Fencing permit

[Irving]

Aurora requires a permit to remove an old fence, replace an existing fence, or install a new one. Figure the permit cost at 10% of the total job cost (materials and labor).

https://www.auroragov.org/cms/One.as...pageId=7098338

I know it's obvious, but this is such bullshit. A permit to remove something? F-off. A permit that is a percentage of the cost? F-off even harder.

[ben4372]

I'd do it in 8 foot sections. I hate permits. especially when they get to walk through your property like they own it. And most have come to expect the ass kissing that they are used too. A friend did his own AC with a permit. Got charge a permit fee (percentage) based on what a contractor would have charged. That way they were able to get 3 times the "fee". Land of fee, home of the brave.

[Irving]

I feel like the city can cash in on the improvements to my home when they raise my property taxes.

[jslo]

If you can believe it, Denver is one of the exceptions. No permit required if it's under, either 4 or 5 feet. It's worth a call.

[68Charger]

Threads like this make me glad I live outside city limits in a county without a code enforcement dept... I hired a very reputable electrician to fix a huge mess (undoubtedly caused by no code enforcement), and he said he could start the next morning and fit it in while waiting for a permit inside the city limits...

"You don't need a permit here?"

"Nobody to file it with, Van Zandt County doesn't have code enforcement"

"Well, that explains a few things"

I never knew there were places without permits, but now I live in one.

Property taxes are high, but I saved $4000 in permit fees on work I've done or had done this year alone (at a 10% rate)... in Fremont county, I think the rate was lower, but had a 30x42' Cleary building with a 10' overhang on the 42' side (so a 40x42' roof) built for about $15k, but the county said it was worth $30k, so based the permit fee.off that...

[Irving]

Threads like this make me glad I live outside city limits in a county without a code enforcement dept... I hired a very reputable electrician to fix a huge mess (undoubtedly caused by no code enforcement), and he said he could start the next morning and fit it in while waiting for a permit inside the city limits...

"You don't need a permit here?"

"Nobody to file it with, Van Zandt County doesn't have code enforcement"

"Well, that explains a few things"

I never knew there were places without permits, but now I live in one.

Property taxes are high, but I saved $4000 in permit fees on work I've done or had done this year alone (at a 10% rate)... in Fremont county, I think the rate was lower, but had a 30x42' Cleary building with a 10' overhang on the 42' side (so a 40x42' roof) built for about $15k, but the county said it was worth $30k, so based the permit fee.off that...

I've been on homes (near Joplin, MO) that were so new they didn't even show up on Google maps and they had no roof felt at all, just shingles attached straight to decking.

I wonder what kind of lawsuits there are over code enforcement. I'm sure like most of the bullshit that the government does, it doesn't go anywhere. Just like basing auto plates on the new value of a vehicle.

[gnihcraes]

Slightly related...

Permit fee was based on estimated sq ft of my new garage. 65000 value the city says regardless of what I build it for. Like $2800 permit fee.

Ouch.



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