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Wolfwags t1_j1vh8tb wrote
Or you could be my landlord who hires unlicensed workers extensively who put literally every fixture in crooked, and almost burn the unit next to me down because someone left a lit cigarette in the house before leaving.
ForkBombGoBoom t1_j1vkuy5 wrote
Yeah that was my last apartment. Whole building is a disaster.
On the other hand I'm guessing very few people in the city get the permits they are supposed to for work in their own homes.
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deephouselounge t1_j1v6dq8 wrote
🤣 developers arent currently following the rules. So Philadelphias answer is to make more rules.
Amazing!
ContractTrue6613 t1_j1vl0so wrote
Uh oh sounds like you’re running for mayor.
JWHISKY707 t1_j1vzaz5 wrote
I think the issue is that there is 900 fees and permits used for doing a basic building these days. If you are gonna go full ignore mode might as well go the whole way.
The city will never give up revenue but they need to simplfy the process. Take away the 900 fees and just have a way better enforcement division.
Make it easier and cheaper to comply to standards. While having better enforcement and stricter fines.
Like I said though. This city loves finding 1000+ ways to take another buck from you. They will never give it up
pwfinsrk t1_j1w4ph5 wrote
The real issue is L&I is and always has been a disaster. Mismanaged, incompetent, lazy and underfunded. But it's easier to pass a law then to actually reform a big bureaucracy like that
theAmericanStranger t1_j1wvaaj wrote
New laws are nowhere as important as enforcing in a timely manner the laws you have in the books.
ten-million t1_j1wmfp4 wrote
Is it unpermitted basement excavations or builders with permits that are causing the problems? If it's unpermitted work you might have to get inspectors out there on the weekend.
ZealousidealPanic360 t1_j1xk1o0 wrote
Legendary eagles linebacker Conor barwin doesn't have permits.so fuck it.
ForkBombGoBoom t1_j1vg9qb wrote
On the one hand developers have clearly been fucking things up. Nobody should be unable to live in their house because of construction next door.
On the other hand, yet another license. It's very difficult to get anything done in this city unless its by a huge developer with deep pockets. Means more money going to bureaucrats and middlemen and higher housing costs.