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Dirty (used) toilet in front yard

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user1498676185 · 28/06/2017 20:11

Does anyone know if there are laws that prevents people not storing a used/dirty toilet in a front garden?
There is one in a front yard near us - the yard has open access and kids can easily get into it...

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WhiskyTangoFoxtrot · 29/06/2017 04:08

No, no law about this.

And the DC should be supervised until they know not to go onto other people's property. If they are old enough to know this, but do it anyhow, that's part and parcel of learning about risks and consequences

FixItUpChappie · 29/06/2017 04:19

Toilet in your front garden = shitty neighbours, but no law against those unfortunately.

Out2pasture · 29/06/2017 04:32

I'd double check, some places have bylaws where your property has to be maintained to a certain standard. Probably worth a call.

Eggonchips · 29/06/2017 09:24

Thanks for your feedback. Hmm, I thought there might be some environmental regulation to deter human excrement in a front garden. After all, most local authorities will act if we report dog faeces in gardens...

WTF, I doubt there is argument about unsupervised children being responsible for their own safety - we had one neighbour who cemented sharp tiles into a wall to deter yobs from sitting on his garden wall - he was told to cement over the sharp tiles because they could hurt someone! ;)

WhiskyTangoFoxtrot · 29/06/2017 11:38

If the wall was a perimeter, then different standards apply (as passersby might catch themselves).

Within your own property, it's different, so if he had spikes on a toilet flower planter in the middle of a garden then there would probably have been no action. You do have to maintain property to a reasonably safe standard for visitors (particularly places where callers would be expected such as paths to the front door and around a driveway), but it sounds as if the DC are trespassing beyond that. As they are not causing damage, and may be under 10, then it's highly unlikely any action would be taken against them.

Are the parent of one of the DC, then I think the best action is to ban them from entering that person's property and restrict playing-out privilege as sanction if they don't.

If it's your neighbour (shitty, I agree) I doubt there's much you can do unless people are defecating there frequently enough for the smell to be causing an environmental nuisance. (On first reading, I'd though it was old/discarded/filthy, not current use. Though outdoor netties aren't illegal, even if (like composting loos) not attached to a sewer; but if it stinks so it causes a nuisance then action can be taken to enforce better disposal.

And of course if defecating in a front yard, then I think there's an offence of outraging public decency

Out2pasture · 29/06/2017 16:18

The toilet was probably changed out and didn't make it to the tip. Issues with garbage (heavy) pick up.
Call and make a fuss about it as garbage.

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