Posted on 03/31/2024 9:19:03 AM PDT by Twotone
When I lived in Oregon, I was shocked how much water and water infrastructure costs.
Even AZ was cheaper.
Ditto for my parents in an Illinois city.....
If this is a problem, then the city needs to stop issuing new permits.
Another way to take money from property owners.
Much of that water ends up in the Great Lakes and we have had record high lake levels the last few years. As a resident Great Laker where is my cut of what the canucks take in?
Ironic since I remember some other state going after some guy who was collecting all his rain water to use!
Environmental wackos cant make up their minds!
btt
Most revolutions are the result of overbearing government and taxation. It is not if a revolution will occur but more of when.
And they've already got the theme song for it, 'Every Breath You Take."
Taxing God? Unique idea, maybe they could tax churches on the inches of rainfall the storm system must be sized to handle.
They do this in California already, I had to pay a FEE for the amount of concrete for my driveway I poured as well as the roof square footage, when I got my building permit to build my new house. It was a one time fee, but it still has to be paid.
Maryland has a rain tax assessed on the size of the roof of the house - run off into the sewers. In CO, they say the rain belongs to them and you can’t collect it; same goes for Jefferson county, WA.
The hosers stole this thieving scam from the idiots in Maryland.
They did it in Maryland too IIRC
Got one here in Iowa.
I thought they succeeded and added it to the property tax.
I thoughtbit was defeated.
Bears investigating.
Now if a homeowner’s association testifies that a permit for a new shopping center should not be granted, on the theory that concrete/asphalt is less permeable than bare soil, they’ll dismiss the argument.
I don’t know if the developer had to pay based on the amount of asphalt — it’s possible.
Oregon. Yes. A few years ago I read a news article that they were going to outlaw rain barrels, and everything that collected rain, in Oregon.
I believe Marylsnd taxes the rain
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