TrainChaser said:Is it okay if I snicker a little bit?
Trixie (probably a realtor or local politician, since she doesn't identify where 'here' is): "We want to keep our lands and neighborhoods legal and right... we have to abide by the rules of the county. And we absolutely expect everyone else to do the same."
Laws are made by politicians who take money and 'favors' from people who stand to make a lot of money from those laws. They play it like it's for the good of the county/state/etc, but it's only for the money.
Laws that say you 'must' install a $10,000 'designer' septic system were bought by the people who install those systems.
Laws that say you 'must' have or build a home that is in excess of 400 sqft were bought by the people who build houses (and their biggest profit is based on the cheapest part of building a house: excess square footage).
Laws that say you 'must' be connected to the local public energy for power were bought by those power companies.
None of those people/companies want a growing group of decent people who want to leave a small footprint, have the same kind of simple septic that has been in use since about 1860, have simple power needs and just want a few solar panels.
Money is America's god and you're here to provide it to the decisionmakers. So they say.
No, I'm not a realtor or local politician. And when I say 'here', I mean in my hometown in Oregon. My parents bought this property in 1941. It's 5 acres. I grew up here ( on this property). My Dad farmed until he no longer could. Now our neighbors farm it, along with several others. Ever since I was young, I understood that this land is for farm use only. It was county law, so we've abided by what the law states. I'm not wanting or trying to change the laws. All I'm saying is, we( meaning all of the neighbors out here), have to abide by what the county law states, and we expect everyone else in our neighborhood to do the same.