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Just move your A/C and move on.

You should not have installed it there in the first place, and whomever did the install is a complete tool. My neighbour installed his on the side of the house, but he did it on a side where he had room where there will be no issues going around the A/C to get wheel barrows and lawn mowers etc. If you only have 27" and you used up 33" its time to move the AC

I don't think he should just move it. Couldn't he get a variance or something?

Not to take over this thread, but maybe someone can answer this:

1) Property lines from what I've seen generally aren't enforced. I believe if a neighbour places patio stones on their property and they overlap yours, there's not much you can do about it. Is this true? I've been told that the police consider it a civil matter and won't get involved. In this case would it not be the same if his neighbour is requesting it.
2) Can the town force OP to move the AC? I'm thinking back to that case that was in Toronto where a family added an illegal addition to a house. The family eventually won at the OMB. That was a 7 year battle, with appeal after appeal. Could Milton even afford such a battle if OP told the town the pound sand.
3) Fences... we've often been told that both property owners have to pay for a fence. If one refuses the town will add it to the nonpayers tax bill. However I've been told that this whole process can take more than 5 years. And it's not the town who will be the one chasing the nonpayer. It's the other owner who has to go to court etc.

I guess the point I'm making and looking for feedback about is: What exactly can the town even do? Yes, yes too much time on my hands to have the time to type all this.

Well... I guess The Great Wall of Milton may serve as a good precedent here. Don't move the AC unit under any circumstances.

Nothing will happen!

At the very least, you are guaranteed at least 7 years of an A/C free patio in your backyard.

*edit* You may need to make a campaign donation to your councilor as well.

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They're not enforced one bit. We have a hippie commune thing going on with our neighbors. They have no interest in using their yard or driveway. We shovel the driveway(s) and cut the grass and they couldn't care less what we do on their property. For the past year we've been parking our cars on their driveway because our garages are full of furniture we're storing, and they still wave hello to us!! LOL
We had to figure out who owns what when the ice storm hit and there was some tree damage, but other than that, as long as the two neighbors agree, no one intervenes.
...and our AC units blatantly hang on to the neighbor's side on the other side but they haven't said anything either because they don't use it.

Supply and demand always wins... but every time that I hear that the government should fix all the small lots problem it drives me nuts as they are just as guilty in starting the zoning changes that let it start.

For every person that says they're not buying a home because its too on top of their neighbour, there are 600 people in line with $50,000 in their hand saying pick me! That person is guaranteed a price matcher.