Jail for this?
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Lock her up and throw away the key. She should know better than to think she's free to do what she wants with her own property. What an idiot.
Bureaucrats must be served.......
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LA would be better served if the officials concentrated on gang problems, and not old ladies trying to live a peaceful lifestyle... always looking for the easy work.
They should jail her in here:
http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2007/09/google_earth_reveals_nazi_swastika.html
http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2007/09/google_earth_reveals_nazi_swastika.html
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Originally Posted By: eljefino
They never spelled out the public safety issue. Carbon Monoxide? Earthquakes?
And weeds coming through concrete cracks is a violation? Yowza.
Yeah. I really wonder what the eff the clown was spouting off about.
They never spelled out the public safety issue. Carbon Monoxide? Earthquakes?
And weeds coming through concrete cracks is a violation? Yowza.
Yeah. I really wonder what the eff the clown was spouting off about.
Originally Posted By: Kestas
LA would be better served if the officials concentrated on gang problems, and not old ladies trying to live a peaceful lifestyle... always looking for the easy work.
Exactly. We can't guard the border but we can worry about weeds in a driveway.
John
LA would be better served if the officials concentrated on gang problems, and not old ladies trying to live a peaceful lifestyle... always looking for the easy work.
Exactly. We can't guard the border but we can worry about weeds in a driveway.
John
She is a law breaker and needs to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law....just like the CEO's of Freddie & Fannie!!!
Originally Posted By: Kestas
LA would be better served if the officials concentrated on gang problems, and not old ladies trying to live a peaceful lifestyle... always looking for the easy work.
To be fair, the story is talking about La Quinta, not LA.
I'm a little confused. The lady sounds like she's saying she didn't know the bedroom was ever a garage, but the bit about the inspector strongly implies there were actual, fixed, garage doors. The lady also refers to having a bathroom and refrigerator in the "bedroom".
So it really sounds like she's got a conversion that doesn't meet code and she's trying to avoid it by ignoring the warnings. That said, if it's true that she bought it like that 30 years ago shouldn't that be documented somewhere?
I'm all for property rights and the inspector sounds like kind of a jerk (especially the "weeds in the concrete" thing) but I don't think we're getting the whole story here..
LA would be better served if the officials concentrated on gang problems, and not old ladies trying to live a peaceful lifestyle... always looking for the easy work.
To be fair, the story is talking about La Quinta, not LA.
I'm a little confused. The lady sounds like she's saying she didn't know the bedroom was ever a garage, but the bit about the inspector strongly implies there were actual, fixed, garage doors. The lady also refers to having a bathroom and refrigerator in the "bedroom".
So it really sounds like she's got a conversion that doesn't meet code and she's trying to avoid it by ignoring the warnings. That said, if it's true that she bought it like that 30 years ago shouldn't that be documented somewhere?
I'm all for property rights and the inspector sounds like kind of a jerk (especially the "weeds in the concrete" thing) but I don't think we're getting the whole story here..
Umm, that's nuts. Why can't they just grandfather it in for the current owner as long as the wiring/plumbing is up to code? Then make it clear it has to go back to a garage when the house is sold/not in her posession.
Oh wait, that's too easy.
Oh wait, that's too easy.
If she bought the house that way, it would have been noted in the inspection documents from the home sale. If she can't procure them, they would be on file with the County.
This is fantastically rediculous, that they can spend this much effort on an old woman on Social Security. Meanwhile, the nextdoor neighbor is cooking up Meth in his legal garage and selling to the middle school down the street (fictional), but the City wants to make an example of this poor woman.
I hope it gets thrown out, or readers mount support for her.
This is fantastically rediculous, that they can spend this much effort on an old woman on Social Security. Meanwhile, the nextdoor neighbor is cooking up Meth in his legal garage and selling to the middle school down the street (fictional), but the City wants to make an example of this poor woman.
I hope it gets thrown out, or readers mount support for her.
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Nevertheless, the city finally took the gloves off. Code enforcement showed up recently with three inspectors, two police officers and a search warrant.
Cool - when is the episode on!!????
My neighbor got busted for cutting some trees down. I can't display politcal yard signs....."owning property"? Sure....
Nevertheless, the city finally took the gloves off. Code enforcement showed up recently with three inspectors, two police officers and a search warrant.
Cool - when is the episode on!!????
My neighbor got busted for cutting some trees down. I can't display politcal yard signs....."owning property"? Sure....
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What she's got is an apartment/ in-law suite. That's a no-no without all kinds of stuff.
What she needs to do is find some "right to farm" legislation or "right to worship" legislation (a good lawyer) and throw either a 50 head hog farm in the backyard or a parsonage for her church.
I would find it hard to manage legislation that could stop you from putting cabinets/carpeting/refrigerator/whatever in your garage. What I could see is some issue of human occupancy.
Since when is a light on in your garage a violation?? How does anyone know when you're working in your garage?
What she needs to do is find some "right to farm" legislation or "right to worship" legislation (a good lawyer) and throw either a 50 head hog farm in the backyard or a parsonage for her church.
I would find it hard to manage legislation that could stop you from putting cabinets/carpeting/refrigerator/whatever in your garage. What I could see is some issue of human occupancy.
Since when is a light on in your garage a violation?? How does anyone know when you're working in your garage?
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Around here, nearly every neighborhood developed in the past 20 years is governed by an association which prevents people from doing many things that I can still do in my older neighborhood.
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Originally Posted By: Kestas
Around here, nearly every neighborhood developed in the past 20 years is governed by an association which prevents people from doing many things that I can still do in my older neighborhood.
Sure. Same thing around here. It's a great place for assertive personalities to "impose their will" upon others ..even if it really has no impact upon the "quality of life" within the fiefdom.
Most are limited to exterior viewable things clotheslines, fences, number of cars parked outside ..the usual suburban versions of modern day upscale hillbilly'dom suspicious activity (I'd surely be guilty of something )
Around here, nearly every neighborhood developed in the past 20 years is governed by an association which prevents people from doing many things that I can still do in my older neighborhood.
Sure. Same thing around here. It's a great place for assertive personalities to "impose their will" upon others ..even if it really has no impact upon the "quality of life" within the fiefdom.
Most are limited to exterior viewable things clotheslines, fences, number of cars parked outside ..the usual suburban versions of modern day upscale hillbilly'dom suspicious activity (I'd surely be guilty of something )
Property rights are a thing of the past gentlemen. You know longer own it, you are just merely tenants. Little pink houses for you and me... ahh but ain't that America.
Originally Posted By: drivewaytech
Property rights are a thing of the past gentlemen. You know longer own it, you are just merely tenants. Little pink houses for you and me... ahh but ain't that America.
I've always considered real estate as a "rental" proposition. You pay your real estate taxes, you get to occupy your property for another year. Don't pay your taxes? Guess what, its not yours anymore! It doesn't seem that there is very much that you can own nowadays without having to pay some annual fee or tax in order to keep it.
Property rights are a thing of the past gentlemen. You know longer own it, you are just merely tenants. Little pink houses for you and me... ahh but ain't that America.
I've always considered real estate as a "rental" proposition. You pay your real estate taxes, you get to occupy your property for another year. Don't pay your taxes? Guess what, its not yours anymore! It doesn't seem that there is very much that you can own nowadays without having to pay some annual fee or tax in order to keep it.
Originally Posted By: Beachboy
Originally Posted By: drivewaytech
Property rights are a thing of the past gentlemen. You know longer own it, you are just merely tenants. Little pink houses for you and me... ahh but ain't that America.
I've always considered real estate as a "rental" proposition. You pay your real estate taxes, you get to occupy your property for another year. Don't pay your taxes? Guess what, its not yours anymore! It doesn't seem that there is very much that you can own nowadays without having to pay some annual fee or tax in order to keep it.
Exactly. If you have to keep paying taxes on something, you don't really own it. Perpetual taxes are a scourge.
Is it any wonder that California is $15 BILLION in the red this year alone?
Originally Posted By: drivewaytech
Property rights are a thing of the past gentlemen. You know longer own it, you are just merely tenants. Little pink houses for you and me... ahh but ain't that America.
I've always considered real estate as a "rental" proposition. You pay your real estate taxes, you get to occupy your property for another year. Don't pay your taxes? Guess what, its not yours anymore! It doesn't seem that there is very much that you can own nowadays without having to pay some annual fee or tax in order to keep it.
Exactly. If you have to keep paying taxes on something, you don't really own it. Perpetual taxes are a scourge.
Is it any wonder that California is $15 BILLION in the red this year alone?
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