If the raccoon gets to be a problem just go to the local rental center and rent a live trap, bait it with a can of cat food and you will have that little bugger the first night. You can drown it quietly and not offend the lady next door, or you can take it for a long ride and release it somewhere nice so it will find a better home. No muss and little fuss. I live in the woods and have one to trap the pesky critters that sometimes prowl around at night (mostly skunks and porcupines) the raccoons around here seem to prefer the suburbs instead of the more rural areas it seems. More garbage cans per square mile I think. One of the guys at work has borrowed it and has single handedly captured 20-30 feral cats from his place, hauls them to the shelter and drops them in the feral cat cage they keep out front. I wonder if they end up at the Chinese restaurant?