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A little help please?
- Thread starter Derius_T
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Been there, Done that
Went through the same thing with my town, only it was becasue we were training dogs on my (10 acres) of property. They used to have an ordinance that specified a particular sound level, and times of day....but not anymore. If they have a complaint, they can charge you. They never even cameover to see what were doing(there were 2 police officers training with us) just sent me a summons in the mail, for multiple charges. We were trainingin the middle of the day, and nearest neighbor was 200 yrds from where we were.
When I went to court(with a lawyer) I took with me sound readings, from various noise sources that are daily around here (normalroad traffic, NG helicopters, airliners and a train that come nearby 2-3 times a day) ALL of which were considerable louder than a dog barkingat a distance of 50 ft.
Judge said it didn't matter 'cause readings were taken on adifferent day than the one I was charged on.
In short, I've been effectively banned from training dogson on MY property (which was purchased, just because it perfect set up, and in an area where no one would likely complain.)
Final tally, most charges dropped, fined $50 under "barking dog statute", but spent $3000 on legal fees.
Went through the same thing with my town, only it was becasue we were training dogs on my (10 acres) of property. They used to have an ordinance that specified a particular sound level, and times of day....but not anymore. If they have a complaint, they can charge you. They never even cameover to see what were doing(there were 2 police officers training with us) just sent me a summons in the mail, for multiple charges. We were trainingin the middle of the day, and nearest neighbor was 200 yrds from where we were.
When I went to court(with a lawyer) I took with me sound readings, from various noise sources that are daily around here (normalroad traffic, NG helicopters, airliners and a train that come nearby 2-3 times a day) ALL of which were considerable louder than a dog barkingat a distance of 50 ft.
Judge said it didn't matter 'cause readings were taken on adifferent day than the one I was charged on.
In short, I've been effectively banned from training dogson on MY property (which was purchased, just because it perfect set up, and in an area where no one would likely complain.)
Final tally, most charges dropped, fined $50 under "barking dog statute", but spent $3000 on legal fees.
The point of the whole thing was that we weren't being that loud, the neighbors don't work third shift, in fact, I don't think they work at all. They were just looking for any reason to 'get back' at our host, because he blocked off his property to keep them from driving through parts of his yard, forcing them to pay for and gravel their own driveway.
What bothers me is that if they would have came over and asked we would have turned down. We had people make a 2-3 hour trip just to hear us, and we got to do a sound check and 2 songs. Those people drove all that way for nothing. There was NO NOISE ORDINANCE, so how is it legal for us to be ticketed for engaging in a perfectly legal activity, just because someone doesn't like it?
Last time I checked there is not an "I can ticket you just because I don't like what you are doing" law. Our noise level was no louder than say, removing some trees with a chainsaw. Should we be told to cease & desist by police because they don't like that either? Can't cut our grass because the lawn,over "bothers" them? Where does it end? Its rediculous.....
And no, for the person who asked, we don't have a cd yet, but are looking into a bit of studio time soon.....
What bothers me is that if they would have came over and asked we would have turned down. We had people make a 2-3 hour trip just to hear us, and we got to do a sound check and 2 songs. Those people drove all that way for nothing. There was NO NOISE ORDINANCE, so how is it legal for us to be ticketed for engaging in a perfectly legal activity, just because someone doesn't like it?
Last time I checked there is not an "I can ticket you just because I don't like what you are doing" law. Our noise level was no louder than say, removing some trees with a chainsaw. Should we be told to cease & desist by police because they don't like that either? Can't cut our grass because the lawn,over "bothers" them? Where does it end? Its rediculous.....
And no, for the person who asked, we don't have a cd yet, but are looking into a bit of studio time soon.....