'Most Ridiculous Thing Ever': Officials Split Building in Two to Solve Property Dispute

An Ohio town's government tried to settle a property dispute by splitting a building into two pieces.

[@harrysweeten9417]

If it was the farmers building on township property they would have fined him for every day the structure stood on public property, then went after him for cutting the building in two peices like they did. This sounds like a HOA more than a government entity.

[@stanfen]

They tried tearing building down ..farmer stopped it..hmmm ..in the end they couldn't come up with agreement and that how it was settled..The End ..farmer got free 3 walled metal building and new shiney fence ..now tax payers will get bill for new city council building ...who really lost, farmer? City? Community residence ?

[@newdogatplay]

@@stanfen the farmer the residents lost cause they city belongs to the people not local gov,they are just civil servants,whom are supposed to work for the people not in spite of them

[@stanfen]

@@newdogatplay farmer got a building to park his tractor in and a new shiney fence ..I call that working for the people ..

[@texasmonster1668]

@@stanfen yea some building 🙄 I hope that tractor can super skinny.

[@stanfen]

@@texasmonster1668 if you look in video tractor not in skinny side ..I could be wrong to witch side belongs to whom, but why was farmer being interviewed on other side of fence from where you say he owns ...makes no sense how farmers stopped demolition of a building on someone else's property ...

[@toyotarizzle]

They offered to move the building and the property owner said no, you can't come on my property. Why would he not let them move it. Something is not being mentioned.

[@seadragon1456]

Just curious, where does it say that? I was just searching for more info because im bored and nosey. I heard in this video that they had started tearing the building down but the farmer stopped them. Why? And it keeps mentioning that that township offered to buy the property isnt there weird zoning to protect farm land? Wouldnt he be giving up more than 20 ft of land if he sold it? Depending on the selling price it could be a good or bad deal. Also, what other thing was tied up with the township? I keep seeing that on the reports but I cant find the nitty gritty. Again, Im bored and you seem to know more than the rest of us, so please do tell.

[@toyotarizzle]

@@seadragon1456 At :25 seconds they offered to tear it down and the property owner said you can't come on my property, then at 2:00 he is complaining about the building 2' on his property still when the township said they offered to remove it. They should have asked the property owner why he refused the offer to remove the building from his property. Reporters dont ask that of course. He is being difficult. So essentially he said "Its on my property", township "We will remove it", he said "Can't come on my property", township then said they would buy his property, he said "No". Sounds like two good solutions the township offered. He had several disagreements with the township on other matters he said so they didn't get along before this. Looks like he lives in the middle of nowhere, seems like he wouldn't be bothered.

[@toyotarizzle]

@@seadragon1456 There is one where someone had a mortgage on two lots next to eachother and built a house 1/4 on one lot and 3/4 on the other. It went into foreclosure and the bank sold the 2 lots separately. The person that bought the lot with 1/4 of the residence on it which was mainly a garage and pool put up a fence right through the pool and garage.

[@aarontrenton1730]

Ryan Abbott That story was very interesting and hilarious..

[@flyinwalenda]

@@seadragon1456 From a Fox8 news story: He said he refused to let officials tear down the portion that is on his property. “The reason I wouldn’t let the township on my property to remove the building is because I wanted them to fix a tile drain that they admitted they broke and which there leach field ties into. It floods the field making it impossible to farm.”

[@FreedomsNurse]

Just imagine if the farmer had built his shed on county property. Endless fines and fees.

[@thanoshadtherightidea8724]

Mistakes happen. The township owned up and offered to buy the land at fair market price. Farmer says no you owe me 2x that because I like money. The then offer to demo the whole building and remove it from his land. Farmer once again says no, your workers can't come the 5 feet into my property to remove the building you put there that I don't want there. So they remove what they can on their property and erect a property line border to mark what is now his. I don't know what you expect the township to do different the Farmer is being unreasonable at each step. Yes the township made a survey mistake when they erected the building. They admit that and are trying to correct the mistake. The Farmer doesn't want the mistake just corrected though, he wants to screw the township and the taxpayers so he is being intentionally obtuse.

[@georgea.567]

@@thanoshadtherightidea8724 The township should have to pay him $1000 dollars a day until they tore down the building. That's probab;y what they would have done if the tables were turned.

[@remi6913]

@@georgea.567 but didn’t he say he wouldn’t let them tear it down

[@tdgreenbay]

@@thanoshadtherightidea8724 the township effed up... I'm sure there is going to be more litigation soon... becuase political posturing from town council people... this is just stupid....

[@acemarcola]

@@thanoshadtherightidea8724 that’s why property laws written on the state level so some backwards Township with 905 people doesn’t screw some farmer out of his property rights . Why because they’re too incompetent to survey ! Hold some people accountable don’t double down on dumb.

[@ztruth9861]

If the farmer put anything outside of his property line accidentally, he would have been financially decimated, dragged through litigation, harassed and jailed if he didn't play along.

[@joemonroe9456]

What damages? LOL This farmer is an unreasonable dumbass. Then he won't let them on his property to take it down.

[@mikeneff832]

@@joemonroe9456 are you dumb ? The county built it on his property.

[@looneyburgmusic]

@@mikeneff832 So... are you saying this is really a good proverbial hill to die on??? It's a total non-issue, looked to be that maybe a couple of feet extended onto his property, just ignore it, and work around it.

[@mikeneff832]

@@looneyburgmusic have you ever tilled or gardened ? Have you ever worked on a farm ? That space could be used for a lot of things. It’s his property they had no business building on to begin with. So if I build a shed in your yard it’s okay ? Hell no. Wanna pay my property taxes ? Thought not.

[@looneyburgmusic]

@@mikeneff832 Yes and... yes and yes... And yes, sure there are a lot of things the space could be used for. Now, all that said, from what I found from some digging this incident is the perfect case of all parties involved being both immature and overly aggressive. For example... why did this guy say, 'We stopped them" when the topic was the town attempting to REMOVE the offending building? Was that not what he wanted? Would that not "fix" the error? I don't know, but I can take a guess - if the building is gone, and there is nothing sticking over onto his property, then he is "whole", he has suffered no losses he could point to in a lawsuit against the town, meaning no $$$$ award for him . It's all about greed, always has been, always will be.

[@Dr.LongMonkey]

I probably wouldn’t want to deal with that farmer either

[@danfoley19]

then I doubt you would want to deal with anyone then. Very nice man considering some idiots built a garage on his land.

[@RyanLawrence-v6y]

you don't get it because you've never owned anything

[@Dr.LongMonkey]

@@RyanLawrence-v6y I’ve owned my own homes since I was 24. I’ve dealt with someone trying to build on my land before. He thought it was his family’s land, I listened to him and then explained it was my land and he could verify that by looking up the tax maps. Next week he was gone. People tend to be nicer to you if you are nice to them

[@911WASanINSIDEjob420]

@@Dr.LongMonkey you are a fool with an bad opinion and bad attitude. you should take your own advice

[@missunderstood8345]

Isn’t this like cutting off your nose to spite your own face?

[@junlee3515]

Lol it’s like cutting a kid in half at divorce court

[@jamesrogers4674]

If they were told to stay off his property, As a contractor I would only Demo on the side I had permission. Probably would recommend leaving or building something to catch the structure on the other side if it fell or was pushed over.

[@Beezlie727]

He's being a dick because he's had unrelated disputes (more than 1) with them so when this screw-up arose (the county didn't build the building, a contractor did) the owner refused to allow them to physically step on his property to remedy things. County said "eff you owner" & did what they could from their side of the property line! They need to seal up the back of the building & let the rest of it rot! Later, when the owner pulls his head out of his butt & agrees to let them remove the wall they should tell him to do it himself or charge him an amount to remove it that also covers all their legal costs & the demo costs. It's less than 10 feet of a pasture! Screw him.

[@edwardsilva895]

@@Beezlie727 if you ever had any property dealings with local governments you would understand why he's acting the way he's acting

[@azpete6436]

@@Beezlie727 you should read some law. The contractor is an agent of the County, they are ultimately responsible for his error. Who was supposed to get a survey of the property line? Clue, the owner of the building. Were there county ordinances about set backs from the property line? Sure there were, and you need to know where the line is to comply with the ordinance. Maybe the farmer is being a little harsh, but in the eyes of the law, he has been harmed, so is due compensation. That said, if the County required the contractor to survey, and follow set backs, then they can go after him..but they are primarily responsible. In my experience, the only instance that would justify the Counties error is if they had an erroneous survey. In that case they have followed reasonable procedures, and the surveyor becomes responsible.

[@mayebeline1149]

A lot of people are missing the fact that the township didn't want to do this. The farmer saw this as a payday and was trying to extort money from them. They were willing to remove the part of the building that was on his land, but he refused to let them correct the issue; he said it was on his land, so no one could touch it. He didn't want it fixed because then he couldn't cash in on it. So they severed the part of the building on his property from the part on their property, and put a fence on the property line to ensure no claim can ever be made that anyone stepped across the property line. The township also told him that they will pay to have the remaining piece removed from his property at any time if he wants that to be done. He's just pissed off because he knows he'll never get that payday he was hoping for now. It wasn't a reasonable solution to a normal problem, but he purposely created a completely unreasonable problem for personal gain. If you research what happened, it seems pretty clear the farmer was the one who purposely forced this situation to happen, despite the way they tried to spin it in this news story.

[@randomvids8124]

Yeah I knew something was off with him, it wasn't adding up. He said "they tried to tear it down, we stopped them" and also "they offered to buy the property, but they didn't address MY DAMAGES". This is definitely a guy being difficult just to scam more money out of them. Glad they figured out a way to stop him.

[@chevytrucker88]

@@randomvids8124 Exactly. He never mentioned what those "damages" were either. But he states his property there is "unuseable", yet there is a tree that is obviously beside that building on his side that does the same thing. If he wanted to farm that part, the tree would have been removed before. Wait till that lady who thinks this is a "waste of taxpayer funding" sees how much this was vs how much the guy was demanding.

[@chevytrucker88]

@passportspider That’s all he would let them do, so it’s exactly what they did. Couldn’t go on his property to remove the building, so they left it there. Ask someone a yes or no question, then tell them they aren’t allowed to answer yes, and then get mad and call the news when they say no.

[@weird1600]

@@randomvids8124 there had been previous disputes likely those are the damages he talks about!

[@chiquoikha5160]

Public civil matter. No building blue print in record after 6 months per building safety.

[@themonopolyguy8126]

This reminds me of that old biblical story when two women are fighting over who the rightful mother is to a baby is and the first solution brought to the table is “cut the baby in half and share it” but the actual mother is like wtf no don’t do that and that’s how they figured out the real mother.

[@photios4779]

Same. But according to the story, Solomon was wise enough to know that the real mother would step forward before the infant was harmed. If only these town officials had even a fraction of Solomon's wisdom. :)

[@gueritajfs]

Photios The moral of the story was mainly about sacrificial love of a mother and A wise and fair king . It's a great biblical story

[@photios4779]

@@gueritajfs I realize that. That's why I'm pointing out that resolving this property dispute by splitting the building is the "Dumb and Dumber" modern day counterpart to this biblical story without any of the wisdom, fairness and sacrificial love.

[@rocketraccoon1976]

It's a good thing these town officials weren't the authorities in that story. 😏

[@arthurragan1332]

@@rocketraccoon1976 yeah no shit!🤣

[@robertbruce700]

Don't build on someone else property. Simple.

[@abacab87]

It's the township that built on the farmers property. The farmer wouldn't let them on his property to tear the building down, so this is what happened.

[@robertbruce700]

@@abacab87 no kidding...

[@haroldnicholos7436]

Oh the township built it on their property. Well the township deserves it because they've been giving a farmer problems already correct.​@@abacab87

[@deborahwhit118]

​@@abacab87🤥

[@ODN.]

You guys should file charges on them and make sure they see jail time

[@King_TuTT]

send the township rent for their structor on his property.

[@dillchives]

Nah, they solved it. He has his own piece of the structure now.

[@wesleyhempoli5548]

why would the farmer sent them rent? u r not thinking clearly

[@asterix7842]

@@wesleyhempoli5548 I think he meant send them a bill for rent.

[@tdgreenbay]

@@dillchives no not solved seems to me they owe him lease and demolition money... this was straight up public officials acting a tantrum... becuase they didnt want to pay for their mistake

[@UnknownMoses]

@@wesleyhempoli5548 He meant send them a rent bill not money

[@swkohn1279]

Another example of farmers land getting messed with

[@Bigrignohio]

I can understand his frustration. But if he does not allow them onto the property to remove this, it is now HIS problem.

[@SyntheticStuntMan]

he needs to set fire to it and flip it over the fence with his tractor.

[@gwp4eva]

no, still the city’s. if he built something on their property, he’d be fined into oblivion. when the roles are reversed, it’s now “whoops sorry we’ll take it down”? nope, uh uh, he has a right to compensation for the unlawful occupation of his property. you get taxed for the square footage of property you own after all

[@MikeHunt-tf1rn]

​@gwp4eva Why should the tax payer give this loser money? Because two feet of his land had a county building on it that he didn't even know was his for years? Go have a slip and fall dork.

[@doublesunday1268]

​@@gwp4evatry actually looking up the full story lmao

[@Runehorn]

failgovernment. if it was the other way around that farmer would probably be in jail.

[@saleendriver]

Simple solution to me: Farmer demos the part of the building on his property, throws the debris on the other side of the fence, since it is after all the town's materials, and moves on with his life. The town built the fence.....the town wrecked their own building. Get rid of that sliver on your side of the fence and forget about it. As for the townspeople, they should consider electing officials that are actually educated.

[@NGMonocrom]

This looks like someone got fed up dealing with this issue, and decided to just put an end to it in the most easy, legal way possible.

[@NGMonocrom]

@Robin Kidwell I wish I was one or the other. I wouldn't have to work two Essential full-time jobs. Thanks to PayPal and access to the internet, I have my CV-19 survival kit of masks, hand-sanitizer, gloves, and all the raw ingredients to make more sanitizer. The anti-bacterial wipes I got from the local supermarket, and the Home Depot by my nightshift job.

[@NGMonocrom]

@Robin Kidwell *Yawn* Your trolling is genuinely pathetic. And what is it even based on? I insulted no one who is part of this property line dispute. If you're that upset by it, go troll someone who cares. Next time, put a bit of creativity and effort into it. It's genuinely sad that you have nothing better to do with your life than try to troll random strangers on KZbin. I'm done with you. Whoever you are in Life, clearly you're not someone worth bothering with.

[@debbbb2561]

Robin Kidwell are you done? Stupid argument between strangers over absolutely nothing. Pathetic, empty life looking for ways to be insulting.

[@E3ECO]

@Robin Kidwell Debbbb's right. You're a dick.

[@E3ECO]

@Robin Kidwell lol

[@Willrocs]

The town should have to pay this guy. The county stuck up an illegal building on his property. Ignorance is no excuse. The whole he won’t let us tear it down is laughable it NEVER should’ve been built

[@mrmotofy]

You voted for stupidity and now you got it. That building doesn't meet any building codes. Get that equipment out of there before further collapse and damages. File suits against the management and inspectors for misconduct misappropriation of funds and fraud at a minimum. Remove all the involved parties out

[@dddhhh2612]

Would like to know what the town's offer was, and what the farmer claimed as damages. Hard to tell who was being unreasonable.

[@flux_time]

You must be the only person that is questioning this. Do you see what they did to that building? Do you see half the building left by the government? Are you really asking who is unreasonable here?

[@xaiano794]

Not really, they would have to offer over market value and the fact that they offered to move the structure (which would cost WAY more than the cost of the 2ft strip of land) should give you an idea as to how much he must have been demanding as 'damages'

[@dlwcrazyblondeone]

@Danny DNA Exactly! I don't understand why this news crew didn't understand this and most of the commentators on here! Good Lord! It's on the farmer. He is being stubborn, not anyone else, they tried!

[@fraidykat]

So you seriously think it is REASONABLE for the goverent to build something on your land??????

[@fraidykat]

@Danny DNA Removing it alone does jot compensate him for the dates of the building being put there in the first place. Until those damages are paid, nothing moves.

[@Obamaistoast2012]

Township officials can be some of the stupidest people ever, just sit in on local government meetings.

[@ElementofKindness]

To be honest, why would any intelligent person capable of making a successful life for themselves, ever want to be a township official? Henceforth, we're left with idiotic control freaks to fill the void.

[@yaash4123]

The farmer didn't want them to tear it down but doesn't want the building on his property. Sorry buddy, you can't have it both ways.

[@caralama08]

Yaash he didn’t say he didn’t want them to take it down.

[@thanoshadtherightidea8724]

Casa. The story said he won't let their workers on his property to remove it.

[@kentGrey]

I use to say "Ohio is a great place to be FROM. Now I don't even acknowledge ever having been there.

[@seviregis7441]

Why didn’t they just sell the building owner that tiny strip of property? What’s wrong with people, so crazy!

[@shawnsg]

It's the city's building. They offered to buy the property. He said no. Then they tried to remove the building, since they messed and he wouldn't sell, but he wouldn't let them come onto his property to do it.

[@edwingomez-mc7tn]

We are 2020 ...what a shame for humans.

[@abcd123906]

It’s the King Solomon method, applied to real estate

[@gueritajfs]

Well not exactly but close . Kind Solomon was wise and at the very end justice and truth and love prevailed . But in this case the town idiot decided to actually go trough with the cutting . Maybe he was fed up with both this men's BS lol

[@davidrouse8396]

Just more elected officials who forget who they work for.

[@joechino9022]

Why did the farmer stop the town to tear down the building? That strikes me this farmer is unreasonable...

[@KelvinK]

“We will cut the bike down the middle, and give half to each of you.” (Newman from Seinfeld) 😂

[@zhad895]

- Newman referencing King Solomon

[@exceptionaltalentspc4954]

Ridiculous indeed. Those county officials should be fired for their lack of problem solving skills. Who in their right mind would think that applying the Solomon's solution would be the proper thing to do.

[@starandfox601]

They tried buying the land or removing the building.he refused both offers so they did this so the mistake wouldn't happen again.

[@someguyontheinternet-]

Did i hear this right? The building belonged to the township, they tried to remove it, and he stopped them? Why did he stop them after he brought up the issue and they tried to remedy it by taking it down?

[@delafe]

He wanted them to repair the damages to his drainage and leech field which they caused when they built it.

[@someguyontheinternet-]

@@delafe So his drainage field went all the way up to his property line?

[@delafe]

Idaho Made actually, it was damage to the county drainage tile that lead to the county field which is now flooding his field.

[@someguyontheinternet-]

@@delafe Ohhhhh ok, I get it now. Thank you

[@maggiebastolla5430]

I think the township tried several things, and got fed up!!! That’s hilarious!

[@LifesLaboratory]

The farmer did OK. He can take that down in an afternoon and he's gained some materials he might be able to sell or use. Taxpayers may have lost out, but it would have cost more to buy an easement than it will to rebuild a smaller structure. Of course the township and contractor screwed up, if they were paying attention this would not have happened.

[@nkells]

Really drives home the old saying, “Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.”

[@trisfrom9629]

This is straight out of madeas diary of a mad black woman. “Which half of the couch you want? This half pr that half?

[@liberaltears1714]

From the thumbnail you think that the government ruined some guy’s private building because they thought it was slightly on public land. But it sounds like he caught them building a couple feet onto his land, what I’m getting is that he doesn’t want crews on his property to tare down the small portion of building because he wants a settlement for the mistake instead of the problem being fixed. They could’ve just settled on an above market offer for the extra slice of acreage, built a fence, and kept the building intact. But everybody has to get one over on each other. He probably just wants a nice payout so he can demolish it for free with his tractor and keep his old property lines

[@brucethecurmudgeon8538]

That is why you never let township leadership stay in office for decades.

[@OGYouTubeEnjoyer]

lol so why doesn't he let them on his property to remove it and fix their mistake?

[@dabzprincess92]

Where is this so i NEVER MOVE OR BUY PROPERTY IN THAT STATE EVER?

[@osirismaximus2787]

But wait, if he doesn't want that slice of building on his property why didn't he let them on the property to take it down? What "damages" did he suffer from this.. how much did he demand from them? Something doesn't seem right here.

[@MyLibertyTV]

Apparently he wanted a lottery payday instead of excepting their offer to buy the small 5 foot by 20 foot sliver of land they encroached upon.

[@hoppero2717]

Welcome to another episode of: "Where youtube reccomended leads me during quarantine..."!

[@JoeFromDetroit]

Yep, it's a strange show!!

[@victorybeginsinthegarden]

The rabbit hole

[@marcokubuo8632]

Great the farmer Can start drive-in movies shine them of his white wall

[@netposerx]

I bet the township came by later and levied fines for that building for not being up to proper building codes.

[@jonmyers1017]

Imagine arguing about land that you still have to pay the government to own after you pay it off

[@rangerbaynworkshop]

When we elect leaders who are still children emotionally.

[@DeviantDespot]

That is a pretty elegant way to deal with it.

[@KDeds21]

They offered to tear it down, so why did he refuse? He wanted to be paid more for damages? Realistically, what damages have been done by a 5'x30' piece of a building on the edge of his land? Obviously cutting the building like this is unreasonable, but it sounds like the farmer may have been expecting to laugh all the way to the bank on a dispute that really hadn't effected him all that much. Without more information though, it's impossible to say who is in the right here.

[@CHIM601]

K D how many years have you farmed?? I’m betting zero by your comment.... there is considerable damage to the ground, crops, his own financial gain of not being able to farm that area, not to mention if he has animals graze...

[@ohwell1095]

K D - see answer by cdjhyoung above explaining the damage done by field being flooded by sewage (raw I expect).

[@BTFOOMNY]

they offered to tear down the entire building. it's not like it's real money, right? Just tax money.

[@noyopacific]

@@CHIM601 I'm guessing that building occupied 1500 square feet of the farmers land. If it were the best corn land in the country and produced 300 bushels an acre that patch of dirt could have produced almost $40 a year before cultural costs. Farmer Dick probably would have been willing to let it go, for half a million $. City called his bluff and now he's a-singing poor-poor pitiful me.

[@jopiekkola527]

@@noyopacific it is stated in quite a few responses that the township ruined drainage tiles when they built the building and that's causing his land to flood. The township refused to fix or adequately compensate for the damage, hence his reluctance at their offers. Can't farm or graze flooded land. Also, did the township not get the proper survey done and building permits before they put up that building ? If they had, they wouldn't have built on his land and ruined the drainage tiles.

[@ShotspatroL7]

It's called read the Blue Prints.😂

[@patrickbass3542]

If he doesn't like the little sliver of a building on his property, then he should tear it down and salvage the materials left AND THEN SUE THE TOWNSHIP!!! That's what courts and lawyers are for...right? At least he got a new fence!

[@999benhonda]

If I were him, I'd rip it down with a tractor and throw every piece over the fence.

[@steelyspielbergo]

farmer was probably demanding way too much money.

[@rack391]

So a "Township" did not get a survey before they started any Construction???

[@lowriderrider]

Convert that half into an outhouse. Plus charge them rent.

[@Esnara2085]

Exactly why fighting over who is president is a waste. The local level nonsense where citizens have no recourse to stand up to nonsensical government and judges and prosecutors that have zero accountability is the issue in this country.

[@plantmadre.7]

This is so annoying. This is ridiculous..

[@guinnesstheshep]

"I pay my taxes" *Joyce Ritchie "TAXPAYER"* Lmao

[@thelastjohnwayne]

This just proves that THERE ARE 2 SIDES TO EVERY STORY

[@rogersmith7808]

Wonder if the property owner tried negotiating with the township if he had other property issues with them. Let them keep the building intact and pay him for encroaching on his property as well as dropping all the other property issues.

[@michaelmisczuk7570]

He was hoping one party would say "I love the house too much to see it ruined, give it to them", so he would know the true owner. ... But people suck

[@AA-tb4ff]

that farmers in the wrong they were gonna tear it down and he woudnt let them on his property to do so . then he claimed astronomical damages that were inflated because he felt he had them. he did not lose productivity of his entire mile by mile section of land from the mistake. he would not let the county make it right by removing the building so he gets to keep it. i know i wouldn t want all the tax dollars that i pay the county during my entire life to go to this guy because some county surveyor was off by four feet. that's not a hundred thousand dollar mistake. there was not a hundred thousand dollars of damages. this guy thought he hit a legal jackpot. and no there s judge that would agree with him

[@marcuslinton310]

Right? A lot of stupid F's in the comment section here. They clearly said everyone was trying to work this out except the farmer so F him and his property. I can't quite figure out how this even happened, why wasn't that farmer out there checking things while it was being first excavated/planned.

[@YowzaBowzaWowza]

American Idiocracy. Small town bureaucrats and their big time egos.

[@crushlogic]

Looks like a typical government solution...

[@HobbitHomes263]

"To err is human..to REALLY fik up requires a government employee

[@themadrooster2454]

I'll tell you what's next eminent domain and they're just going to take it from you

[@willcal2738]

So hes screwed because the city did it, and they dont care about him. But if he had done it theyd be all over his ass...

[@yamen16]

So let me get this straight..... the town offered to buy the land and offered to tear down the building and the farmer refused both? Seems like the farmer was the unreasonable half to this story

[@SCP_Gate-Guardian]

Lol nope but then again you're liberal trash so your opinion is quite literally worthless 😂

[@albertobeto5362]

A friend worth more than 1000 enemies. Why people don't try to set things in a friendly way, trying a reasonable solution, instead of go to warship?

[@donaldjones5712]

Isn't there a setback rule even in a rural area?

[@shawnsg]

No

[@Zakster90]

Does nobody find it hilarious that you need a permit to do any modifications to your property…. yet the township/city/gov can just come in and hack your building and half with no consequences and leave it as is, then just drive away expecting you to deal with whatever consequences that may bring? You can’t make this up if you tried.

[@danrichards496]

Every property should have a concrete marker deep in the ground at every corner with something identifying it as a marker so no one accidentally digs it up. Seen things like this before. In the 90’s someone built a garage on their house and one corner went about 2 ft onto someone else’s property which was a big empty field. No one knew for years until the guy and his wife started looking at their property line. Homeowner tried to buy some of the land but they just wanted it tore down. Never heard how it was resolved. Then when I was a kid me and neighbors kids played in the woods. There was a metal rod in the ground that I wondered why it was there and I was able to pull it up by hand. Found out it was marking property and it was an issue because my great aunt was going to sell all her land.

[@pegasus8873]

Fire these stupid township so-called leaders. Remember, THEY are YOUR employees!

[@filiajean2487]

Things like this is crazy no one when they die will go with anything

[@doublesunday1268]

Good point. Give me everything you own then.

[@filiajean2487]

@doublesunday1268 I don't own anything. At the end of daylight, when I sleep, I don't know when I sleep. When I wake, I only manage material things.

[@doublesunday1268]

@@filiajean2487 you sound like the most useless person I've ever talked to.

[@mfcobb1]

The fence probably cost more than compensating the farmer for the inconvenience. Petty Tyrants abound in Government.

[@Renville80]

Hey, thanks for respecting the deaf and making captions available.

[@knowledgeispower6192]

Are you kidding me. What self-respecting contractor even took that job?

[@gminerr]

a jack

[@viksox13]

so a custody dispute would result in splitting the child in half?

[@lar-zd9rs]

Well if that's half... I'd like to know what spectacles everyone involved is wearing.

[@velie]

You didn't solve the dispute, they just destroyed property.

[@keithlea6804]

If that happens in every state i have worked in. The city make you sell the footage that it sits on or the building owner has to move the building. If you sell the footage. Say 10 feet that its over the property line. That 10ft runs the length of the lot. You lose all that property bye sellilg. Just cant believe that the city did this. Wow

[@troyb.4101]

In my state you have to have a permit for a build and it has to be ten feet from the property line minimum.

[@BR-td3kn]

Disgraceful act from the idiot officials. Imagine doing this to their own property.

[@jimminyjemimah]

I think it's fair that this man tries to get a payday off of the county, they do that to taxpayers any way they can.

[@floridaredneck]

Draw up a 99 year lease and charge the city rent or ask for garage space. When government does take people's land, they should pay twice market value, then most people will comply and won't complain about it.

[@chrisofstars]

How does leaving a piece of the building on the property solve the issue?? 🤦 This makes absolutely zero sense. 🤦

[@personalaccount7534]

He didn’t allow them to get rid of the part on his property so they did the right thing and chopped it and put a fence. He’ll have to deal with the part left on his side

[@theDavid_B]

This how you get a bulldozer situation

[@benjaminsmith4519]

What happened is some ignorant rural buerecrat got full of their authoritarian behavior. The fact they didn't give a deadline for the building to be moved is insane

[@Ranalla651]

Township made him look like a fool

[@BudgiePanic]

"I'm from the government and I'm here to help" The help:

[@allenadams1487]

Sounds like some people need be fired. Town could do better. We need more farmer's

[@starandfox601]

Not farmers like that dumb dumb.considering he refused to let them fix their mistake.

[@Freshbrood]

Petty.

[@Badhands55]

Brilliant solution

[@1atrcooper]

I bet that farmer is dealing with dumdocrats

[@roncoleman6693]

Thats why townships should be desolved. Most of them are not big enough to be worth the time and space to have.

[@icturner23]

But they were willing to remove the building, so what is he whining about? And how could it stop him using that field?

[@OberynTheRedViper]

Bruh, they literally split the baby. That’s awesome.

[@h.d.mcconaha5452]

Ohio is a wild place.

[@cavemantactics7706]

Petty, REDICULOUS sht by the Township.

[@starandfox601]

How?they made a mistake and tried own up and fix it.but the guy refused to let them fix it.

[@charlessmyth]

The problem is that farmers are kept on the land via the state and federal agricultural subsidies that enable farmers to hold the state to ransom. When the farmer chooses to leverage their position to be a problem to the state. that farmer needs to be reminded of the insecurity of their position.

[@garysgarage.2841]

I tell you what why didn't you go remind them in person. While we're on the subject take a trip into Chicago the hood and remind all those people on state aid who they bow to. Your a taxpayer so you own those people are we right?

[@sharonloomis5264]

So, can you figure out a way to use it?

[@michaelc9128]

Even to think what contractor agreed to put up this building..oh never mind it was the $$ all they cared about

[@405wolf]

Ive worked for local government for 22 years! The majority of local officials cant tie their own shoes but they run and get voted in and the cycle repeates itself. IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE OFFICIALS TO RESEARCH AND DO A SURVEY OF ANY POTENTIAL PROPERTIES THEY INTEND TO INVEST IN. PERIOD! So in this situation they are at fault. I gauarantee that they figured they could get away without doing things properly and instead of admitting they were at fault they decided to come up with that childish idea of cutting the building. I understand the farmer didnt want them on his land and Im sure that was only after he got fed up with their nonsense and bullying tactics. I dont know anyone involved but I do know local government and how they operate and I can asure you that you were a fly on the wal Id be 100% correct. Shameful shameful way of wasting tax payers money(misappropriation of funds) and disgraceful of how those officials handled that situation.

[@kilsnacks]

I think the solution was perfectly valid. They tried on multiple occasions to sort out the dispute told them to tear the building down they didn’t oblige so they took what was rightfully on their land and put a fence on the land that is rightfully there’s. No problem here