I also want to thank a lot of the people that have voiced their
opinion
and sided against me.

Brian, there is not a soul here sided against you.

You have kids, right? You'll always love them no matter what, but
there will be times when you think they have practiced poor judgment.
When they continue to exercise the same poor judgment, you're likely to
be just a little peeved.

Listen to me son. You skirmished with your neighbor and thought you
won. You didn't. They simply brought the city into it. You
skirmished with the city repeatedly and thought you won. You didn't.
They just pulled out a bigger gun, and worse, you were asleep while
they did it. Now you want to go into a bigger gunfight, and trust me,
they have cannons loaded and ready. The problem now is that all the
homebuilders in JAX are gonna get shot with you. Actually they already
have, and it was unnecessary.

My guess is that you are unlikely to prevail in municipal court when
faced with a custom-written ordinance, so you're probably thinking
about a grand fight that includes an appeal to a higher court. If you
lose there, similar ordinances become attractive to other
municipalities.....and we have pain nationwide.

Even if you win in municipal court or get a reversal later, what
makes you think the city will retreat?

You have every right to chart your own destiny. You don't have a
right to escalate your neighbor quarrel until others lose their right
to work quietly at home. Settle it. Move if you have to. Get a place
in the country and build the shop of your dreams. Stop being an
irritant and let cooler heads work to reverse the ordinance.

Dan Horton