Forty-two years ago, homes here didn’t have to be permitted at all. Building codes and related permitting regulations were established to ensure safety, and ac

Forty-two years ago, homes here didn’t have to be permitted at all. Building codes and related permitting regulations were established to ensure safety, and accepted by the public under those auspices. The addition of novel, non-safety related political requirements exceeds this original remit and undermines the entire telos of residential building codes. This inescapably leads to reduced compliance with the regulatory process, and thus, less-safe housing. So, yes, “overly burdensome”.