Sir,
The faceless “bureaucratocracy” strikes yet again, threatening to condemn an off-grid homeowner [1] for allegedly violating an “international property maintenance code” due to lack of running water and electricity – even though neither utility is specified in said international property maintenance code. How does an international code apply within the confines of an incorporated entity like the City of Cape Coral (which has its own building codes adopted pursuant to its own ordinance procedures)? And now the city has graciously indicated that, if the homeowner can prove she can “sustain herself” without these utilities, they “might be able to reach a solution”. So, in the mind of these bureaucrats under the auspices of some inapplicable international code, the burden is on a woman has been living without water and electricity to show that she can continue to live without water and electricity to the satisfaction of the bureaucrat – or she will lose her house.
From a purely public policy perspective, this regulatory taking is disturbing to say the least.
Sincerely, – Hunkajunk