Neighbor parking in our yard and setting up competing food trucks
A neighboring tenant is hosting charity events that bring direct food and beverage competitors right outside a local cafe's front door during business hours, all without warning. Additionally, the neighbor persistently parks their entire car in the cafe's yard, blocking access even after a fire hydrant was installed.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Going over to introduce yourself and attempt to collaborate or foster a relationship
- 2Talking to the landlord to ask if permission was given or to complain about shared resources being impacted
- 3Checking the lease for a non-compete clause regarding competition from within the strip
- 4Making sure the food trucks have drawn the proper permits
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“I own a small cafe in a rundown strip of shops which is slowly being renovated/regenerated.”source ↗
“The events she is hosting are supposedly for charity but she is inviting food trucks to set up outside my front door to sell tea coffee scones etc which I already sell, and also this will be during my regular business hours!!”source ↗
“I think I am right to be irritated by this esp since she has not came to any of the established businesses in this affected area to give us a heads up we only saw it on fb by chance”source ↗
“Ever since we moved in they have been parking their entire car in our yard, not too long ago a fire hydrant was installed right where they usually park and they have continued parking there.”source ↗
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