of his property vs. the public street)-unless it's prohibited by your zoning laws-it's well within his rights, and even if it's prohibited-he would still have the right to block acess.

And as an aside-where we lived we had an adjacent neighbor who chose to put one of those free standing hoops on the street (next to the curb) but rather than being directly in front of his home he placed it on the small chunk between our two homes that once it the sidewalk ended we owned 9/10th of.

it caused not problems for him, but for us it caused all missed shots to end up in our flower garden, over our back fence, rolling around in our driveway...and despite his kids rarely using it-other kids who roamed at night took great joy in shooting rocks through the hoops (that hit our house and car), and using their weight to knock it over into the street blocking our driveway. it wasn't until a couple of windstorms knocked it over-once into a city vehicle driving by, and another time into the path of the garbage truck (they ceased pick up for the entire street until the thing was removed) that he was forced to move it (subsequently an entire ban was put upon unless they were placed entirely on private property and a designated distance from any adjoining property lines).


before I went calling in suspected code violations for parking, I would be looking to weather I was acting within current code, and more so-simply assuming my neighbor is accepting of me/my kids utilizing HIS private property without his permission.

We live on a corner property. The base is on our property and the hoop its self hangs over the public street. We are in no way on his property.