Re: fences - immediate concern | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Larry Landrum (llandrumusit.net) | |
Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2000 15:42:20 -0700 (MST) |
We haven't built yet and haven't settled on many policies but we were actually working on pet policy this afternoon. We seem to be leaning toward a general policy of imposing only those restrictions that are necessary for the general good of the community and to trying to impose the least restrictive policy posible to achieve community needs. We agreed that dogs would not be allowed to roam free and that if they barked excessively or otherwise created a problem outside, the owner would probably have to keep the animal inside, but prohibiting fenced back yards so that quite dogs would have to stay in side when not under the owner's supervision didn't even come up in the discussion. Yes, fences do reduce the interaction of community and I would hope that they are held to a minimum, but I would strongly urge allowing them when they serve the function of letting people enjoy their life style with out harm to others. Keeping a dog and allowing it to be outdoors in a manner that doesn't harm others is important. Fences would also be useful if one resident wishes to sunbath au natural and other residents find that objectionable or even if the sunbather just wanted the privacy. I am reasonably certain that we will end up with a set of principles that will guide our decisions on many issues like this one and relatively few specific rules. Such a policy might defuse the precedent arguement somewhat. I hope the dogs win. Please advise result off line. Larry Landrum New River Valley Cohousing Blacksburg, VA At 10:58 AM 2/12/00 -0600, Witten & Fitch wrote: >Hi, does any community out there (with communal land, not subdivided) have >any policies around fencing of back yards. We have an immediate concern. >We have a design review committee meeting tomorrow morning (Sunday 9am), to >hear a request for a fenced dog yard. I personally would like to support >it, but as chair of the committee I have already heard concerns about >precedent setting. The immediate neighbors in this specific case have no >objections to the fence, but what will happen at the next request if the >immediate neighbors don't want it, but we have already set a precedent for >allowing them?! Please help, immediately! > >Also, would appreciate any guidelines for size, maintenance, dismantling >after dog dies, etc. And of course fences for yard definition, privacy etc. >I always assumed we would have tasteful fences long before now. > >Thanks, Laura Fitch > > >
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fences - immediate concern Witten & Fitch, February 12 2000
- Re: fences - immediate concern Larry Landrum, February 12 2000
- Re: fences - immediate concern Jim Snyder-Grant, February 12 2000
- Re: fences - immediate concern Gretchen Westlight, February 12 2000
- Re: fences - immediate concern Chris ScottHanson, February 12 2000
- Re: fences - immediate concern PattyMara, February 13 2000
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