Building codes and structure sizes

Re: Reminds me of my favorite quote Bob

Pam Niedermayer - Austin, TX

>Thanks so much, guys. Ernie, you certainly brought this into perspective, and with a good idea on how to avoid the taxes; so I'll get the permit, and simply never finish. Austin's rules state that we lose the permit if we don't work on it for a six month period. With all the shoji I'll have to do, it should be easy to build one every 6 months and still not finish for years. :)

Pam

Re: Reminds me of my favorite quote Bob

Dennis McDonaugh

>Pam, one of the biggest hazards to the Texas homeowner is the Texas business owner. Home sales are reported, commercial property sales are not. This means your county tax appraiser knows exactly what you paid for your house, but has to guess how much the guy paid for the twenty story office building. There is currently a move afoot in the Legislature to remedy the situation by requiring reporting of all property sales. It could reduce property taxes by as much as 33 percent. Write your representative.

Re: Reminds me of my favorite quote Bob

Pam Niedermayer - Austin, TX

>Wow, thanks, Dennis. My state guys are all Democrats, definitely out of power, but I will write them right away.

Pam

Might not help...

Joe Rogers, Northern Virginia

>But you are a resident and as such the elected office holders should pay attention to your letter. Write the current reps and tell them that this is an important issue to you. Their response to this may effect your support for them in the next election. And it could...sorta...maybe :-)JR

Re: Here because it has to be somewhere

William Duffield, on the Cohansey

>Discussion of building codes, their interpretation, how to interact with building inspectors, and the like, are OK subjects for discussion. However, politics, including critiques of the perceived wisdom or stupidity of the legislative branch which drafted the laws or the executive branch which interprets and enforces them, is an off-limits subject on this forum. From this point forward, any discussion of political matters will get the post deleted, whether or not it has any practical applicability to the building of a shop in Texas or any other state.

Re: Here because it has to be somewhere

Dave Chatham

>Hell yeah Bill!