Frontyard Fridges Forbidden in N.C. City
In what some consider an assault on Southern tradition, this city has outlawed upholstered furniture on porches, along with such frontyard eyesores as dead animals, refrigerators and tall weeds.
The ordinance, which the City Council approved, 4 to 3, Thursday night, prohibits upholstered or similar furniture intended for indoor use from being left outdoors.
Inspectors won’t patrol for offenders, so enforcement depends on neighbors’ complaints.
Eliminated from the ordinance were provisions that would have outlawed razor-edged concertina wire and the parking of vehicles or boats in frontyards.
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