On Mon, 6 Nov 2000, David Honig wrote:
At 02:13 AM 11/6/00 -0500, Tim May wrote:
I just can't think of anything the law requires me to have in my house. As it should be.
* running water
There's no law in Texas that requires me to use any of the city utilities. There are other laws that limit my options however with respect to alternatives.
* N toilets per hectare
You mean I need to have a toilet in my barn? Man are my cows going to be happy or what... Here in Texas it has to be a domicile or a place of business to be required to have toilets. And if the building doesn't have them then it's usualy grandfathered (at least until the next time you need a building permit to do a mod).
* electricity
Nada, call your electric company. Ask them what happens if you turn off the electricity where you live? Nothing.
* walls, stairs, floors made to certain state minima (standards)
Of course you can avoid this by living outside a city. Generaly the county building codes are not very restrictive. The strict city codes generaly come from bad experiences like Mrs. Oleary's cow (though it really wasn't the cow's fault). ____________________________________________________________________ He is able who thinks he is able. Buddha The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage@ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------