Vic Dura wrote:

On Sat, 2 Jul 2005 00:10:44 +0100, in alt.home.repair
Plumbing inspector nightmare "Rusty" wrote:

Sounds like a police state.

Yes, a lot of the U.S. is like that now.

About 20 years ago I moved from San Diego California to a rural area
in Alabama. We have no building code requirements outside the city
limits where I live. It's like I died and went to heaven.

I can build anything I want however I want. I love it! Nevertheless, I
do pretty much do all my work to codes whereever such codes are good
practice or safety related.
...

OTOH, your neighbor can do the same...if he's as capable as you, that
can be ok...when it's the local county doofus or worse, everything
you've invested can be rendered nearly valueless...

While I fully understand the mentality and am glad we're outside the
city 3-mile radius, I'm certainly thankful that Dad was able while on
the City/County Planning Commission some 20-30 years ago to get
reasonable restrictions adopted in the county. Otherwise, it would be a
never-ending plile of trailers w/ open cess pools and worse...