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Joe,

As a rental property owner, passing requirements that affect my property such as this are part of my every day doing of business. It comes with the territory... this holier than thou claim of personal property rights doesn't hold water.... There are dozens if not hundreds of things I have to ensure in my rentals that you as a private home owner will NEVER have to worry about. Its the way the world is. Sure these homes are my personal property, however if I want to rent them to others, I have to obide by the regulations not only for private homes, but also for rental units, that's just the way it is.

When I rent my house out its no longer my personal home, its my business property (a business asset) it makes me money, and it does that by providing housing for others and making more for me than it costs me to carry. I choose to rent that property and as such I have to obide by the rules governing such things. I am not forced to rent the property, so it is not a fundamental infringement on my property rights,but if I do, I have to do it by the numbers. These rules regulating what I have to do to qualify as a rental unit are not facism, they are the way the world is.

Now, laws regulate land use all over the place, some would argue all these laws are illegal and immoral... of course heaven help the neighbor who puts his chicken coupe in the backyard next to one of these in their subdivision... Unless you are one of the relatively few in this country who bought your land before the zoning changes placed the limits on its use, (and generally zoning laws are grandfathered, so that the new changes only affect the new owners) you really have no gripes since you bought knowing full well the limitations of the land use were in effect.

I am sorry but regulations on rental and commercial property are, in general, a good thing, and I say this as someone who has to personally deal with it. Are they all winners? Of course not, but that doesn't mean that the government has no right to do it, or that those rules infringe on my property rights. I have every right to own that home, however when I decide to rent it I have made a concious decision and as such I must obey the rules and regulations for rentals.

I am sorry but regulations on rental and commercial property are, in general, a good thing, and I say this as someone who has to personally deal with it.

I agree with this statement.
However, when, for a minor nuisance, the government trys to step in to make the suing of another person easier, IMO, they go too far.
Aren't most of those other regulations concerning safety in one fashion or another?

I won't disagree with you in general, regarding the regulations on rental properties.

However, I found out the hard way that the regs on an owner occupuied place, are far more onerous than those imposed upon the property that is a rental property.

That may not be true where you own property, but I know it for a fact where I own my own home and know numerous of the landlords in my neighborhood.

I realize that you are opposed to this legislation, but I really think you are opposed to it for the wrong reasons.