I Can Smell It. I Can Smell It Right Now.

Credit: stevendepolo / photo on flickr

During a recent cookout at his Florida home, Scotty Jordan got a visit from a Pinellas County code enforcement officer who warned him he'd have to keep the smell on his own property. The officer said a neighbor had complained and the county code says that cooking odors can be considered a nuisance.

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[Fist of Etiquette]

'If a sufficient number of complaints, representing different households, are reported and an inspector witnesses the problem, they can issue a warning letter.'

And so marks the escalation of the neighbor war.

[Scarecrow & WoodChipper Repair]

Here's the full quote of the county web site, from TFA (emphasis added):

The environmental section of the Pinellas County website states: 'Commercial barbecue cookers are not exempt from causing a nuisance odour.

'If a sufficient number of complaints, representing different households, are reported and an inspector witnesses the problem, they can issue a warning letter.'

The inspector was out of his area of expertise, ie, he is fully qualified to be a government bureaucrat.

[Rufus J. Firefly]

What a bunch of losers. From the state of Florida for enacting such a stupid law all the way to retarded neighbors who complain.

Plenty of 'fuck you assholes' to go around.

[Enough About Woodchippers]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BR_r2EqXN_Q

[Bubba Jones]

Maybe the neighbors complained because Scotty is an asshole who recently took up the hobby of smoking pork 24/7 outside his neighbor's bedroom window.

[Sven Galli]

Prosecutor: "And why did you perform a search on the defendant's vehicle?"

Cop: "When he rolled down his window, I noticed the distinct smell of barbecue."

[LarryA]

Neighborhood barbeque rule #1. Invite the neighbors.

[Cloudbuster]

Rule #2. Live somewhere that your neighbors are at least a couple hundred yards away.

[freedomlover]

Thomas Jefferson proposed a grant of 50 acres to any free man who didn't already have at least 50 acres.

There was a reason!