Bluff Park, Alabama Forum - dump trucks on Rockland

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Re: dump trucks on Rockland
Reply #90 - 08/05/08 at 4:32pm

Quote from mbear2662 on 08/05/08 at 11:21am:

I may have joined the wrong group then based on where the boundaries are for Bluff Park. I live on Regent Lane. I am very interested in my neighborhood. Could you please tell me if I live in Bluff Park or if I should be associated with the Shades Mountain forum. Also what is the web site for that so that I can join that forum?

Thanks for your information. There is a house on Regent Lane that has tree limbs that were cut at the beginning of the summer that are STILL in the yard and have not be carried to the front for pick-up. The people that live in the house are not elderly they are just LAZY!!!!.

Again thanks for the information.

This is still a good place to converse even if you are inside Shades Mtn.. if they have not formed a site of their own then maybe having some of the Shades residents here will get them talking and they will see the need for it. They are welcome here as well I have seen.

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Forolemiss Full Member Keep BP Beautiful Posts: 181 Gender:	Re: dump trucks on Rockland Reply #91 - 08/05/08 at 4:38pm Since it is such a fuzzy issue, why don't we vote on whether or not Alford and the streets off of Alford should be included in BP. My vote is that they should since basically all non-BPers consider Alford as BP. Also, if you include the Alfordians they have a voice in what happens to their community.
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Bluff Park Guy Full Member I Love Bluff Park! Posts: 119	Re: dump trucks on Rockland Reply #92 - 08/05/08 at 4:53pm Alfordians........... I love it
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fitgrl Junior Member I Love Bluff Park! Posts: 61	Re: dump trucks on Rockland Reply #93 - 08/05/08 at 8:09pm If we consider Alford Bluff Park, then what about all of the side streets...Haden, Pine, John's, etc. Is what you consider now BP basically what is zoned for BP elem.?
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Re: dump trucks on Rockland
Reply #94 - 08/05/08 at 8:24pm

I live on Mountain Oaks and, although technically I am in the Shades Mountain area, when I give directions, I tell people I live in Bluff Park. We have the many of the same issues in our area. We are a neighborhood on the brink of either incredible increases in value...or sliding into a mediocre, lower middle class burg. Some houses are fabulous, others..not so much. Our street is used as a cut-through from Tyler to Alford, and in the morning, when I do my power walking, I am sometimes afraid for my life! Speeding, running stop signs, etc. The police put up one of those automated speed check signs last year and some drivers slowed down, but now they're back to racing through. My favorite thing to do is drive around going 25 mph- and back up all the young drivers in such a hurry.

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bpresident Global Moderator I Love Bluff Park! Posts: 251	Re: dump trucks on Rockland Reply #95 - 08/05/08 at 8:40pm Quote from fitgrl on 08/05/08 at 8:09pm: If we consider Alford Bluff Park, then what about all of the side streets...Haden, Pine, John's, etc. Is what you consider now BP basically what is zoned for BP elem.? Good point. I discuss that in this post: http://bluffparkal.org/bpforum/YaBB.pl?num=1213668330/84#84
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dw14 YaBB Newbies I live in Shades Mountain! Posts: 34 Gender:	Re: dump trucks on Rockland Reply #96 - 08/05/08 at 8:59pm I think there are a lot of Shades Mtn people in here... I'm a Regent Forest resident myself... I keep an eye out for all the stuff b/c I do see the potential for a huge value increase or it could go south...
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bpresident

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Re: dump trucks on Rockland
Reply #97 - 08/06/08 at 10:13am

Quote from bpresident on 08/05/08 at 1:30pm:

Quote from mbear2662 on 08/05/08 at 11:21am:

I may have joined the wrong group then based on where the boundaries are for Bluff Park. I live on Regent Lane. I am very interested in my neighborhood. Could you please tell me if I live in Bluff Park or if I should be associated with the Shades Mountain forum. Also what is the web site for that so that I can join that forum?

Thanks for your information. There is a house on Regent Lane that has tree limbs that were cut at the beginning of the summer that are STILL in the yard and have not be carried to the front for pick-up. The people that live in the house are not elderly they are just LAZY!!!!.

Again thanks for the information.

I don't know if the Shades Mountain community has gone online yet. I do know they organized within six months of when we did and they have had some meetings, but again, I don't know if they have a site and/or a forum yet.

One way to find out would be to put a post out on either the Hoover Forum (http://www.hooverforum.com) or on the al.com Hoover Forum (http://www.al.com/forums/hoover/index.ssf) and ask if any of them know. In the meanwhile, we don't discriminate on membership, so you're welcome to stay here as long as you'd like.

Link to the Shades Mountain Forum: http://shadesmt.16.forumer.com/

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Forolemiss Full Member Keep BP Beautiful Posts: 181 Gender:	Re: dump trucks on Rockland Reply #98 - 08/08/08 at 10:12am Anybody see a building permit for the home on Alford and Larkspur?? Given all the concrete that is going to be poured into that yard, I bet it is going to be filled with construction equipment.
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Bluff Park Guy

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Reply #99 - 08/08/08 at 10:46am

It looks like they are going to do a U driveway in the front and then extend the driveway down the side into the back. Does it look like they are pouring a slab in the backyard? Was also thinking they might be planning on building a garage/workshop in the back. Did that house just sell or are people who have always lived there doing this?

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Re: dump trucks on Rockland
Reply #100 - 08/08/08 at 10:58am

Quote from Bluff Park Guy on 08/08/08 at 10:46am:

It looks like they are going to do a U driveway in the front and then extend the driveway down the side into the back. Does it look like they are pouring a slab in the backyard? Was also thinking they might be planning on building a garage/workshop in the back. Did that house just sell or are people who have always lived there doing this?

The entire front looks like it's going to be a massive driveway, and it extends all the way to the back. I've seen complaints on this forum in the past where people didn't like it when residents parked their cars on their lawn. I've also seen complaints on this forum regarding the excessive speed on Alford and how it's hard for people to back out of their driveway. It appears to me that this resident has solved both situations in one shot. Not only does he now have enough driveway space for a small fleet of cars, but he's also never going to have to back out of his driveway. Plus he gets the added bonus of not having to mow his yard, as there doesn't seem to be any yard left to mow. With the right landscaping, this could actually end up looking pretty good. I think as long as it is used for personal vehicles, and not construction equipment, it just might work.

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appleblossom Full Member Groovy!! Posts: 115 Gender:	Re: dump trucks on Rockland Reply #101 - 08/08/08 at 11:36am 928 was a rental for years... just sold.
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Forolemiss Full Member Keep BP Beautiful Posts: 181 Gender:	Re: dump trucks on Rockland Reply #102 - 08/08/08 at 2:07pm I am not that concerned with the driveway as much as I am the "Fleet" as you say. I don't think it is going to be a fleet of cars as much as a fleet of work vans in the front and a fleet of construction equipment in the back. Since the back is elevated you aren't going to be able to hide anything from the road.
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Re: dump trucks on Rockland
Reply #103 - 08/08/08 at 2:12pm

Quote from Forolemiss on 08/08/08 at 2:07pm:

I am not that concerned with the driveway as much as I am the "Fleet" as you say. I don't think it is going to be a fleet of cars as much as a fleet of work vans in the front and a fleet of construction equipment in the back. Since the back is elevated you aren't going to be able to hide anything from the road.

Are you sure we're talking about the same house? You made it sound like it was at the corner of Larkspur and Alford and the house that I saw wasn't a corner lot. I also drove real slow by it today and was unable to see the back because the house was obstructing it.

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Forolemiss Full Member Keep BP Beautiful Posts: 181 Gender:	Re: dump trucks on Rockland Reply #104 - 08/08/08 at 2:16pm I guess I meant to say Alford and Lakspur but not imply a corner.
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