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Different Choices Do Not Make Code Violations
One of the many things that make us different is our tastes and preferences.
These individual styles affect what we choose to wear, whom we choose as friends,
what we choose as a profession, and what type of homes we like. Because our
approach to life is different from anyone else, it is inevitable we will meet
people who think so dissimilarly that to us their choice seems unfavorable.
However, who is to say who is right and wrong? In many matters, there is no
right or wrong. It is a different viewpoint, a different lifestyle.
We must learn to appreciate the choices of others and tolerate various
lifestyles because whether we like it or not, it is all right for people
to choose differently from us.
With that in mind, following is a list of some common inquiries which are
not issues regulated by City Code.
- Aesthetics: fence materials and styles.
- Aesthetics: holiday decorations, type, style, amount, and time displayed.
- Aesthetics: house colors.
- Aesthetics: landscaping designs, styles, and plantings.
- Aesthetics: windows covered with blankets, foil, posters, etc.
- Aesthetics: yard beautification or lack of, such as the need for re-barking planter beds, raking leaves, watering lawns in hot weather, etc.
- Aesthetics: types and amounts of yard ornamentation, sculptures, decorations, etc.
- Aesthetics: where trash containers are stored and how long they stay at the curb.
- Animals: cats, domestic or feral, loose in the neighborhood.
- Animals: dogs, breeds or types of dogs owned.
- Animals: the number of pets in a household.
- Animals: encouraging interaction with undomesticated wildlife such as raccoons, squirrels, blue jays, coyotes, and deer.
- Animals: fishponds and water features.
- Essential services: disturbances from garbage trucks, emergency services, street improvement projects, etc.
- Federally Regulated: disturbances from trains, planes, cellular towers, etc.
- Homeowners Association Regulations or Codes, Covenants, and Restrictions (CC&R's).
- Property line disputes: including where the fence is built, who is responsible for the fence, where landscaping is planted, landscaping hanging over property lines, etc.
- Properties near Tigard but not within Tigard City Limits.
- Tree houses and play structures.
- Vegetation: agricultural crops such as hay and barley.
- Vegetation: blackberry vines inside a neighbor's property, even if overgrown.
- Vegetation: blocking scenic views.
- Vegetation: invasive plants such as ivy, strawberries, morning glories, and bamboo.
- Vegetation: yard lacking tailored maintenance and trimming.
- Vegetation: trees or branches crossing property lines, touching houses, shading property, pushing fences, dripping sap, dropping debris, etc.
- Vehicles: legally parked on the street in an area another person prefers to park.
- Vehicles: number of personal vehicles, RV's, boats, etc. a household owns.
- Vehicles: operational cars, RV's, boats, etc. covered with protective tarps.
- Vehicles: parking of personal vehicles, RV's, boats, trailers, etc. in the front yard, side yard, or backyard.
- Vehicles: ugly, old, unattractive, dilapidated, etc.
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