In the Matanuska Susitna Borough not only do I not need a permit to expand my living room, I don’t even need a permit to build an entire house. California has just gone bat feces crazy.
My late father-in-law (in Lake County, Illinois) could not believe that we didn’t need a building permit to build a house in S.E. Missouri. He said such a thing was impossible, unthinkable. “How will they collect your property taxes?”, he asked.