It sucks from all directions

[ChadTower]

I just came from a town meeting... they are building a Honeydew Donuts 5 feet from my property. 

[SirPeale]

*rubs hands together* now you can set up a camera to watch the dumpster, to see when they're going to toss the day old donuts.  Man, you're so freaking lucky!

[Bones]

Cool. You will be able to smell donuts all day everyday.

[Jabba]

And just think, 5 steps and you got a Mug-o-Coffee. You'll even know when a fresh pot is ready...

Mmmmmmm.....Donuts!
 

[DYNAGOD]

look at the bright side, when the value of your property plummets, youll have that much less tax liability every year..

[mr.Curmudgeon]

There goes the diet.


mrC

[Havok]

I just came from a town meeting... they are building a Honeydew Donuts 5 feet from my property. 

Excellent! My plan is progressing on schedule...

Muhahahaha!

[knuttz]

I don't know what a Honeydew Donut is but I would be ecstatic if they built a Krispy Kreme beside my house.

[shmokes]

Why?  They're just donuts.  A donut can only be so good before it ceases to be a donut.  A donuts goodness is finite.  For example, sex is better than donuts.  So is spaghetti, for that matter.  And bread.  And soup.

I never understood the fascination with Krispy Kreme, and I feel sorry as hell for Chad. 

You should really go get ahold of some endangered species and coax it into building a habitat on the land.

[paigeoliver]

I'd take a slice of cold pizza over a donut any day.

I have never been much for sugar in the first place, and raiding the free breakfast at my work on a regular basis has completely soured me on donuts, muffins and danishes. Now all I ever eat at work are peanut butter sandwiches and cereal.

[DrewKaree]

Seems like a perfect combination.

They're the donut, you're the 'hole

Do what shmokes suggests....remember that story I had a while back about them planting some endangered plant?  Give that a whirl.

[Bones]

I hear ancient Indian artifacts also work....

[Stingray]

Maybe it will be built on an indian graveyard and the the zombies will attack causing everything to go Mad Max. If you need me, I'll be passed out in the woods.

-S

[ChadTower]

I worked in Dunkin Donuts, and then a private bakery, all through high school.  I know intimately what goes on in the back of one of those places.  I have no desire to eat something produced in that environment.  What I'm concerned about is the drivethru lane they're putting right next to my backyard.  When we bought the house, that lot was a small breakfast diner.  Then the diner closed and the lot has been empty a couple of years.  Now we're getting a Honeydew and two other small shops in there that are yet to be identified. 

I hadn't even thought about the smell.  At the town meetings, we've gone over lights, cars, vegetation, sound, trash, etc etc... no one thought about odor, apparently.  The dumbest part is that of the 15 or so abutters (the lot is pretty big and surrounded by houses on three sides), I get by far the worst of every aspect of it.

[missioncontrol]

Cool. You will be able to smell donuts all day everyday.

I worked in a manufacturing plant about 7 years ago that made donuts, bread and other bakery goods......

I got used to the smell but,

I just drove by there a few weeks ago while I was up in Indiana the smell almost made me puke.

[shmokes]

Oh god, you poor bastard.  The underground grease trap.  Nothing smells more foul.  In the beginning you will only smell it periodically when the truck comes and sucks up all the muck.  But five years from now the smell will just linger about periodically.  It's horrible.

[Jabba]

Uggh! Grease Traps....Brings back horrible memories.

Back in my teenage years, I was a dishwasher at a restaurantr. The cook was an @sshole and wanted me to clean the grease trap. I opened it and the smell made me want to puke. I told his I wasn't doing it, he told me do it or else......I Quit there an then!

[JackTucky]

They cleaned a grease trap on Discovery's "Dirty Jobs"

I couldn't smell it and I wanted to hurl.

Bummer.

Art

[RetroJames]

CT, press to get the property owner and/or the business owner to erect a privacy fence between the lots.  Depending on the hours that place is open, things could get noisy.

$0.02

[RayB]

I never understood the fascination with Krispy Kreme, and I feel sorry as hell for Chad.

[Zakk]

I never understood the fascination with Krispy Kreme, and I feel sorry as hell for Chad.

[NiN^_^NiN]

i'd be more worried about the driving lane i can see ppl throwing their rubbish over the fence plus the light and noise will keep you up at night if it's open late.

But if they grease trap is there your gonna have a hard time selling your home or having friends over much 

[RetroJames]

But on the upside you can breed rats till the place goes out of business. 



Of course, then you will need to get cats to eat the rats...

Dogs to eat the cats...

Gorillas to eat the dogs...

etc.

[DarkKobold]

Gorillas eat dogs?

Sweet! Where do I buy my dog eating Gorilla?

[Scott84]

Ah that sucks.. you do know what the worst part is right?

By breathing you will turn into a lard @ss from all those donuts.

Definition of lard @ss in my town: 'One who constantly injects himself with nothing but garbage' No offense to those who are overweight. 

[Bones]

Everybody is looking at the negatives.....

Just think about all the drugged up hookers hanging out for a sugar hit everyday that will be looting around outside of your home.

In time you might get to know them by name and if you play your cards right you may score the occasional freebie at times they are not hurling verbal abuse in your general direction.

[Daniel270]

I would think it being a donut shop you'd have a bigger problem with off duty and patrolling police....   something about cops and their donuts...

[knuttz]

Why?  They're just donuts.  A donut can only be so good before it ceases to be a donut.  A donuts goodness is finite.  For example, sex is better than donuts.  So is spaghetti, for that matter.  And bread.  And soup.

I was really just joking.  I'm sure it would suck to have a Krispy Kreme right in my back yard.  But of things you listed only one is better than KK donuts.

[JB]

Why?  They're just donuts.  A donut can only be so good before it ceases to be a donut.  A donuts goodness is finite.  For example, sex is better than donuts.  So is spaghetti, for that matter.  And bread.  And soup.

I was really just joking.  I'm sure it would suck to have a Krispy Kreme right in my back yard.  But of things you listed only one is better than KK donuts.

Yeah.
Spaghetti is just too awesome.

[ChadTower]

A privacy fence is part of the site plan.  It is 8 feet, but since there is an elevation difference between their property and mine, it's 8 feet on my side but only 6 feet on theirs.  Basically, of all of the 13 or so abutters (it's a big property), I am getting the worst of every aspect.  Light, traffic, sound, trash, clearance, activity, etc etc all come to a head at the entrance from the road, which is on the corner next to my property.

It was a business when we bought the house in 2001, but it was a small restaurant.  We had almost no issues with it other than the manager being a total dillhole.

[RetroJames]

A privacy fence is part of the site plan.

[ChadTower]

That is also in the site plan for every side of the property except my side and the side facing the road.  The town says there is not enough space between my property and the drivethru lane for them to put anything other than that fence.

Everyone else has 20 feet of clearance.

[RetroJames]

That is also in the site plan for every side of the property except my side and the side facing the road.

[ChadTower]

The trees on my property were brought up, the builder practically wet himself and the planning board had very little interest in listening to the concerns of residents at the meeting.  It seemed to have been all worked out and agreed to ahead of time and this meeting was all just show.

I live in a very small town, it's all the same guys on all the planning, zoning, etc boards.  If those guys decide to allow something, it goes up.

[RayB]

Does anyone know if such close proximty to a commercial zone is good or bad for property values? People who have bought and sold homes here over the last 3 years have made crazy profits, but I'm fearful this might be coming to an end...

It all depends on the buyer.

[ChadTower]

Those tactics always fail if one of the unhappy parties happens to be an attorney.  A few key filings can cost a town and builder thousands of dollars, costing the attorney nothing.

[RetroJames]

Those tactics always fail if one of the unhappy parties happens to be an attorney.

[Stingray]

... some of those thin evergreen? pine?

Your picture looks like ceder, which would be a good choice IMO. They grow quickly and they're pretty thick. They make a pretty effective noise barrier.

-S

[Shape D.]

They'd be nicer if they were cider trees. 

Seriously though, the crappy part will be the smell and trash thrown everywhere by the no-goodnicks leaving the drivethrough and driving past your house.

[RetroJames]

... some of those thin evergreen? pine?

Your picture looks like ceder, which would be a good choice IMO. They grow quickly and they're pretty thick. They make a pretty effective noise barrier.

-S

Good eye, they are indeed cedar.  Do you happen to know what type of evergreen? pine? I am talking about?