Sheds & Permits

[BearCuda]

The argument against that from the municipal side is that those who need permits should pay for the staff time it takes to review applications and approve them. Alternatively all tax payers would share in paying for something they have nothing to do with.

I processed many major land development applications over a 40 year career. It occupied a lot of municipal staff time and it was fair that we paid for that time. Municipalities apply the same principle on small applications (building permits, sheds, etc.).

Sorry, I don't understand this argument. What are the staff there to do if not also to spend time with the permits? They are getting paid by being at work period so what the ****?

 

[PCO6]

Sorry, I don't understand this argument. What are the staff there to do if not also to spend time with the permits? They are getting paid by being at work period so what the ****?

Most municipalities work on a user pay system. Those who require a service pay for it and that's fair. Taxpayers, around here anyway, would scream ****** murder if their tax dollars were being spent on staff that processed applications that did not benefit them.

 

[mmhouse]

Build it 10x10 3 stories high.

The Dutch figured that out back in the 1500's.