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Message: [QUOTE="DieselTech, post: 1185870, member: 74999"] What do you mean by "restricting"? I just bought a place with 3 acres, in a rural area (to my east is 16 empty acres, then a gun range. To my west 2 houses on a few acres each, at most, then 63 empty acres. My neighbor to the north has 17 acres and horses. Across the street is a large subdivision of expensive homes - $250k & up). I am not allowed to ride in my own yard if it creates a "track" - which, by the town's definition is any part of the ground that is disturbed from riding on it. They have an actual ordinance for this - you need a "Special Use Permit" to have a "track", and you need at least 20 acres to get the permit (recently raised from 10). I have ridden in the yard with the kids, and numerous complaints filed. I've spoke to some of my neighbors, and so far, they seem to be ok with the riding so long as 1)it's only at certain times/on certain days, like the gun range, and 2)we don't ride the "loud" machines (like our mx bikes). Now, we have not ridden at crazy hours, or all day, or anything like that. The most we've ridden was 3 1/2 hours (on the first really warm day after winter) in one day. Yet, due to the complaints, the town has enforced it's ordinance. We don't ride now, and it sucks. I've talked to the town about it, and here's what they said: "You can ride on your property, so long as it doesn't make a track.". They have admitted that it's a noise issue, but that they have no "enforcable" noise ordinance, hence the track ordinance. Total BS, if you ask me. I have told the town, as well as some of my neighbors, that I'd be willing to have certain "restrictions" on the riding (times, length of time, days, etc.) and that I'd install the quietest exhaust that I could get for the machines - but they still stand fast on the requirements of the Special Use Permit (20 acres)! So, we can ride the loudest machines on our property, and nobody can do a thing about it, SO LONG AS IT DOESN'T DISTURB THE GROUND! But, I can't ride any machines, even if they are in "stealth mode" if they create a "track", until I have 20 acres!!! WTF??? I really don't think I'm being unreasonable at all - hell, if I had the money, I'd buy the 63 acres to my west..... Oh, and did I mention there's a GUN RANGE less than 1/10th mile to my east? Uh, hello, noise???? Aren't these people used to it yet???? [/QUOTE]

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