Paying rent to yourself

[Canine]

A coworker's parents had half of their house burn down. My coworker owns a nice 5th wheel about 24 foot that he lent to them to live on their property until they can recover from the fire. The parents had a licensed electrician attach a 50 amp plug in on the telephone pole for electricity. Everything is open and on the up-and-up. To be clear: The parents are temporarily living on their own property in their son's RV trailer.

During the recovery process, they were told by the county that their living condition is considered renting, so they had to pay $50 for a permit to rent from themselves. I don't know if this fee is monthly, yearly, or a one time deal, but just another example of how weird city ordinances can be in regards to RV living.

 

[Almost There]

A coworker's parents had half of their house burn down. My coworker owns a nice 5th wheel about 24 foot that he lent to them to live on their property until they can recover from the fire. The parents had a licensed electrician attach a 50 amp plug in on the telephone pole for electricity. Everything is open and on the up-and-up. To be clear: The parents are temporarily living on their own property in their son's RV trailer.

During the recovery process, they were told by the county that their living condition is considered renting, so they had to pay $50 for a permit to rent from themselves. I don't know if this fee is monthly, yearly, or a one time deal, but just another example of how weird city ordinances can be in regards to RV living.

It's more likely a permit to allow occupancy of the RV inside the county. We have something like that here in Ontario cottage country. A lot of people were buying building lots and then putting their TTs on them before or instead of building on the lot. With no permanent building the taxes stayed low and there were no restrictions in place in regards to black/gray water since they didn't have to get building permits. The municipality put in place a $200.00 per year fee for each TT and a requirement to obtain the permit is that you have to have a written contract with a septic pump service to empty holding tanks.

The guberment wants it's tax dollars one way or another!!..

 

[Canine]

My coworker specifically used the word "rent", but your explanation makes much more sense.

 

[Canine]

I spoke with my coworker again. It is a permit to allow people to live in a camper in the county. This isn't allowed within city limits. As long as you have permission from the landowner, you have the one-time $50 fee, and they approve it, you are good to go. I'm not familiar with what qualifications are needed, if any. It may be a shall-issue permit.