The locals are fairly tolerant but how far are you allowed to go? He's built 3 ponds in his front yard (for fish, plants, etc) which the city accepts, after informing him if the 18 inch legal maximum depth rule. Each has its own individual protective netting secured with bricks, which did work, but was too restrictive of access. So now he's building a whole secure compound.

General location: this is in a smallish town suburb in the USA

Question: by mid-year 2025 will a neighbor or someone else have brought in the official busybody corps if city government to tell him he can't do what they don't like on his own land?

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The in-progress construction - previously, each of the 3 mini ponds was overgrown with various interesting plants, and full of different species of fish, snails, etc. and had its own individual defensive system. But now we have unified defense, the plants are pushed back a bit and there is a larger span of protection

The raccoon appears confused