School Buses

I live in MA.. Is it illegal to have school buses on private property?

fatcat11188 said:

Is it illegal to have school buses on private property?

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Provide FULL information....

What's your point? Your question makes no sense.

Many schools are private and I'm sure at some point have school buses on their property. So?

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My property in front of my house is 60 feet. Just confirmed with a surveyor. However, without my knowledge.. never disclosed when I purchased my house a year ago.. there is an easment on one of the sides of the house with my neighbor so that he could have a "legal driveway." He is parking a school bus that fills up my kitchen with diesel fumes and wakes me up at 7am every morning with the back up alarms that radiate throughout my house. He is using the easement (Which I am trying to find out if it is even legal) to park a town school bus on. NOT his personal cars which was the purpose of the easement in the first place (which is my understanding). It makes a big difference if that easement is created for a school bus or a small car. And is it safe to be breathing in diesel fumes 4 times a day. I have pets and am home most times that bus is turned on and running. Are people allowed to have buses on private property? Techincally the land is mine but he is creating a larger easement than what was originally assumed I believe. (Remember I was never told about this when I purchased this house)

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HighwayMan said:

What's your point? Your question makes no sense.

Many schools are private and I'm sure at some point have school buses on their property. So?

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What I am asking is.. is it legal to be bringing home a school bus and parking it in a driveway?

As long as there is no other ordinance or state that restricts the parking of commercial vehicles or busses in the area, it sounds legal to me. It might be annoying and rude, but it doesn't sound unlawful.

If there is no legal prohibition to his use of the easement to park the bus, he can.

Have you checked with your city's planning department or the police department?

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It is becoming unhealthy to breathe diesel fumes in. It sits right next to my kitchen. I can not find any thing about school buses in MA, and unfortunetly I live in a small knit community and if I went to the police department word would get around too quickly that I was inquiring about this. Which will cause WW#

Why would diesel vapors be a problem? Does he idle the engine for periods of time?

Forget about the school bus angle. But you may have a local or state ordinance which prohibits engine idling (especially diesel engine idling) for more than a few minutes. If such a statute exists the time limit is probably around 5 minutes.

fatcat11188 said:

...without my knowledge.. never disclosed when I purchased my house a year ago.. there is an easment on one of the sides of the house with my neighbor so that he could have a "legal driveway."...He is using the easement (Which I am trying to find out if it is even legal) to park a town school bus on. NOT his personal cars which was the purpose of the easement in the first place (which is my understanding). ...Techincally the land is mine but he is creating a larger easement than what was originally assumed I believe...

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What is the exact wording of this easement?
Does it actually allow for vehicle parking, or is it just egress/ingress?