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02-25-2014, 10:57 AM
Statists always gonna state. Chloe this is why you need to stay Green Party or Go Libertarian because this is where voting two party gets you.
http://reason.com/blog/2014/02/25/florida-city-threatens-woman-for-living
By all accounts, Robin Speronisis engaged in a successful experiment in "living off the grid" inCape Coral, Florida. The 54-year-old former real estate agentdisconnected from city water and power about a year and a half ago.Now she relies on solar panels, propane lanterns, and collectedrain water in her duplex and seems quite happy about it. But thecity clearly is not. Officials tried to boot her from her home, andhave now given her until the end of March to reconnect to the grid.A special magistrate who tossed many of the charges and admits thatreasonableness may not play a role in the rules says she willultimately have to comply. Speronis is standing firm.
According to Cristela Guerra of the Cape Coral News Press (http://www.news-press.com/article/20140221/NEWS0101/302210033/Cape-Coral-off-grid-woman-eschews-order-hook-up-water?gcheck=1&nclick_check=1):
It took several hours to review the litany of alleged codeenforcement violations. It was noted some seemed redundant, whileother violations were not addressed as a result of issues with dueprocess. [Special Magistrate Harold S.] Eskin had concerns thatSperonis had not received proper notice. He found her not guilty onthose issues but said he would be open to considering newevidence.
He found her guilty of the section which dealt with the watersystem and maintenance. Alternative means of power are possible butneed to be approved by city officials, according to Paul Dickson,the city building official. When it comes to water, the optionsincluded installing a potentially more complicated and expensivesystem that would filter rain water through the pipes whilemaintaining temperatures and pressure. Speronis also uses the citysewer system for drainage. There are liens on the home to collectthose fees.
Daniel Jennings of Off the Grid News notes (http://www.offthegridnews.com/2014/02/22/court-rules-off-the-grid-living-is-illegal/) that "Speronis has been fighting the city of Cape Coralsince November when a code enforcement officer tried to evict herfrom her home for living without utilities. The city contends thatSperonis violated the International Property Maintenance Code byrelying on rain water instead of the city water system and solarpanels instead of the electric grid."
The specific code on which they "got" Speronis is clearlydesigned to discourage well use within city limits. The code states (http://www.amlegal.com/nxt/gateway.dll/Florida/capecoral_fl/introduction?f=templates$fn=default.htm$3.0$vid=am legal:capecoral_fl), "Where an existing, adequate municipal watersystem is available in a public right-of-way or easement abuttingthe property, or within 200 feet of the property being served by awell system, connections shall be made so that the well shall nolonger be used for human consumption."
But Speronis's water doesn't come from a well—it falls from thesky. Nevermind. As Eskin noted, "Reasonableness and coderequirements don’t always go hand-in-hand." He recommended reviewand revision of the ordinances, but insisted he had to find againstSperonis "whether I want to or not."
City officials concede the code doesn't require anybody to usethe hook-up to the water system, but they have to connect, justbecause.
Pro Choice my ass. Democrats and Republicans all are control freaks who cherry pick issues all based off voting blocks. No one really believes in freedom in the two party state.
http://reason.com/blog/2014/02/25/florida-city-threatens-woman-for-living
By all accounts, Robin Speronisis engaged in a successful experiment in "living off the grid" inCape Coral, Florida. The 54-year-old former real estate agentdisconnected from city water and power about a year and a half ago.Now she relies on solar panels, propane lanterns, and collectedrain water in her duplex and seems quite happy about it. But thecity clearly is not. Officials tried to boot her from her home, andhave now given her until the end of March to reconnect to the grid.A special magistrate who tossed many of the charges and admits thatreasonableness may not play a role in the rules says she willultimately have to comply. Speronis is standing firm.
According to Cristela Guerra of the Cape Coral News Press (http://www.news-press.com/article/20140221/NEWS0101/302210033/Cape-Coral-off-grid-woman-eschews-order-hook-up-water?gcheck=1&nclick_check=1):
It took several hours to review the litany of alleged codeenforcement violations. It was noted some seemed redundant, whileother violations were not addressed as a result of issues with dueprocess. [Special Magistrate Harold S.] Eskin had concerns thatSperonis had not received proper notice. He found her not guilty onthose issues but said he would be open to considering newevidence.
He found her guilty of the section which dealt with the watersystem and maintenance. Alternative means of power are possible butneed to be approved by city officials, according to Paul Dickson,the city building official. When it comes to water, the optionsincluded installing a potentially more complicated and expensivesystem that would filter rain water through the pipes whilemaintaining temperatures and pressure. Speronis also uses the citysewer system for drainage. There are liens on the home to collectthose fees.
Daniel Jennings of Off the Grid News notes (http://www.offthegridnews.com/2014/02/22/court-rules-off-the-grid-living-is-illegal/) that "Speronis has been fighting the city of Cape Coralsince November when a code enforcement officer tried to evict herfrom her home for living without utilities. The city contends thatSperonis violated the International Property Maintenance Code byrelying on rain water instead of the city water system and solarpanels instead of the electric grid."
The specific code on which they "got" Speronis is clearlydesigned to discourage well use within city limits. The code states (http://www.amlegal.com/nxt/gateway.dll/Florida/capecoral_fl/introduction?f=templates$fn=default.htm$3.0$vid=am legal:capecoral_fl), "Where an existing, adequate municipal watersystem is available in a public right-of-way or easement abuttingthe property, or within 200 feet of the property being served by awell system, connections shall be made so that the well shall nolonger be used for human consumption."
But Speronis's water doesn't come from a well—it falls from thesky. Nevermind. As Eskin noted, "Reasonableness and coderequirements don’t always go hand-in-hand." He recommended reviewand revision of the ordinances, but insisted he had to find againstSperonis "whether I want to or not."
City officials concede the code doesn't require anybody to usethe hook-up to the water system, but they have to connect, justbecause.
Pro Choice my ass. Democrats and Republicans all are control freaks who cherry pick issues all based off voting blocks. No one really believes in freedom in the two party state.