Posted on 11/14/2014 9:35:06 AM PST by SeekAndFind
They don't care if the pie gets smaller, they just want the whole pie.
He should leave California.
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A friend of mine tried to open a small ice cream shop. The building inspector kept citing him for picayune plumbing code violations in his restrooms. Did not stop until he broke down and paid the bastard off.
Like I said many times, until we massively reform business regulations and especially do a massive overhaul of our tax laws to reduce its burden on businesses, we’re not going to have a real economic recovery.
The progressist peomise or modernity. We have the scientific fountain of youth and wealth for all, and thus no one is going to fight anymore.
We all know communists want zero access to such if there ever was one. they are worse than the Opld Church in that respect.
Racket.
The progressist promise or modernity. We have the scientific fountain of youth and wealth for all, and thus no one is going to fight anymore.
We all know communists want zero access to such if there ever was one. they are worse than the Old Church in that respect.
Sounds like something straight out of Atlas Shrugged.
There’s a small adult-care home on my (residential) street, and last summer they enlarged a ground-level wooden patio in the front yard, as a place where residents could sit outdoors in nice weather. The patio appeared to be well back from the property line, it was not an eyesore, but some local building inspector made them tear the whole thing down after it was finished. They did not replace it. I have often wondered what that was all about.
It is everywhere. Try figuring out all the laws in trucking to get a trucking company started in Texas... it is horrible.
That happened to a friend of mine.
The wooden deck is considered a structure and has to follow the same rules as any addition to the home.
They put a flagstone patio in the same place and that was okay.
Nuts !!!!!!!!!!!
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“Ok, make them pay for the permit after the fact, maybe issue a small penalty, but make them tear it down? “
My friend hadn’t built yet but the city said no a/c property lines.
Sad that your neighbors had to tear it down.
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I don’t profess knowledge as to why that particular situation, but would venture by your description, and reflecting on experience in the past there was public access, and fire code anomaly involved with the patio. Probably was acceptable for private residential purpose, but not for profit nursing home situation.
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An item not included but very real is the fact that every business has at minimum 2 undisclosed creditors, the Federal and state Governments plus whatever municipality and local tax districts that there may be. Each one is #1 in line to be paid regardless of any profits and that does not include the unpaid time and effort devoted to satisfying regulatory requirements.
A particular favorite of mine is the fact that every employer is required not to discriminate for race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation BUT the US Census will ask the business owner those very same questions about who is employed (answers required to be accurate and promptly replied by law!) The response of “I don’t ask” is not acceptable!
For any and every business owner the concept of “overhead costs” is a constant and real concern and is especially acute for the weakly capitalized small business. For government bureaucrats, the cost of regulation is of absolutely no concern and a limit of 24 hours per day is no excuse for failing to be prompt in your paperwork.
In some areas, it is illegal in real estate advertising to specify that a residence is “near a school” or “near a church,” as this is considered discriminatory. Madness!
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