Our church was opening up a day care center.
The city told us our kitchen was inadequate: it had to be a commercial grade kitchen. The fact that we had published we were not going to serve food meant nothing. So we installed a very expensive commercial kitchen.
Next we were told we had to have we had to have a fire lane installed in the woods behind the building. When we applied for a permit to do so, we were told we had to have a restraining fence inside the firewall before they would issue the permit.
When we tried to get a permit for the wall, we were told we could not get one because there was no fire lane in the woods.
We tried for years to get beyond this impasse. We eventually gave up.
Reposting from another thread...
In 2002, I bought a lot in WV, on the side of a mountain. I wanted to build a pond on a dry stream bed (Pics 1&2 below) in a partial cleared area, but permits were required since they classified this as a “wetland”. I was at 1600 ft, and this thing only ran water when it rained. I did have some weepy springs adjacent, but they were only wet WHEN IT RAINED or for a few days/weeks after.
I checked on the process and found that there were fees of more than $8,000, plus about two years of WAITING FOR THE PROCESS and MAYBE (or maybe not!) GET THEIR APPROVAL. I was told I would probably not be able to build it!
In December, I hired a young equipment operator, rented a trackhoe and dozer, and began the pond construction (pic 3). My location was sorta private, so I barged ahead. Along the way, a big snow and rain followed, which washed away about $15000 of work. $8000 later, I had a pond (pic $). That summer, I stocked it with fish, frogs, and turtles. Around August, I got a letter and summons. Oops (not!).
The result was a $5000 fine and a nice pond. I recently sold the lot, after divorcing my young wife! I live full time in my RV now and love it!
“We eventually gave up.”
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The madness of the regulations gave me one of the best laughs I’ve had in a while.
Astonishing !
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Probably just trying to get you to close the church.