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How'd this get started?
Ever had a "night from hell" because the hotel room you stayed in had an ice machine just a few feet down the hall? If you have, then welcome to my world. No, I don't live in a cheep hotel. I'm speaking of the conditions at my home in the Carlyon-North neighborhood of Olympia. The noise making culprit is a heat pump that emits code-violating levels of noise and is installed in a code-violating sideyard setback location one foot from the property line between my house and my neighbor.
18 months is a long, long time to have a heat pump spewing noise into your home and property, but that's how long it's been. We can't have a family discussion around the dinner table without having to talk over the monotonous machine rumble. Outdoor barbecues are no longer palatable. Reading Cormac McCarthy in the living room takes a heck of a lot more focus and breathing control than it used to. Then there's the bedroom.
18 months is a long, long time to have a heat pump spewing noise into your home and property, but that's how long it's been. We can't have a family discussion around the dinner table without having to talk over the monotonous machine rumble. Outdoor barbecues are no longer palatable. Reading Cormac McCarthy in the living room takes a heck of a lot more focus and breathing control than it used to. Then there's the bedroom.
My wife is ready to move. I'm ready for months of counseling.
Olympia Municipal Code states that the purpose of the residential districts code is "To maintain or improve the character, appearance and livability of established neighborhoods by protecting them from incompatible uses, excessive noise, illumination..."
Did I mention that the heat pump has been in violation, regarding noise and location, since August of 2006?
Olympia Municipal Code states that the purpose of the residential districts code is "To maintain or improve the character, appearance and livability of established neighborhoods by protecting them from incompatible uses, excessive noise, illumination..."
Did I mention that the heat pump has been in violation, regarding noise and location, since August of 2006?
