Neighbor Issues

[fabsroman]

This is the response I got from zoning...not sure how to interpret it:



Any my original inquiry:

Surveillance is key.

I would stay on top of the police department, animal control, and the zoning board about this matter. I would also mention to the IRS that they have a significant home business that you think they are not reporting taxes for. Of course, the IRS will be able to determine this just by looking at their tax return. As much as they are making your life miserable, I would repay it in spades.

Check to see if there is a nuisance law in your county. Cannot remember if it is a state law or a county ordinance, but it usually pertains to houses of ill repute (e.g., brothels, drug houses).

 

[CronusTRD]

Call the police and report a gas leak.

 

[johnnyu]

FOSCAM.com makes some damn nice motion sensing cameras, can be scheduled, they capture to a card inside them, and you can view them on your phone. cheap too. 100 bucks.

 

[Just5Guy]

FOSCAM.com makes some damn nice motion sensing cameras, can be scheduled, they capture to a card inside them, and you can view them on your phone. cheap too. 100 bucks.

I have camera's at different locations of my house. I am careful not to point any of them AT their house, or in any windows, but it's in the vicinity of the open area. They are all recording round the clock, but also send me an email with a thumbnail of the picture every time motion is detected. I can view them over my phone, tablet, or computer. I love it.

 

[Independence]

It looks like the might be violating part 6

(6) The sale or rental of goods or products other than those produced on the premises by the home occupation is prohibited.

If the visitors are leaving with items that aren't related to the business.

 

[mark1070]

We have muslim neighbors who are tenants and they recently brought a horse to the back yard of their home. We are zoned rural residential and the zoning folks didn't have a problem with them keeping a full grown horse on 21,000 sf but a PG county code enforcement officer determined that the lot was too small and threatened the landlord who lives in Kansas with a $250 fine. The horse was removed about two months ago.

That's RACIST! CNN should be in frenzy over this attrocity.

 

[shiloh228]

That's RACIST! CNN should be in frenzy over this attrocity.

a racist horse? is that a horse than runs in the Preakness? I guess a jockey would be a horse racist...

sorry...mind wandering today...

 

[Vile Shadow]

Just be careful... if they are conducting an illicit business, some of those people may not take well to being photographed.

Does this guy live in Calvert county? They'd love to hear about someone running a busines out of a house. Calvert is absolutely HELL, on home-based businesses.

 

[SevernBob]

If you know any names, this site can help find out if they've been in MD court.

http://casesearch.courts.state.md.us/inquiry/inquiry-index.jsp

 

[new_shooter]

It takes extra time to evict people who were illegally rented a foreclosed home. Normally, I think it takes 6-12 months from the date of foreclosure to evict the home owner. That is often when the bank discovers the illegal rental. As I understand it, the eviction notice for the home owner doesn't apply to the newly discovered renters. So it can take an additional 6-12 months the get an eviction for them.

 

[IndispensableDestiny]

What makes it illegally rented out?

 

[Just5Guy]

What makes it illegally rented out?

You can't rent out a home that is in foreclosure. That's coming from a realtor, not me.

 

[Just5Guy]

Just an update...talked to my other neighbors (good one's) this morning, and they witnessed my neighbors (bad one's) exchanging a "package" with another car in one of the unfinished neighborhoods surrounding us.

I told them great, call the police when they see suspicious vehicles in that unfinished neighborhood. I can only do so much myself, help from the neighbors would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Sharpeneddark]

Just an update...talked to my other neighbors (good one's) this morning, and they witnessed my neighbors (bad one's) exchanging a "package" with another car in one of the unfinished neighborhoods surrounding us.

I told them great, call the police when they see suspicious vehicles in that unfinished neighborhood. I can only do so much myself, help from the neighbors would be greatly appreciated.

"I think the package had oil stains on it and there were wires..."

 

[Just5Guy]

So I hadn't seen this one mentioned yet:

Report them to the IRS for "Unreported Income", "Organized Crime Income", or "Narcotics Income"

There is a form where you can remain anonymous, but a reward is possible if you don't remain anonymous.

Now I have to admit, this is not a route I really want to go, it's basically being a snitch, but I'm also running out of options at this point.

 

[ScottR]

So I hadn't seen this one mentioned yet:

Report them to the IRS for "Unreported Income", "Organized Crime Income", or "Narcotics Income"

There is a form where you can remain anonymous, but a reward is possible if you don't remain anonymous.

Now I have to admit, this is not a route I really want to go, it's basically being a snitch, but I'm also running out of options at this point.

Protecting your property and your Family is not being a snitch

 

[Right2Carry]

Here's your answer for the dogs.

 

[MDphinfan02]

Just call the police everytime you see something suspicious and i was always told to say "its black guy and you think you saw something could be a gun" they will come quick and ruin their day every time...

 

[Pale Ryder]

Follow the money, who are they renting from? Go after the landlord.

 

[Just5Guy]

Follow the money, who are they renting from? Go after the landlord.

I listed the tenants and the landlord on the IRS form I filled out. The landlord info was easy to get via the Maryland Property Search Database.