What steps should I take to fight a business neighbor?

What steps should I take to fight a business neighbor?

Howard Gould (Neighbor Law Expert, Finestone & Richter) gives expert video advice on: What can I do about a noisy business near my home?; Can I assume no business activity is allowed in a residential neighborhood? and more...

If you have a neighbor who is using their property for a business and their use isn't lawful, the first thing you'll probably want to do is contact the appropriate governmental authority. Unless it's illegal behavior, where you could call the police, you're probably going to end up calling the building and safety department or maybe the local planning board and making a complaint and asking them to cite the neighbor for their unlawful use of the property. And hopefully that citation will either end the problem, or the city will take it through whatever normal processes to require that owner to cease their use.