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Topic: Starting my own field...Q’s

Posted By: BlueSkreen
Subject: Starting my own field...Q’s
Date Posted: 14 January 2006 at 10:31am

I've been a player for about seven years now. Just your average scenario and woods player. But most of my old friends I use to play with quit playing pb because of college and so on... One of them had the land that we played on and so I cant play there anymore. My back yard is pretty big, well big enough for a good sized speedball field. Getting materials and net yada yada is fine. The problem is the legal part. I own the land yes..my neighbors both either died or moved so one house is being rented out, the other trying to be sold. It's not like they're right beside the field, its just thier back yard matched up with the exception of a few thin trees. I figure putting up net would solve the problem but i'm having doubts. Who do I go to for permission? I know not the neighbors..it's someone else, I dont know, state maybe. Do I need a license? This is not a commercial field, just a field for me and a few friends. A non-profit field. So any ideas for me to stay out of trouble?

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Posted By: Snake6
Date Posted: 14 January 2006 at 10:54am

You have to have at least 300 feet of space between the field and any occuiped buildings in most places in the US. Check your local ordinaces.

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Posted By: Trogdor2
Date Posted: 14 January 2006 at 11:11am

Well, if it's not going to be very loud or attractive, you could just tell the neighbors what you're doing and just let it be. If you really do want to get the law involved, check your local/state laws and see what's permitted.

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Posted By: Tiger Stripe
Date Posted: 14 January 2006 at 1:26pm

About a year ago my dad had a indoor paintball center.
It was quite close to other buildings as it was in near the town center. Well any way. One day my dad and a few of his freinds were playing in the building. and some passer by must have heard the markers firing and being not a very nice part of the city he thought i was real guns firing so he called the "popo" after about an hour of playing quite happily the door busts down and about 5 or so armed pig burst and quickly apprehended my pop and his unwitting buddies and told them " Get the fook on th floor after a quick but maticulous search they concluded that the markers were in fact paintball and not actual firearms.And sent them on their merry way Moral of the story inform the fuzz of your activitys.

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