Homeowners need to be careful when decorating for Halloween this weekend to avoid certain fines.
Before you deck out your home with terrifying Halloween decorations, consider this: Your spooky spirit might get you fined up to thousands of dollars, depending on where you live.Homeowners need to be careful when decorating this weekend, as several laws prohibit certain types of house decorations if deemed 'too scary.'Mollie Newton of Columbus, Ohio, was saddled with a $250 fine for violating her community's noise and safety regulations a few years back.
'Los Angeles, California, specifically rules against turning your home into a haunted house, while Irvine, California, says decorations that are 'too scary' incur a $500 fee.But what exactly does 'too scary' mean? According to the Irvine law, decorations should not depict violence, gore or death in a realistic manner.
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