NOTICE: Your rights as an
American citizen are slowly being stripped away from you. Read this Bill
that Harford County Councilwoman Veronica “Roni” Chenowith just presented on
9/11/07. There are 2 ways to view the bill.
Here it
is in a nutshell:
Here is basically what the
bill says...If you ride a 2 wheeler, 3
wheeler, or 4 wheeler that is not registered for the street and your yard is
less than 5 acres in size you will receive a $250 dollar fine! Yes, you
read that correctly, you ride it on YOUR OWN PROPERTY and you get a fine of
$250.00 !!!
Oh, don’t worry, there’s
more… If your 6 year old son or daughter wants to ride their new little 50cc
4 wheeler that you bought them for Christmas on your own property, you don’t
just get a fine… The vehicle gets impounded! Yep, anyone under the age of
18 years of age who gets caught riding on their OWN PROPERTY gets their
vehicle impounded plus the parents get a fine! So, if you are at work and
your 12 year old wants to ride the Z50 around the yard for while,
this bill gives the Police the right to
trespass onto YOUR
PROPERTY and confiscate YOUR personal property, fine you, and then make you
pay a big dollar tow bill.
Also,
if your 17 year old son wants
to load firewood into the cart connected to your little Honda Recon 250 and
the cops drive by and spot it...Uh Oh! They trespass onto YOUR PROPERTY and
confiscate YOUR personal property, fine you, and then make you pay a $250
dollar tow bill. Yep, that’s right, you have to pay to have your Off-Road
Vehicle towed away, plus pay storage fees, plus your fine. Let’s do the
math here… $250 fine, plus $250 tow bill, plus any daily storage charges
(usually $25.00 a day)…So, you’re at least $500 in the hole just to ride on
YOUR OWN PROPERTY!
Also, there is a clause
that allows ANY 2 unrelated County residents that witness you or your
children operating a recreation vehicle on YOUR PROPERTY to file a written
complaint. These 2 unrelated County residents do not even have to be
your neighbors!.
If you have two people in
the County that want to make your life miserable all they
have to do ride by your house any Sunday and if you are out there with your
kids having fun, they can sign the “two party” complaint form and submit it! So, they sign a form
saying they OBSERVED you riding YOUR vehicle on YOUR property and, viola,
you will also receive the fine mentioned above!
We will
have an online petition at this address in a few days. Once you sign
that petition, an email will be sent automatically by you, to each of the 7
Harford County Council Members and also to the County Executive.
Please enter your address in the box below and subscribe to our mailing
list. We will notify you when the online petition becomes active and
also update you on the County Council meeting regarding this bill which is
planned for
October 9th, 2007.
Please plan now to
attend the Council meeting
on October 9th. In addition to subscribing to the mailing list and signing
the petition, you should call your county councilman to let them know this
is an outrage and an insult to the citizens of Harford County. If you need
any of their numbers just let me know and I will be happy to post a list for
you. I would encourage everyone to call each Council member and let
them know how you feel. Their contact information is below.
I guess you guys who own
more than 5 acres of land think you’re free and clear of this , eh?
Well, guess again…You don’t get to ride your Off Road Vehicle until it’s at
least 9AM and no later than 8PM. Yep, that’s right… For those of us who grew
up around this area we know a lot of hunters and farmers. If you own a
200 acre farm and want to go hunting at 6AM on YOUR property you are
breaking the law. Scenario: You are an older dairy farmer and own a
100 acre spread. It’s 10PM and someone calls to tell you they saw some
of your cows walking through a section of broken fence a half mile down the
lane. You take your trusty utility 4 wheel ATV across the field and round up
your herd. Unfortunately you have a neighbor (that just maybe moved up here
from Columbia) and he/she sees your headlights way out in the pasture.
You drive back home hours later only to be greeted by the local “Off Road
Vehicle enforcement police” and you are slapped with a $250 dollar fine
because you are riding after 8PM…On YOUR property! PLEASE PASS THIS
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TO AS MANY HARFORD COUNTY RESIDENTS AS YOU CAN!
For more info - Visit
www.RideInHarford.Org
Online Now!
