Problem with neighbor (condo)

I need suggestions how to deal with a condo unit owner who is fed up with the cats playing on his patio and patio furniture. He said if they would stay by the dumpster (where I feed them), he wouldn't have a problem with them. But they are interferring with his sleep, etc. Although he said he won't poison them, he is prepared to call animal control. He blames me for the problem because I fed them.
Some volunteers and I TNRd nine cats (all male except one) this weekend, which he knows, but he doesn't care: they still (he says) bother him. I gave him a pamphlet by Alley Cat Allies about how to live with cats in your neighborhood which also addresses the "vacuum effect".
I will give him the cat deterrent I bought for him and hope that he uses it. I can move the feeding area even further from him. But the cats also hang out in the warm, dry utility shed opposite his condo unit. I am somewhat limited in what I can do because of the condo bylaws.
I am SOOOO afraid that I'm going to get home from work one day and the cats will be gone. I would appreciate any suggestions. Thanks.

Have you talked to the animal control officer? What are the condo rules and what are local laws as regards feeding feral cats? In some places, if you feed cats and provide them with vet care, you can be charged with abandonment - other places (like NJ) make provision for this, where it's legal to feed and provide care for unowned cats and it's not abandonment - but local laws about managing ferals vary.

However, many municipalities won't respond to animal control requests like that of your neighbor - it's not in the budget, and they don't have the resources to be out trapping and removing cats. Also, in some areas, animal control officers are familiar with TNR and from a policy standpoint support people practicing TNR.

You may want to call anonymously from work or get a disposable cell phone with some minutes on it to find out the answers to these questions first, if you don't already know. If you've got a TNR-friendly animal control officer, you may then want to introduce yourself, and explain the problem. Sometimes ( ) they'll intervene to help.

The county where I live has been widely criticized in the past for its 45% euthanasia rate and 25% adoption rate. The animal control department has recently been sued by the SPCA because the county was taking the position that it was illegal to feed stray/feral cats and if you did so, you were legally responsible for them (including getting them licensed). Hence, the countyâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s change of attitude recently and goal of a no-kill shelter. The cats are ear tipped so readily identifiable as spayed/neutered feral cats.
Iâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]ll have to check the condo rules, but I believe it is silent on the issue of stray/feral cats. Certainly pets are allowed. I have the support of the other neighbors although to be fair they arenâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t keeping them up at night. I told the unit owner what the REAL problem is—cruel owners who abandon their pets.
I have asked a friend of mine to send an email to the county department regarding their current policy.
I am going to move the feeding station, put towels in the warm utility shed, give him cat deterrent, and hope/pray for the best. But I feel like itâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s a ticking time bomb: will I come home from work one day and the cats will be gone?

Wow, that's rough. At least the condo rules aren't working against you too.

It can take a few weeks/a month for all the hormones to cycle out of their system - but let's hope that with most of them altered now, they quiet down. Maybe that alone will go a long way to helping the situation with the neighbor.

The neighbor sounds absolutely horrific. Hope moving the feeding station helps.

Do you think you could win this guy over with kindness - go out of your way to let him know you understand how this is playing hob with his sleep and how anxious you are to find a solution - how much you appreciate his talking with you about the issue before calling animal control etc etc. The whole thing about letting him feel he's part of the team, and that his concerns (and honestly, the poor guy would probably like his sleep back) are warranted and you're totally on board with his issues as well - maybe ask him what he thinks would work well for him and that cats.

Maybe bake him some cookies, or a small gift certificate to Panera or Starbucks - anything to get him on 'your side', so to speak.

At the request of the president of the condo association, I wrote a rather detailed 'plan of action' as to how to mitigate the nuisance factor the cats are causing the patio man. I emailed my response to the president and put a copy on the patio man's doorstep. I also gave the patio man a canister of cat deterrent and offered to buy him an electronic device that emits a sound cats don't like. I haven't seen him or heard from his since. He is an elderly, old-school man living with his daughter and I don't think Starbucks or cookies would work. The ball is in his court.
I hope/pray that this will die down, as the weather gets colder, the kittens/cats older, and the patio man chooses something else to fixate on.
Thanks for all your suggestions.

Well, it looks like you've done everything anyone could do, and more - hoping that things work out. Sounds like the condo board president is trying to help things work out to a win/win situation.