Q: Safety issue involving the local Catholic church
There was a building next door that was bought by the Catholic Church and demolished. We are row homes, so there is now an empty lot. The church was going to make it into a parking lot, after it was paved and protective barriers were put up to protect our homes and occupants. They never did this. They are now literally parking cars against our homes, sometimes even technically on our property, and one elderly person nearly drove through my house. We are terrified and angry now, and the peace of our lives is disturbed by their lack of safety. We brought this up to them, about the lack of safety barriers and they got very insulting to us. They said very dismissively, "NO one is going to drive into your house!" We asked them to sign a statement saying that they acknowledged and accepted all responsibility if someone did, including injury, damages, etc. and they refused. Do we have recourse?
A:
First off you send them a letter confirming this and asking that they send it to their insurance company.
You may want to bring it to the attention of the archdiocese as it's hardly a "good neighbors" approach especially if having tire stops is relatively cheap.
Suggest also that as they are technically trespassing, you photo each occaision, then you can bring a nuissance claim against them.
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