Lowes here has these signs up. The local plumbing, gas contractors lobbied the building department to not issue homeowners permits. So legally you can not work on your own home.
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Lowes here has these signs up. The local plumbing, gas contractors lobbied the building department to not issue homeowners permits. So legally you can not work on your own home.
To put the sign up is one thing (it's called chickenshit).
To enforce it is quite another thing. If they declined to sell those parts to me, I'd make a point of cancelling the entire sale and telling the manager exactly why I will never set foot in his store again.
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first beg the government to do it, then get extorted to do it. Seeing that the unions did that also makes me dislike unions even more
I see you're from mid Ohio. Wife and I live in Canal Winchester, house falls under historical and preservation district guidelines . Didn't realize how bad some of this was when we bought here late 08. Anyway, basically have to have approval or permit drawn to do anything to home.
Case in point, few years ago the hot water died, 24yrs old . Bought new one at local Home Depot, turns out need permit, can only be installed by licensed plumber, old water heater needs to be removed by professional, home owner can't even legally dispose of it. Lot of government over reach and control.
Uncle had a fake eye. A firecracker in a jar blew up and glass lacerated his eye
No bueno
I was having an inspection on an HVAC system I installed for a customer. She was saying that they were going to add more insulation to the attic. The inspector told her that she needed to get a permit. I laughed out loud and told her that she didn't need to pay the government to save money on her electric bill. He tried to say that technically she really did. This city taxes rain water. They have to pay by the square foot of property for rain water run off into the storm drains. When he left I told her to insulate and ignore what he said. There's no licensing for insulation installers therefore no need for a permit.
So, the local .gov doesn't have to get approval from the state to enact law/code/ordinances like that?
Keith
unless the state has some sort of preemption law, the local jurisdiction can do that. doesn't make it constitutional or right, but they can do it
Nope, they are considered the authority given jurisdiction. The national codes are solid, which most trade codes are developed from people in the trades. It's usually the locals that fuck it all up thinking they are god and you have to beg them to do anything and pay there extortion fees. Or they dream up with something that's not in writing when your trying to get your occupancy permit......( just recently went through this bs in Midland Texas for our new office)
