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Old 02-09-2011, 10:48 PM
 
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If you were going to go to school or work in Springfield but wanted to live outside of "town" on land... which area has the least amount of zoning and restrictions? How far outside of Springfield do you have to go before the "city rules" change and loosen up?


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Old 02-10-2011, 06:43 AM
 
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Dallas County is pretty easy as far as regulations.Less than 25 miles from Springfield.

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Old 02-10-2011, 11:02 AM
 
Location: SW MO
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Rules? We don't need no stinin' rule here in lake country - Stone and Taney counties.
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Old 02-13-2011, 04:07 PM
 
Location: Reeds Spring, MO
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Rules? We don't need no stinin' rule here in lake country - Stone and Taney counties.
Thats right Curmudgeon Love my Stone County.
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Old 02-13-2011, 04:11 PM
 
Location: SW Missouri
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Rules? We don't need no stinin' rule here in lake country - Stone and Taney counties.
Oh how I wish it were so, Curmudgeon, honey. We had a "big tussle" with the Health Department when we wanted to use a composting toilet instead of putting in a septic system. They still required us to put one in.

Unfortunately, there are more and more rules and requirements every single day here. Not as bad as Christian County, or Greene, of course, but bad enough to get my panties in a knot.

Barry County is better, from what I hear.

20yrsinBranson
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Old 02-17-2011, 05:11 AM
 
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Oh how I wish it were so, Curmudgeon, honey. We had a "big tussle" with the Health Department when we wanted to use a composting toilet instead of putting in a septic system. They still required us to put one in.

Unfortunately, there are more and more rules and requirements every single day here. Not as bad as Christian County, or Greene, of course, but bad enough to get my panties in a knot.

Barry County is better, from what I hear.

20yrsinBranson
Yea in Benton County we didn't have a problem putting a Composting Toilet in.But after spending $1,500 on one we are not happy with it.

Because we are so close to the Lake we can only put in a 1,000 gallon Holding Tank.

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Old 02-19-2011, 07:36 PM
 
Location: SW Missouri
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Yea in Benton County we didn't have a problem putting a Composting Toilet in.But after spending $1,500 on one we are not happy with it.

Because we are so close to the Lake we can only put in a 1,000 gallon Holding Tank.

brushrunner
They won't let you put in holding tanks or septic lagoons here because they don't "like" them. I am personally disgusted with having to make decisions about my life based upon what someone does or doesn't "like".

My understanding is that some composting toilets are persnickity. We have not had any trouble with ours.

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Old 02-20-2011, 11:25 AM
 
Location: Boilermaker Territory
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"Best county or town with easy zoning/rules/laws within 50 miles of Springfield?"

Hmmm....

Just don't complain when a CAFO moves in next door due to a complete lack of zoning or other laws. You often get what you pay for in some of these rural counties. You might buy a perfectly nice plot of land and then a large-scale pig or chicken farm (CAFO) could start right up on the other side of the road. Few restrictions on basic landuse issues= problems.
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