http://www.oregonlive.com/west-linn/index.ssf/2012/06/west_linn_couple_face_2000-a-d.html The homeowner is a local attorney for a large law firm. Safe to say he clearly knew he was violating various laws when putting in the pool and banked on not getting caught. In this case, I'm on the side of the city. There's a reason we have environmental land use laws.
He's an enviromentalist who loves the planet. That's not a swimming pool, that's a large rain catch basin that his family occasionally swims in. Fucking haters!
Nice to see the city isn't just bending over. So often, people avoid the code, then when caught, receive a minor slap on the wrist (which sends a terrible message - go ahead and do what you want, it's easier to ask for forgiveness later). Force them to replace the wetlands and remove the pool, or give those bastads a healthy fine. Who the fuck doesn't know that you need a permit to put a pool in? Or to build just about anything on your property these days. And, if the OP is correct, if he is an attorney, it's even more fucked up that he didn't have proper permits and paperwork BEFORE installation. He should be disbarred.
It's a 1-minute read. Just read it. It's much quicker for you to do that than for someone to summarize and then you read. Shit, this took longer to type than it would have for you to just read the original article. Stop being lazy.
wow I find it hard to believe that I am more anti government over reaching than most of you, even Brian, damn Fuck the candy ass planners protecting yet more "wet lands" this whole valley is nothing but wet lands, self serving commisioners and planners pull this shit all the time. Look at all the time and expence on this already , what a joke. and yeah he should have worked out the permit aahead of time so the powers that be would not have him with his pants down.
LOL - was laughing when I typed that (though partially because you wanted a summary and the article is pretty brief). I know y'all don't know me personally, but shit, there is extremely little in this world that gets me upset/angry. For realz, FAMS!
I agree that the bureaucracy is a bit ridiculous....and shit like this shouldn't happen....BUT.... rules are rules. Everybody knows they exist, and this is a situation where you absolutely, 100% know, that getting busted is only a matter of time, and the dude could have saved himself a lot of time, money, and stress by following such a basic rule. The dude just plain ol' did something completely stupid and risky, and he should have known it would come back to bit him in the ASS. And if the dude really is an attorney as the OP says.... what a fucking moron. I wouldn't want him as my attorney. Good job, crossing the t's and dotting the i's (or lower-case j's). That's the type of attorney that will help you lose on a stupid, tiny technicality that was overlooked.
I agree with this. He knew full well he needed a permit and possible variance. But he went ahead and did this anyway. Well, too bad. He has to play by the same rules we all do. Well, except for pissy mods around here.
I figured, that the saw westnob's agreement, so I was like "Maybe they thought I WAS serious." I figured you knew better.... quoting another movie: "You're my boy, MM."
This was my first thought as well. We spent 1/2 that on our pool and patio here in Texas, and we have some neat gadgets too. We did a lot of work ourselves though.
