A Neighbor’s RV Or Camper Is An Eyesore : What Do You Do? [Block Talk]

ACROSS AMERICA — The vacation season is still weeks or months away, yet your neighbor’s RV has been parked in their driveway since Labor Day, giving you an obnoxious view of a long box with sweeps of color from one end to the other.

The RV is on the street is an eyesore, too, but moves now and again to comply with local ordinances. Travel trailers, ranging from small 12-foot fifth wheels to behemoths that are 45 feet long, take up precious parking spaces.

Some neighborhoods have covenants prohibiting residents from storing RVs and campers on their property unless it’s in an enclosed garage. Other neighborhoods may limit it to certain places, like the driveway or back yard.

Storage at a commercial rental space can be pricey. To avoid it, some people flout local ordinances and park their travel trailers wherever they want. Do you alert code enforcement?

If your town doesn’t have a local ordinance regulating the off-season storage of travel trailers, should it? Do travel trailers parked willy-nilly on the street, in driveways and back yards detract from neighborhood aesthetics?

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