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Ruben Leon
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A vacant lot has a new owner who has posted a "No Trespassing" sign. There are two gates in the fence that runs the length of one side of the property, and two foot paths from the gates that traverse the property. All of the neighbors have used the foot paths for at least the 22 years that we've owned the property on the other side of the fence.
I explained to all the neighbors that he most likely put up the sign so that he'd be off the the hook if anyone slipped and fell or twisted an ankle in a gopher hole. No such luck. He couldn't care less if anyone breaks their neck, he just doesn't want anyone setting foot on "his" property. I tried to tell him that it was bit unreasonable, not to mention un-neighborly to force folks to hike up to the road and go the long way around a "vacant" field, and that once he builds on the property, nobody would want to cross his land. But, he wants me to lock "our" gates and stay off his vacant lot. The fence is 6 inches inside our property so rather than get into a confrontation with this guy, I'd rather give him a copy of the research to bring him up to speed.
So if you have any links that might help, please post them here.
Thanks in advance.
I explained to all the neighbors that he most likely put up the sign so that he'd be off the the hook if anyone slipped and fell or twisted an ankle in a gopher hole. No such luck. He couldn't care less if anyone breaks their neck, he just doesn't want anyone setting foot on "his" property. I tried to tell him that it was bit unreasonable, not to mention un-neighborly to force folks to hike up to the road and go the long way around a "vacant" field, and that once he builds on the property, nobody would want to cross his land. But, he wants me to lock "our" gates and stay off his vacant lot. The fence is 6 inches inside our property so rather than get into a confrontation with this guy, I'd rather give him a copy of the research to bring him up to speed.
So if you have any links that might help, please post them here.
Thanks in advance.