The neighbor's problem was the mere existence of my chickens (and animals in general). He's one of those new people that move into an area (a very chicken-friendly area in our case!) and start wanting to change everything to suit their egos. He said animals were filthy and belonged on farms, not in towns/cities/neighborhoods. He fought me hard for a whole year, trying to find every possible loophole, getting the town involved, and trying to get the DOH to severely restrict or even ban chickens in my town. It was ugly and incredibly stressful. Before building my run, I had consulted with the town's building inspector and got his okay. I had described it in detail - where it would be, that it would have a roof, etc. I'm in an urban area and don't have a lot of room, so it had to be close to the property line. The inspector said that if it didn't have a floor, then it didn't count as an auxiliary building, but as a fence, and thus didn't need to adhere to the setback requirements (unlike, say, a shed, or the coop). Well the neighbor decided to challenge that, and since the language in the town bylaws is very vague, was able to argue that my run was an auxiliary building. The building inspector denied having said anything to me previously, and said I should've asked for it in written form so I'd have proof now (WTF). So he deemed my run a "building" because of the roof, and I had to either take the roof down, or relocate the whole run. So I took the roof down, and in its place I installed several really ugly patio umbrellas, because nobody can regulate my umbrellas, and that's where we stand now. They sag and fill with water and leaves and are a total mess, but I don't care - that's what my lovely neighbor gets to look at now instead of my beautiful run roof!It looks great with the clear plastic roof. What was your neighbor's problem? And how is that plastic roof any different than having a plastic roof on a shed, from the neighbor's perspective?