Last week, bylaw officers posted red and yellow signs on Teegee’s door warning that the structure is illegal. Both the stop-work and do-not-occupy notice warn that further construction is illegal without authorization from the city — though both the mayor and a city spokesperson say there are no current plans to enforce this.

Either way, Teegee says she has no plans to move out of her newly built tiny home and the people building them say they have no plans to stop.

  • SamuelRJankis@lemmy.worldEnglish
    14·
    2 years ago

    Why the notices were put up even though they’re not going to be enforced.

    However, Yu says the city needed to issue the stop-work and do-not-occupy notices in order to protect themselves from liability in case of an accident, injury, or death as a result of the construction, since the encampment sits on city property.

    • Cruxifux@lemmy.world
      8·
      2 years ago

      That’s an important piece of information that’s left out of the title. This is why you always read the article.

      • TSG_Asmodeus (he, him)@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
        3·
        2 years ago

        Both the stop-work and do-not-occupy notice warn that further construction is illegal without authorization from the city — though both the mayor and a city spokesperson say there are no current plans to enforce this.

        True, and I did put this in the linked body text:

        Both the stop-work and do-not-occupy notice warn that further construction is illegal without authorization from the city — though both the mayor and a city spokesperson say there are no current plans to enforce this.