Neighbors want the family's handicap ramp removed.

I am aware of that, but it is still possible because the law has not interpret based on this case as of yet. Once there is legal standing going forward then it is possible. Time will tell, and I hope that this Rudy neighbor start to realize that there is no point in complaining and had caused nationalwide attention

Reba said:
The homeowners with the ramp can't sue the neighbors just for complaining. If those neighbors file a suit they might be able to file a counter suit in order to reclaim legal costs. But there isn't an housing discrimination because the ramp owners weren't prohibited from buying their house or building their ramp. The complaining neighbor had no authority in that realm. Now, if the builder had refused selling the house to them, that would be a different situation.

There are no laws against being butt-heads with bad attitudes.
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kokonut said:
That reminds me. I know Charleston is known for their historic houses and are on the National Register of Historic Places but suppose an owner of an historic house suffered an accident or condition causing him or her to depend on wheelchair to get around, and need to build an access ramp would the city approve it?
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I worked for the City 15+ years doing this stuff. In a historic area you cannot modify anything visible from the street ( windows,doors...ect... on front and side of the house) the rear of the house you
can do anything you want basically if approved by the building and planning as well as zoning divisions.
 
whatdidyousay! said:
City of Colorado Springs - Code Enforcement

Colorado Springs housing code enforcement want neighbors to work together to solves issues before reporting them. This is what I said, the neighbors should be helping the people fix up the ramp and not make life harder for the family.
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Is there a particular code that pertains to this case? I'm sorry, I don't know where on the page you are referring us to read.
 
Reba said:
The homeowners with the ramp can't sue the neighbors just for complaining. If those neighbors file a suit they might be able to file a counter suit in order to reclaim legal costs. But there isn't an housing discrimination because the ramp owners weren't prohibited from buying their house or building their ramp. The complaining neighbor had no authority in that realm. Now, if the builder had refused selling the house to them, that would be a different situation.

There are no laws against being butt-heads with bad attitudes.
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I wonder if the family with the ramp needed a building permit to put the ramp on their house. If they did and followed the building codes the other neighbors do not have a leg to stand on. If a permit was needed and was not gotten that another other story. I feel really bad for the girl as she is getting so much negative attention , people should be ashamed of themselves , the neighbors are not even thinking about the girl's needs.
 
Reba said:
Is there a particular code that pertains to this case? I'm sorry, I don't know where on the page you are referring us to read.
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The City of Colorado Springs encourages neighbors to become community-minded and to join together in providing safe, attractive neighborhoods and sanitary living conditions for all citizens. Walk your neighborhood and meet your neighbors! Working together is the most effective program. The City invites residents to cooperate with one another in a "neighbor to neighbor" manner to resolve minor problems before contacting the Code Enforcement Unit (444-7891) for assistance.
 
Reba said:
A few months ago, our HOA ARB almost didn't approve our new roof. (We've been needing new shingles for several years, and finally got the money to do it.) We were upgrading the shingles and changing the color from black (much faded) to a medium tan. They had a fit about the color change. (From one neutral color to another, I mean really?) They final agreed (2-1 vote). This is ironic too, because the month before that we had been awarded Yard of the Month (for about the fifth time). :lol:

Some people can't stand the slightest deviation from the norm.
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wow crazy standards
 
sonocativo said:
I worked for the City 15+ years doing this stuff. In a historic area you cannot modify anything visible from the street ( windows,doors...ect... on front and side of the house) the rear of the house you
can do anything you want basically if approved by the building and planning as well as zoning divisions.
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There been a lot protest about that happening my city historic area . I read in one city historic area you can only plants trees that are historic to the area . That is going waaay to far. I am so glad I do not own my historic house anymore.
 
whatdidyousay! said:
There been a lot protest about that happening my city historic area . I read in one city historic area you can only plants trees that are historic to the area . That is going waaay to far. I am so glad I do not own my historic house anymore.
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There's a reason for the use of the word, "historic" ya know.....
 
Tousi said:
There's a reason for the use of the word, "historic" ya know.....
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No kidding . But the rules my city want to pass will made it so expense to do work on a "historic house" it could keep people from doing any work or just going ahead and do the work and not asked if it allowed. There are already rules but the city want to add more . There are people in my city that feel anyone that a historic house do not " really own it" that they're passing through it. And that is insane! I owned my historic house and paid the taxes on it not my neighbors.
 
Reba said:
In Charleston, that reason is tourists, the economic base of this area.
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That is the reason in my city too, but we have a park right across the street from some historic houses and the homeless men are allowed to live in the park . And the men made a mess by throwing empty booze bottles on the ground and leaving trash there too. I use a plastic bag to pick up the trash the homeless men throw around. I find it strange that the city is telling people how to take care of their houses when the park right near the historic houses looks like a junk yard at time. And the bricks sidewalks in front of the historic houses look historic and not in a good way . I strongly feel that my city should do it job before telling people how to care for their homes. And I had posted this my newspaper forum.
 
as for the OP's OT...here...


but the catch is, according to Engineers, it must not be more the 1/12 of the pitch for stability and ease of change and gradient for push the wheelchair up or down.
 
One of the building on my street has a chair lift and no one care that it there. People are too busy to worry about how it looks.
 
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