What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Tennessee
I have a neighbor with a fence about 3-4 feet high, not a privacy fence. I do not use this fence or connect to it in any way, I have no fence. He does not maintain the back side of his fence so it has grown higher than the entire fence. I maintain to about 2 feet away from his fence. After years of looking at it I finally called the codes department and they sent him a letter saying he needs to maintain the weeds/grass. He called on the last day and said that it was on the back side of the fence and was my problem. It seems crazy that the city would just "stop" and do nothing at that point. I guess I would have never known any of that except I called to ask if the "deadline" for him to take care of it was passed.
I am waiting on a call back from the inspector to find out what the next steps are but I would like to know my options before he calls me back.
1. Shouldn't the inspector "assume" that the owner of the fence is responsible unless the owner proves they are not with some kind of yard survey? Surely I don't have to prove that I don't own my neighbors fence line?
2. If my neighbor proved that the fence was on the property line does that automatically get him out of having to maintain the back side of the fence?
3. If the fence is on the property line and I am responsible for maintaining a fence line, does that make it a partition fence and applicable for partition fence laws?
4. I see several tennessee fence laws for partition fences that say either neighbor of a partition fence can remove the partition fence with a 6 month written notice. Does that mean if I am responsible for the back side of his fence that I can take it down?
I have a neighbor with a fence about 3-4 feet high, not a privacy fence. I do not use this fence or connect to it in any way, I have no fence. He does not maintain the back side of his fence so it has grown higher than the entire fence. I maintain to about 2 feet away from his fence. After years of looking at it I finally called the codes department and they sent him a letter saying he needs to maintain the weeds/grass. He called on the last day and said that it was on the back side of the fence and was my problem. It seems crazy that the city would just "stop" and do nothing at that point. I guess I would have never known any of that except I called to ask if the "deadline" for him to take care of it was passed.
I am waiting on a call back from the inspector to find out what the next steps are but I would like to know my options before he calls me back.
1. Shouldn't the inspector "assume" that the owner of the fence is responsible unless the owner proves they are not with some kind of yard survey? Surely I don't have to prove that I don't own my neighbors fence line?
2. If my neighbor proved that the fence was on the property line does that automatically get him out of having to maintain the back side of the fence?
3. If the fence is on the property line and I am responsible for maintaining a fence line, does that make it a partition fence and applicable for partition fence laws?
4. I see several tennessee fence laws for partition fences that say either neighbor of a partition fence can remove the partition fence with a 6 month written notice. Does that mean if I am responsible for the back side of his fence that I can take it down?