Editor: I agree entirely with Doug Nickason’s letter in the Tuesday, May 15 edition of The Times.
There are many unreasonable and undemocratic bylaws that give our neighbours unjustified control over what we do on our property.
We own our property and our taxes are always paid on time, and yet our neighbour has just decided that an unobtrusive and professionally built roof that we have attatched between our workshop and our fence, to cover our boat and camper, must come down.
It’s been there for most of the 30 years he’s been our neighbour. There are many, many such roofs in our neighbourhood — I hate to imagine how many are in the entire municipality.
However, on the corner of his property is a very large laurel bush that makes it difficult for us to see the road as we exit our property. My husband and I almost collided one day as he was exiting and I was entering.
What right do I have to insist that this endangering plant be removed? Oh, and while he’s removing it, perhaps he can also remove those holly trees that produce droppings that make a mess of our driveway and those large firs that are growing into and knocking over our fence. Where does unreasonableness end?
Perhaps I sound petty, but so are many of our bylaws.
I think it’s time our council woke up and reviewed Langley’s bylaws, determining which ones are necessary and just.
Elaine Jensen,
Langley
