Man faces fines of $500 a day for front yard zombie nativity scene

[Boundegar]

Egad!!

[awesomerobot]

Though, are similar non-zombie-related nativity scenes also being held to the requirement? I imagine that’s the issue he’s bringing light to here

[WearySky]

As I said further along in the thread:

@WearySky

I’d tend to agree with you. But if this was the case, he should be able to point out any other nativity scenes in the township that also fall afoul of the same zoning codes, and you’d think he would do that, in his interview, but he doesn’t. Or he did and the news folk didn’t bother including it in their puffy “news of the weird” piece.

I can’t speak for his township specifically, but I think in general, a lot of outdoor nativity scenes that people put up are of the “buy a bunch of plastic pieces from Walmart” type, so even a bigger one likely wouldn’t involve any actual construction out of individual pieces of wood, the way that this guy’s did.

[anon67050589]

Churches usually use more substantial wooden manger sheds than the average homeowner. Do they have permits for them?

[anon68952647]

@SteampunkBanana

You should try using the internet to do your own research sometime if you think every shed built by a guy ten years ago in his spare time with no idea how much a 2x4 can hold is even remotely safe. [link]

I love watching people argue beyond the third stadard deviation.

Fist story is about a father dismatling a concrete shed and killing his daughter.
Second story was about demolishing a shed and an elderly man died.
That video is of two people building a two story ‘shed’
Second video is a guy whose shed FLOOR failed.

Sounds more like a health and safety issue from amateur demolition of old stone buildings than anything to do with 2x4s in wooded shed construction. Plus maybe some wishful thinking in what is and is not a shed.

You have not made your point well. an it is nearly concern driving trollies (think of the children!).

I am all in favor of local code, but nuisance zoning is not a thing I support as much. The nuisance of semipermanent unoccupied religious displays is between my and my neighbor, it is not for the community to fight that for me unless it is loud or causing another real safety issue.

[anon68952647]

@SteampunkBanana

I can’t get absolute safety, but if it means cranes aren’t falling on my city, firefighters aren’t burning to death, and I literally do not have to see someone else be electrocuted on a job site I’ll take a few laws.

That part where I say you were maaaaybe concern driving trollies? That was the rubicon. You definitely just passed it.

[GilbertWham]

You’re gonna have to do the paperwork and pay the bribes to get the volcano laser base. That’s just the way of the world, man. At least til you’ve got the volcano laser base anyways. Once you can nuke Rupert Murdoch from orbit, you’re pretty much good to go with whatever you like.

[anon68952647]

Here’s an idea, lets compare it to another widely accepted religious structure in the building code:

SukkahTB.pdf

[SteampunkBanana]

Or, and this is the thing, cranes have a very recent history of falling over in my city:

303 East 51st Street

At least 10 hurt after crane smashes into Midtown building

Crane Collapse - East 91st Street (NYC)

Crane Accident at One57 in Midtown

Firefighters do die when people put in PVC cabling when the HCl fumes overwhelm them.

And I have seen someone electrocuted at a job site when a steelworker climbed a ladder, put their tools down and hit a 240 volt line for an air conditioner installation that an electrician hadn’t locked off before going to lunch. It was kind of a downer. Add the friend of mine who was paralyzed when their Genie lift fell over and yeah, I have become really safety conscious to prevent stupid fucking preventable accidents that happen when people don’t follow code.

[anon68952647]

@SteampunkBanana

Or, and this is the thing, cranes have a very recent history of falling over in my city:

your black and white thinking is your own.

You can change the topic away from local fines for personal religious expressions on private property, but I think I will bring it back there for now.

[SteampunkBanana]

Or, the personal religious expression can follow all local applicable codes. Which has been my point from moment one.

[anon68952647]

@SteampunkBanana

Which has been my point from moment one.

One of them at least.

[SteampunkBanana]

Just because shaddack and I got into a discussion about the importance of local codes that the rest of you could have skipped doesn’t take away the point.

[anon68952647]

jesus tits.