Sticking It To Their South Slope Neighbors
Nothing developers in the South Slope do should surprise us. But, reports IMBY, they’ve reached new lows recently. Faced with the issue of how to vent their tri-level below-ground parking garage, the developers of 406 15th Street aimed it right into the backyard of the neighboring property at 397 16th. The result? “Some 200,000 cubic…
Nothing developers in the South Slope do should surprise us. But, reports IMBY, they’ve reached new lows recently. Faced with the issue of how to vent their tri-level below-ground parking garage, the developers of 406 15th Street aimed it right into the backyard of the neighboring property at 397 16th. The result? “Some 200,000 cubic feet of air pouring…into their backyard …several times an hour, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.” Nice. Is this legal?
Well folks, I may have spoke too soon. The exhaust vent is still there. They just removed the upper portion of the hood. It would take them 5 minutes to replace it. The 311 complaint remains uninspected.
I knew the “urine” comment would get them 😉
Hope it is permanent!
Perhaps DOB was reading brownstoner yesterday…
The vent was removed sometime yesterday….. Not sure where. Maybe to the roof?
You should speak to a lawyer. I can’t recall if this is nuisance or not, but it sounds like it could be one, especially if you’ve lived there and the parking structure is new.
The exhaust is one issue. There is also the possibility of it exceeding the allowable decibel range in the house. That’s an easy test that you can set up with a call to 311.
actually I didn’t say sue. I said actionable. You can be sure they won’t make a change based on your letter(their response will be that it was built with a permit and is legal). You need a lawyer.
Crap move. But the other photos do make the thing seem further away … and considering the jungle growing in that back yard it may make the case harder to make. How about he just attaches a 10 by 10 piece of sheet metal to his own fence so that it all blows back onto the property.
When will the “BLOGS” start classifying themselves as “news” or something that sounds like I’m working and not participating in glorified gossip.
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To put this as simply as possible, this is probably not legal. The photo appears to show a clear nuisance. I would think that, rather than being sued, the owners would agree to simply vent the pipe upwards, with an exhaust point that is higher up on the building. But they may not agree. If this happens in your back yard, and no one responds to polite but firm letters requesting a change, you have to sue the person who is causing the problem.