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It seems to me like there should be exceptions in building codes if a building will never be sold and does not put others in danger (e.g., a shack in the forest
by foota 10y ago
It seems to me like there should be exceptions in building codes if a building will never be sold and does not put others in danger (e.g., a shack in the forest)
- crooked-v 10y agoPeople doing random things in the middle of the forest where they were sure they couldn't hurt anybody else had led to any number of major wildfires over the past century.
- adamryman 10y agocitation needed
- crooked-v 10y agoTen seconds of web searching for "camper caused wildfire": http://www.cbsnews.com/news/2-arrested-for-arson-in-colorado-wildfire/ http://www.cbsnews.com/news/2-arrested-for-arson-in-colorado... http://tri1025.com/illegal-campers-may-have-started-another-wildfire-near-estes/ http://tri1025.com/illegal-campers-may-have-started-another-... http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2016/09/state_says_snoozing_camper_car.html http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2... http://www.wkyt.com/home/headlines/Cause-of-Rowan-wildfire-a-warning-to-hunters-campers-177794801.html http://www.wkyt.com/home/headlines/Cause-of-Rowan-wildfire-a... http://www.khq.com/story/32604122/11000-acre-wildfire-burning-in-whitman-county-near-colton http://www.khq.com/story/32604122/11000-acre-wildfire-burnin...
- BronSteeDiam 10y agoI 100% agree, but there are reasonable arguments against too. Unfortunately in this case the house was sold on after the couples death. Guests, like new owners, also have a right to be save from structural issues.
- maxxxxx 10y agoHow do you enforce this? Are there people who blow up the house immediately after the builder dies or moves out?
- alexandercrohde 10y agoSelling houses is a very formalized process, this should be easy to enforce. First of all, there is a deed of sale that gets signed over, the unsuitability for resale could be listed on the deed. Remember selling a house usually is a super involved process that costs 10s of thousands of dollars. It almost sounds to me like you don't WANT to find a better solution.
- maxxxxx 10y agoIt's true. I don't think it's a good idea to have a class of houses that conforms with code and another that doesn't.
- foota 10y agoThis is a fair point. In honesty I think the intention behind building codes is to prevent builders from building buildings that endanger others (e.g., fire hazard) or selling buildings where the buyer is not aware of the risks. The former I think we can all agree is necessary and fairly straightforward. I think the latter is more complicated. Perhaps people can't effectively judge the risk they take on by living in a potentially less safe environment and so are not willing to pay for improvements that would improve their utility?
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