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Originally Posted by Mel Holsinger
Got to love the passion, you could not have said it better. Funny how when all construction has stopped in my area the city & county cannot lay off all the unnecessary inspectors, plans reviewers, etc who now have nothing to do? The city planning & zoning department being reduced? I do not think so, and believe me, they are starting to have trouble explaining to people why they are still employed.
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Oh Mel, they find work to keep themselves busy. Here in Orlando they drive around to storage facilities that have moving trucks, and issue warnings if the truck is in the parking lot in front of the facility.
Apparently when your storage truck has information about your facility on it, then it is no longer considered to be a truck by our public servants in zoning, it is considered to be a sign, and therefore can't be visible from the street unless you apply for and pay for an annual sign permit for the truck.
So then I asked how to apply for a permit and how much it costs each year...to which I was told, "Well you can't get a sign permit for it, it's a truck!"
sigh..................
To top it all off, I CAN have U-Haul trucks in my front parking lot, because
U-Haul isn't our primary business, we just can't have the storage truck up front. So then I ask him how come the U-Haul Center up on the corner a block away from us CAN have their U-Haul trucks out front, since U-Haul trucks ARE their primary business. Didn't get an answer to that one. Guess it's less trouble to aggravate storage facilities then to take on U-Haul Corporate.
So anyway, my point is, those guys are definitely earning their paycheck....NOT!!!!