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Anonymous wrote:Honestly. I'd collect money from the neighbors and offer to buy them a short picket fence. For a small TH front yard and spreading the cost among many it would be the simplest solution to addressing both parties concerns.

OP here. Ironically fences are outlawed in front lawns!

Isn't barbed wire sort of a fence?

Anonymous wrote:I'm sure the neighbor was fed up and this was the last resort.

Message received!

But if the goal is to PREVENT people from walking on the lawn then why have the barbed wire basically hidden in the ground?

I'm sure the neighbor was fed up and this was the last resort.

Message received!

Anonymous wrote:This could be your moment OP. You need to "trip and fall" and accidentally land on the barbed wire. But land in such a way that your injuries are fairly minor. Then sue the shit out of him. Shake that tree baby.

Bingo.

What a wuss. Just go with land mines.

Anonymous wrote:He should create a fake woman named Barb Weyer trapped in the barbed wire for Halloween to warn kids not to step on his lawn.

You are a frickin' GENIUS.

Did some quick research.

Federal law says nothing about barbed wire with regards to private residences, so this is a state rights issue.

Virginia Code does not prohibit usage of barbed wire either. It references barbed wire as a "legal fence" relating to livestock, but that's about it.

Loudoun County zoning ordinance also says nothing about barbed wire. Amazingly enough.

For giggles, I searched Fairfax County Zoning ordinance and sure enough :

"Barbed wire fences are prohibited in all zoning districts except on lots exceeding
two (2) acres or more in size in the R-A through R-1 Districts. Barbed wire strands
may be used to enclose storage areas, other similar industrial or commercial uses or
swimming pools where the strands are restricted to the uppermost portion of the
fence and do not extend lower than a height of six (6) feet from the nearest ground
level."

I also found some HOA by-laws for communities in Loudoun that prohibits the use of barbed wire.

So on a quick search, it seems that the best avenue for neighbors in OP's community is to put in place a new by-law.

Anonymous wrote:He should create a fake woman named Barb Weyer trapped in the barbed wire for Halloween to warn kids not to step on his lawn.

That's genius. Halloween decoration, deters dogs and kids, prevents deer from eating the plants. Win, win, win.

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Anonymous wrote:What do you believe is illegal about it? I am assuming it's on his property, right? And why would proximity to Halloween make it more illegal?

Barbed wire is illegal in residential areas.

Says what law?

He should create a fake woman named Barb Weyer trapped in the barbed wire for Halloween to warn kids not to step on his lawn.

This could be your moment OP. You need to "trip and fall" and accidentally land on the barbed wire. But land in such a way that your injuries are fairly minor. Then sue the shit out of him. Shake that tree baby.

If it is a townhouse all HOA has to do is pass a rule that says not allowed.

OP, post the address. I'll so sling some shit at their house myself

Can't believe people think it's ok to have semi-concealed barbed wire in a residential area

There are laws against setting traps, even inside your own house. This to me seems like a gray area, even though the police already seem to be fine with it

Anonymous wrote:I would bet the persons homeowners insurance would have a problem with him having barbed wire in a residential neighborhood - big liability.

In any case, I this this is a troll thread given all the rah rah keep your cretins off my yard yahoos

It's not a troll. Someone posted about this on another thread a month or so ago.

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Anonymous wrote:This is really funny actually.

What is the problem? Keep your kids and pets off his lawn and there is no safety issue.

This. I mean, how is this a problem? It’s not a problem if you and your little cretins stay where you should.

You don't see the issue with young kids and preschoolers going to neighbor's houses on Halloween and not realizing that this guy has barbed wire everywhere? I'm sure his immediate neighbors know about him, but kids trick or treat from several streets away. Also, this is a block away from an elementary school that kids walk to.

No, I don’t see an issue. The kids should be taught to stay off people’s yards. If they’re trick or treating they should either be supervised by an adult or stay on a walkway (if he even opens his door). Why would your kids be in the lawn if they have been taught proper manners and respect of property, or are supervised? Again—should not be an issue at all.

You seriously think that in the dark, on Halloween, with hordes of kids clambering around, many who don’t walk don’t that block on a normal day, that none of them are going to step off the walkway and onto the grass with embedded barbed wire? You are living in la la land. Even we’ll mannered, polite kids get jostled while they trick or treat.

Some of you all are crazy.