Posted on 05/24/2006 8:54:29 AM PDT by tbird5
It's more common than you might think. When we added on to our house last year, the last part of the building permit that we had signed off on at the final inspection was the CO (Certificate of Occupancy).
My father-in-law is a building inspector for three small towns in Colorado and he is required by law to withhold a Certificate of Occupancy for new builds, renovations, etc., (anything requiring a building permit) if the property is not up to minimums for code (which makes more sense than this instance, since building code violations can sometimes be dangerous or cause a nuisance to the community).
Sure there's a Certificate of Occupancy.
But that CO should normally be granted or withheld based on the building being up to code or not, and not based on whether or not the occupants have a marriage license.
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>>>>"How about if the male adopts the female"
>>Then they're both guilty of incest.
Yes, but they could move in, right?
There is nothing unusual here. This ordinance is designed to prevent home owners from renting rooms, turning their homes into cheap tenement houses.
Since the founding of our Republic, local issues are decided by local folks.
If these unmarried people don't like the ordinance, then don't move into the small town. The federal system guarantees that there will be plenty of towns available for unmarried people, since federalism protects true diversity among Americans.
Thank you for posting common sense on this thread.
"A Black Jack ordinance prohibits more than three people from living together in a single family home unless they are related by "blood, marriage or adoption".
Unless that ordinance is proven to be unconstitutional, they don't have a case.
Excellent point.
There is nothing unusual here. This ordinance is designed to prevent home owners from renting rooms, turning their homes into cheap tenement houses.
But it is being enforced [unconstitutionally] to prohibit an [unlicensed] family from living together.
Since the founding of our Republic, local issues are decided by local folks.
True, within the bounds of our Constitution.
If these unmarried people don't like the ordinance, then don't move into the small town. The federal system guarantees that there will be plenty of towns available for unmarried people, since federalism protects true diversity among Americans.
If these townspeople don't like unmarried couples w/children living together, it us they who should move, -- into a planned community where such restrictive covenants are legal.
The federal system guarantees that there will be plenty of space available for these communitarian people, since federalism protects true diversity among Americans.
You can rest whatever you want. The marriage part is irrelevant.
That's your opinion and I have mine, unmarried couples are still living in sin according to the Bible and the thread talks about unmarried couples, period.
I wasn't commenting on that. Please take the time to read all that I posted. FourtySeven was surprised that there was a requirement for a CO on property for personal use as opposed to property for business use. That's all I was addressing in my post. Period.
And for people who don't believe in or care about the bible?
It's all irrelevant. But that's how you people get sucked in. It's the old bait and switch.
And for people who don't believe in or care about the bible?
OK, now I understand what kind of person I'm dealing with!
I'll pray for you.
What kind is that?
I'll pray for you.
If you haven't done so already, since you said you would, you have sinned. Hit your knees.
'A Black Jack ordinance prohibits more than three people from living together in a single family home unless they are related by "blood, marriage or adoption".'
Oh boy. The 7 Mexicans down the street would be outlawed by this. (Never mind official immigration laws.)
Well put.
OK, now I understand what kind of person I'm dealing with!
What kind is that?
And for people who don't believe in or care about the bible?
That kind!
People who ask questions? That kind?
If you have a point to make, don't be a coward, make it.
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