aftCG wrote:

whee wrote:I think the county policy of “it is prohibited unless specifically allowed” is a lot more common than people think. The county I live in has this policy and so do many of the neighboring counties. Finding that out pretty much put an end to my search for property I could put a strip on.

So what do they charge you with? Doing something there isn't an ordnance for?

Sounds like the “Rebuttable Presumption of Guilt" built into several wildlife and land use regulations in Federal and State rules. The first time I heard the words was in an obscure comment by a former POTUS. It's amazing how something that's actually educational sometimes creeps into a recorded interview.

Zzz wrote:Colorado is also the state that has banned seaplane operations on all public waters, IIRC.

We're gradually getting that removed. I'm just one of the volunteers who help out occasionally. The real efforts are being honchoed by Ray Hawkins, who leads the Colorado Seaplanes Initiative. So far, we have two seaplane bases, at Lake Meredith near Ordway, and at Kenney Reservoir near Rangely. We've had annual splash-ins at each for the last few years.

The problem has been that the state Division of Wildlife, which has authority over state water uses, has prohibited seaplanes for various reasons, first alleging safety issues but most recently focusing on invasive species. The lakes and reservoirs on federal lands have followed suit so as to not create a hassle between the feds and the state. But both Meredith and Kenney aren't owned by the state, and the counties that own them aren't inclined to bow to pressure from the state (which frankly I think is cool, that they'll stand up against the state bureaucrats).

More and more of the legislators are agreeing with the Colorado Seaplane Initiative efforts, so maybe one of these days, enough will agree and the legislature will pass the necessary statutes to overcome the ban. Meanwhile, the costs of continuing the fight are mounting, so if anyone is of a mind to help out, contributions can be made: https://secure.anedot.com/seaplanes/donate.

Cary

HOA’s aren’t happy until you aren’t happy. They are solutions looking for problems. I’ve got a friend who lives in a $1.3M home and can’t leave his Denali pickup outside. But he can have a rusty old plumbers van outside. That’s ok. But not the new $70,000 truck. What a shame.

I work a lot in high dollar new developments, half mil and up homes, and at the end of the day, when I get back to my funky rural area, where my worst view is ten times better then their best view, I thank my lucky stars!

I've long had an idea I need to pitch to a reality TV show writer: the plot would be a new family moves into one of these squeaky clean, spick and span upper class subdivisions, and at first all is good. Then gradually, things start going to hell. A flat tire on a pickup truck parked in front for a few days, an unmowed lawn, trash left out, just gradually ramp it up. Then the teen age daughter (think a young Julliette Lewis) gets knocked up, and sits outside on the porch, drinking beer and smoking cigarettes, in between entertaining a succession of scruffy looking boyfriends with loud trucks and motorcycles. At some point, when things are pushed as far as possible, the neighbors are all let in on the joke, they've been pranked. I think it could be a hit show. I suppose a Maule could be worked into the plot.