Legal Protection from Bad BBQ-ing Neighbor?

Posted Friday, August 26, 2016 by Andrew Charles Huff

I was in Snohomish County District Court last week for several traffic matters. Before these cases were called, the judge agreed to hear a No-Contact Order Petition filed by one neighbor against another. The reason? The petitioner stated he was fed up with his neighbors “very bad-smelling BBQ.” Although somewhat sympathetic, the judge denied the petition, explaining one neighbor has a right to legally BBQ on their own property…despite the bad sauce.