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Old 10-27-2011, 08:54 AM
 
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I work for a developer and I can second that you need permits for almost everything, and indeed each town can be very different in terms of what you need inspections for. Something tells me they just don't actually know exactly about what inspections are needed so they sort of make it up as they go along. And the worst is when they tell you one thing first then another. One time we asked the electric inspector if he needed to inspect the trench for an electric line with the line in it. He said no, so we backfilled, then all of a sudden he says he wants to see the line in the ground! We had to hire guys to dig the line back up by hand!

The actual written regulations I understand being that thorough. But most of the time, you can just do stuff yourself without being bothered if it's not big. I'd be pissed at whoever "ratted you out". Or it could be like the other guy said and the inspector just saw you were doing construction as he was driving.
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Old 10-27-2011, 08:56 AM
 
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While they can force him to knock the building down
can they really? Wouldn't that be a regulatory taking?
Then again, maybe it's just that no one's challenged it yet.
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Old 10-27-2011, 08:58 AM
 
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I just had my bathroom re-done by a licensed contractor (new shower, tiling, toilet, vanity and paint) and we did not need permits for anything. In my town you only need a permit or inspection completed if you move/add pipes or electric. If you are simply replacing old for new in the same place then the town does not even want to be notified.
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Old 10-27-2011, 08:16 PM
 
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can they really? Wouldn't that be a regulatory taking?
Then again, maybe it's just that no one's challenged it yet.
Since the New London decision, challenging takings is basically a dead area of law. Anything goes.

Anyway, making you knock a building down is nothing compared to what they do if you demolish something without a demo permit. They make you get permits to hire licensed guys to build it back up, then another set to knock it back down.

(naa, not really. But I'll bet they'd like to)
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