Street View - Page 3

**rbryan4** · 02-02-2015, 05:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Jim Bennett

Our trailer is not supposed to sit in our front drive, or anywhere ahead of the front elevation of the house, for more than 3 days. Ours stays there all summer when not in use though, as we are slightly lower than the neighbour it is beside, so nobody cares or complains. It sure would be a pain in the ass if we had to keep it at our storage spot during camping months.

Yeah, that's our dilemma Jim. Our HOA restrictions mean we can't keep it there for more than 3 days, similar to what you mentioned. But in our case, it doesn't take a complaint to be in violation. The association management has employees that check the neighborhoods. Our house has alley access as well as street access, and all the garages and driveways are behind the houses. We thought about just keeping it in the driveway and adding a gate to our backyard/alley fence to conceal it, but it's a standard 2 car garage driveway with not a lot of extra width. Would make the wife's backing out of the garage an adventure.

Ian G · 02-02-2015, 05:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Brian B-P

Nice trailer, Ian.

This part is hilarious: Buttercup's wheel area is blurred, suggesting that Google's automated image-processing software thought the wheel was a face!
(For Canada, faces are blurred to be unrecognizable in all Street View images, as are license plates)

Thanks Brian, I also noticed the blurred out aluminum wheels. Nice thing about owning a Boler and an Escape 19 is they both will fit in a single 40' storage stall.

Jim Bennett · 02-02-2015, 05:49 PM

Heck, I just went and looked, and there is a new one from last year I was not aware of, but still with the trailer in the yard. Pretty cool, here is the link. Just select the year from the menu top-left.

https://www.google.ca/maps/@51.10282...000000!6m1!1e1

KarenH · 02-02-2015, 05:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Brian B-P

...they save them all now so you can go back in time...

Okay, I give up. How do you find the old street views on GoogleMaps?

dfandrews · 02-02-2015, 05:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Jim Bennett

Heck, I just went and looked, and there is a new one from last year I was not aware of, but still with the trailer in the yard. Pretty cool, here.....

Jim,
I would be concerned about showing an exact address. Or is security only a concern in the lower 48?

Ian G · 02-02-2015, 05:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Jim Bennett

Heck, I just went and looked, and there is a new one from last year I was not aware of, but still with the trailer in the yard. Pretty cool, here is the link. Just select the year from the menu top-left.

Jim too bad your garage door was not open and you were able to see your Trillium

gabeck · 02-02-2015, 05:58 PM

Love all the "views ".......Calgary not only has that time limit on front street and driveway parking - if one actually has side yard space to accommodate a trailer it must be several feet ( 3or4 ) back of the front corner of the house ...even if there is a front drive garage that protrudes forward of the house ...it is still the house corner it must be back from-regardless of side . However bylaw is not proactive in Calgary .... like GBaglo said ......

KarenH · 02-02-2015, 05:58 PM

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Originally Posted by dfandrews

Jim,
I would be concerned about showing an exact address. Or is security only a concern in the lower 48?

I think his showed because he captured what was on his screen and re-posted that. The actual picture doesn't show the address.

Jim Bennett · 02-02-2015, 06:00 PM

Time to move a couple minutes to the SE then Ian, to avoid those pesky neighbours.

The Trillium would not have been in the garage when this was taken. Everything is in full leaf, and I did not bring it back until during the big snow storm in September.

Jim Bennett · 02-02-2015, 06:03 PM

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Originally Posted by dfandrews

Jim,
I would be concerned about showing an exact address. Or is security only a concern in the lower 48?

I am not worried in the least. If someone wanted to find my house, it would be as easy as looking in the phonebook.

Jim Bennett · 02-02-2015, 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by gabeck

Love all the "views ".......Calgary not only has that time limit on front street and driveway parking - if one actually has side yard space to accommodate a trailer it must be several feet ( 3or4 ) back of the front corner of the house ...even if there is a front drive garage that protrudes forward of the house ...it is still the house corner it must be back from-regardless of side . However bylaw is not proactive in Calgary .... like GBaglo said ......

I never realized it needed to be back from the corner, good to know. I always assumed it was similar to fences, that can only be 6' back from even with the front elevation, and back.

And like you say, bylaw doesn't bother you at all, unless they get a complaint.

gabeck · 02-02-2015, 06:15 PM

One may have a front fence if no higher than 4 feet and one minds the easements ...think it is the same city wide .....but I would check that because at our last house that 4 ft height also applied to the 6ft distance from front corner of house ..

gabeck · 02-02-2015, 06:18 PM

We seem to have pretty tolerant nieghbours , when we talked to them about putting our trailer into storage ,they said - why don't you leave on the driveway ,not going to bother anyone . We are on a small culde sac ..... So there it is ...

gbaglo · 02-02-2015, 06:18 PM

I did get a ticket once for having my tent trailer on the street in front of my house, without tow vehicle attached.
I think somebody complained about the guy three houses down with the 40' boat on a trailer, on the street, without a TV. I figure I was collateral damage.

KarenH · 02-02-2015, 06:37 PM

I guess I'm going to be the odd one out here and say that I wouldn't particularly like it if recreational vehicles (of any kind) were permanently parked in the street or in driveways (within view) in my neighborhood. It's just a slippery slope from there...

dfandrews · 02-02-2015, 06:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Jim Bennett

I am not worried in the least. If someone wanted to find my house, it would be as easy as looking in the phonebook.

OK.

DO they still produce phonebooks? I haven't seen one in several years. (We don't have a land line anymore, so no listing for us.)

KarenH · 02-02-2015, 06:44 PM

Yes, they do if you have a land line. The problem is that in order to save money, they've gone to something like a four-point font. It's ridiculous.

gabeck · 02-02-2015, 06:45 PM

Kind of think one needs to be reasonable with what one parks out front in general , our trailer obstructs nothing is nice new and good looking , and our neighbours don't actually see it from their front window at all . Commercial vehicles , rust buckets and unkempt front gardens can be far more of an eyesore .... certainly size makes a difference .... just our opinion

gbaglo · 02-02-2015, 07:02 PM

My next door neighbour did a tour of mine the other day. Seeing the Escape in my driveway had him thinking about getting a trailer himself. He had a heart attack a month ago. Must have him thinking.

Jim Bennett · 02-02-2015, 07:05 PM

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Originally Posted by gabeck

One may have a front fence if no higher than 4 feet and one minds the easements ...think it is the same city wide .....but I would check that because at our last house that 4 ft height also applied to the 6ft distance from front corner of house ..

Fence bylaws for the City I do know well. (Hey, I gotta know something

) It is definitely 1.2m (4') from the foremost front façade of the house, and 2m (6'-6") for the remainder. Not too many people actually fence in the front yard anyway.

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