Neighbors ruining value of home

[taxcat]

I live in Utah, Washing county, several years ago we bought 5 acres (all are 5 ac. here) for our retirement. We built our house most of it ourselves. We met our neighbors who were nice. We bought under cc&rs. that restrict a business, but the developer went bankrupt and we now have new owners who will not enforce the CC&rs. These restrict and protect us, but the new neighbors have broken just about everyone. They don't live here but have 14 head of cows, 9 head of goats, 30 or more chickens which they come by twice a days and feed. The zoning is r 85 agricultural residential and allow farms animals for personal use. However it does not allow for a business and that is the problem. There are far more animals than a family can use, they do not clean up the property, they don't speak English. Everythin is a wreak, they will use anything and everything to hold their fences and chicken coops together. The smell is awful and so are the flies. We are just sick about it, we are on Soc. Sec. and can't afford to sue, we just don't have any money, everything we have went into our home. What can we do???????

 

[HomeGuru]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by taxcat:
I live in Utah, Washing county, several years ago we bought 5 acres (all are 5 ac. here) for our retirement. We built our house most of it ourselves. We met our neighbors who were nice. We bought under cc&rs. that restrict a business, but the developer went bankrupt and we now have new owners who will not enforce the CC&rs. These restrict and protect us, but the new neighbors have broken just about everyone. They don't live here but have 14 head of cows, 9 head of goats, 30 or more chickens which they come by twice a days and feed. The zoning is r 85 agricultural residential and allow farms animals for personal use. However it does not allow for a business and that is the problem. There are far more animals than a family can use, they do not clean up the property, they don't speak English. Everythin is a wreak, they will use anything and everything to hold their fences and chicken coops together. The smell is awful and so are the flies. We are just sick about it, we are on Soc. Sec. and can't afford to sue, we just don't have any money, everything we have went into our home. What can we do??????? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Contact the homeowners Association (if there is one) to enforce the CC & R's in your development project. The Codes, Covenants and Restrictions should be recorded on title and run with the land, therefore even if the owner changes hands, the developer goes BK etc. the restrictions remain. If there is no HOA, start one and run for Board President or Director. Then you can help call the shots and clean up the neighborhood.

Contact the City/County building and zoning departments, State Health Department, and any other governmental and regulatory agencies that have jurisdiction. Request that inspections be completed and citations issued for noncompliance.

 

[keanro]

I'm not sure about the legal side, but we recently had a similar problem with chicken smell. It turned out for us that they hadn't broken any laws regarding having the chicken, but they did violate health codes and were fined a bundle. If I were you I would call your local health dept. and complain. They may not be able to force them to clean up much, but they can slap them with a big fine.

 

[bradley1ab]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by HomeGuru:
Contact the homeowners Association (if there is one) to enforce the CC & R's in your development project. The Codes, Covenants and Restrictions should be recorded on title and run with the land, therefore even if the owner changes hands, the developer goes BK etc. the restrictions remain. If there is no HOA, start one and run for Board President or Director. Then you can help call the shots and clean up the neighborhood.

Contact the City/County building and zoning departments, State Health Department, and any other governmental and regulatory agencies that have jurisdiction. Request that inspections be completed and citations issued for noncompliance.

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