RROriginals

Court Friday, Zoning hasn't gotten back in touch about the car port.

Called numerous times. And now my parental might not pay to reg/insure it.
So...

My violations were:

Junk on property
Unregistered/Uninsured vehicle
Inoperable vehicle.

The 'Cuda is gone, which was the only inoperable vehicle there, and the yard is literally spotless, now it's just that one violation.

Has anyone had to or know anyone who has fought city violations and won? I need some supportive suggestions now and I need to try and fight this.

My views:

We have a 4 car driveway
The vehicle is NOT an eyesore to anyone, it's covered and together
The yard is all clean and has no junk whatsoever on it
The car does indeed run and drive

My ideas:

Bring upon a judge that I can build a stockade fence to shadow the car from passerby's and neighbors/ Put up a car port with four walls.

That's all I have for ideas.

Buffalojoe426

You might want to talk to a lawyer. A good one might have some advice on what to do. I would try to fight it all I could and not give the ****** the satisfaction of making you give up your classic American car, because they secretly want you to have nothing but hybrids. Fight it till the bitter end, wear them down to their bones, until they realize that your not going to put up with their Communists demands! Ok that might have gotten a little too passionate. But point still remains, do anything and everything you can, and don't give up.

sgp7679

yea definitely dont give up. Fight TO The END!!!

1966sportfury

could you say you had it in the shop and just got it running, brought it to your home by trailer of course, and havent got to registering it yet, waiting to get paid?
bs the courts thats what i do, had a $600 ticket dropped to $65

RROriginals

Wish it was that easy, but my parental already explained that I have no money to register it, no more for anything to it.

I can show them it does run and drive but that proves nothing.

Yeah.. fight it.. but how?

Here is my story for the Judge:
"I recently starting getting the settlement money from my accident, I get to use MY money how I want to and now it is coming back on me? The car isn't a bother or eyesore to anyone, I understand the other car was and I took care of it, but I have no place for this one, This is the only thing I truly own and I'd like to keep it, could we possibly work with a structure around it or something else?"

DartSwinger

if you don't mind me asking how much is the reg going to cost. You could always put it on a credit card and carry the balance for a short while. I know it only costs me 74 bucks a year to register my dart, but that's with no penalty's. If the vehicle is registered I don't think any of this would be a problem.

1966sportfury

just look the judge in the eye and start off with,,, this is how it gonna be.....so go #!@$ off

DartSwinger

that's what we're all thinking, but getting arrested ain't going to solve anything.

RROriginals

It's going to cost quite a bit to register it. Here in RI the fee is-

FeexWeightx2+$1.50 which would come out to $120-170ish
Then I have the sales tax which is about another $200 or 250

But then again I could pull a fast one on that...(Not mentioned)

1966sportfury

it was a gift? whats "feexweightx"??

Archer

Steve -

Find out exactly what the zoning regs are and (hopefully) what they mean.

Go to court and explain what you're doing (as politely/respectfully as possible - and I think you have that pretty well figured out) and don't worry about asking the judge about your options. Hope he's in a good mood.

Look, you have nothing to loose and it "might" work out. Ya never know.

Give it your best shot,

Archer

DartSwinger

that's crazy, i guess we got it good here in california. but i'm with archer act as mature and humble that you can possibly be, and hope and pray that the judge likes muscle cars. Much luck.

sgp7679

it sounds like your parents arent too helpful in this situation??

BuckNeccid

As soon as possible... Move out of RI to a more car friendly state

78D200

While your at it, go around the neighbor hood taking pictures of other's yards that have had "junk" on them for some time and ask why you are being singled out and discriminated against.

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RROriginals

My parental HATES me. I don't have a father. Also I wanted to move to Cali haaha, but hopefully this all goes well... And I do have something to lose.. the car :[ They can legally impound it

johnthegoalie

how far away from the college are you - a buddy of mine got out of some legal nonsense by asking the advice from a law professor. as lame as it may sound, a shave, haircut and nice clothes as well as "yes sirs and no sirs" won't hurt you - you need to present it as this is your a kid with his first project - usually a guy will understand that...

Barfly

Archer is giving by far the best advice you have been given here.

Don't go into court just taking what you have been told as gospel. Find the zoning laws and read them. Present yourself respectfully and knowledgeable about this issue at hand. Be an adult about it. Long drawn out stories about "he said" or "their doing that" will get you nowhere. If it looks as though the ruling will go against you, ask for an extension, 30 - 60 days for example.

Good Luck,
Joe.

78D200

Thank the Mopar gods that RI's "laws" haven't spread up to NH. Although...... I can see those laws forcing some people to clean out the "junk" that they store.

78D200

Is this "parental" your bio-logical parent or foster?

mr340

bootsnbolts

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bootsnbolts

can you get a scrap title on it? without knowing the actual legal issues with the car, it's hard to say which direction to go...do you know the previous owner? do you have any papers? have you called DMV with the vin and licence to find out anything?

i have a lot of tattoos & get a lot of snap judgments, i can definitely second the respectability factor...be clean, be polite, defer to The Man, and for pete's sake, be humble! often the worst bureaucrats will soften up a bit if you treat them like helping you was their idea.

RROriginals

Well, I call her my parental for a few reasons.

She threw me out
She left me to rot in group homes/state care
She sent me to state care by throwing me out
______

This is rough, I might be able to get an extension.. but then again you never know, A kid with an arm full of tattoos, piercings, a newly pierced lip and septum isn't going to go over well. Kind of stupid to get them pierced the other day but I just found out about court the same day I got it.

scotts74birds

Unless your career path is Rock-Star, Discovery Channel Bike Builder, or Tattoo Artist, you might want to tone it down.

Polaradude

Let's not forget snow tire Scotty...lol

samuelcosmo76

Will you even get through the metal detectors at the court house?

I'm kidding....kinda. but really you should dress nice, show up on time, and be respectful through the whole thing.

RROriginals

Actually my career path that is going to turn out soon is both:

Tattoo artist, getting my apprenticeship soon.
Mechanic, going to MTTI for Automotive and Autobody, getting me ASE cert and then going with a good chance getting a full time job at Mike's garage, he owns the piercing parlor I go to.

RROriginals

He tattoos, builds custom bikes/rods/cars.

sgp7679

that cool man. Gonna have a good future sounds like.