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Originally Posted by meredith weekender
The issue is that my neighbors have planted 8' tall arborvitaes along the property line to block the view of their fence.
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I see, are you looking for ways to challenge the installation? Because that technically may qualify for a different issue. If they are planted very close together, you could say that they are being used as a "Spite Fence" and the town may force the issue to remove or keep them cut to a certain height.
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/rsa/...76/476-mrg.htm
All I can say is good luck, I had a neighbor that would constantly mow my side lawn, which would be OK if he mowed it to the same height that I mowed the rest of my yard, but he didn't. Told me that he has been mowing that area for 25 years and was going to continue to do so. The main issue is that when I put sod down, I did not select a style that liked being mowed real short, which he would almost scalp it when he mowed it.
My solution was to install two very large planting beds at my property line, so it is no longer easy for him to mow and he has stopped. They are nice folks and I did not want to create a situation where we could not be neighbors. It has been in place for 3 years now and he has not mowed my side since I put them in.
I am sorry that you are in the position you are in, but in my opinion your neighbor is causing a situation that probably could have been remedied differently. Whether they are private folks or did not like you or your family really doesn't matter for this discussion, but what they have done is technically a violation of your enjoyment.
They may be thinking that you would rather look at huge Western Red Cedar trees, but they should have asked if that was the case.