Another favorite is to stuff a bag of dog doody under his seat at night. Wear rubber gloves so you don't get stinky hands though.
city property laws
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a right-of-way by definition means the city owns it. i've never once seen anyone in a city own to the street unless it's a private street in a Planned Unit Development and this exact subject is my job.
What you described is the norm. Sometimes when streets get widened they end up paving right to the property line and don't end up taking more fee title land from you. They can end up getting an easement for sidewalk and utilities etc.
The street was widened half way through my property. My southeast property pin is right at the curb and the southwest property pin after the street narrows is back about 8 feet. No sidewalk on my street at all.
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Close. In most places there is a sidewalk adjacent to a road, the city owns right-of-way that extends to the other side of the sidewalk (usually the city puts the sidewalk a foot inside the ROW, but it can differ). So, technically the homeowner maintains it and the city owns it. You're not trespassing if you're walking on the sidewalk, and the city can take ownership of it at any time (to expand the road, expand the sidewalk, install utilities, etc.), but you do still have to maintain it.
A part of the parking problem appears to be a result of the occupancy level of the dwelling. The original post mentioned four or five cars, which number appears to be high for the poster's neighborhood. If the new neighbors are renting, the number of unrelated occupants may be restricted by city or town code. In Ames, for ex., there cannot be more than three unrelated occupants in one house, and one of the reasons for that restriction has to do with the parking problem that could exist with more than three renters. Of course this is not the city's most popular ordinance.
I would start here (http://www.flipsnack.com/957DFBAD75E/city-of-iowa-falls-code-2014.html) chapter 69.15 page 393 I believe. It is amazing what Google can find.
Most cities don't allow parking on grass areas, especially public areas, and between the road and sidewalk is most generally a public area.
Most cities don't allow parking on grass areas, especially public areas, and between the road and sidewalk is most generally a public area.
