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Re:Things that are illegal to build in most American cities now by foobiekr on Tuesday December 10, 2019 @06:19PM (#21757910)
A friend is remodeling (drastically) their house in Mountain View. Some of the code stuff seems crazy. Bathrooms must have motion sensor and humidity sensor enabled fans? Bathroom lights must be motion sensor enabled?

I’m sure there’s something driving all of this that has some basis in a real concern (similar to sprinkler systems and networked smoke detectors) but it seems like the complex and higher cost code-driven housing requirements is basically unbounded.

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Re:Things that are illegal to build in most American cities now by Aeolun on Tuesday December 10, 2019 @07:30PM (#21758330)
Why do I want a motion sensor in my bathroom? Every time I find a house where that is the case I have to keep waving my arms about when having a dump :(
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Re:Things that are illegal to build in most American cities now by 9HZZRfNlpR on Tuesday December 10, 2019 @08:49PM (#21758822)
While this stuff can be cheap, it sounds insane. I understand that it can vary from state to state but American building code and zoning sounds so over regulated to European countries. I wonder why there isn't more pushback from people since Americans tend to prefer liberties and freedom.
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Re:Things that are illegal to build in most American cities now by philsnow on Tuesday December 10, 2019 @07:46PM (#21758429)
That and practically disallowing the sale of incandescent light fixtures. It's all typical California insanity. You don't have to deal with that in a lot of other parts of the country.
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Re:Things that are illegal to build in most American cities now by tstrimple on Wednesday December 11, 2019 @12:06PM (#21764418)
LED and CFL lights use the same fixtures as incandescent which are not banned in California. In my experience, the number of people spreading FUD about California far exceeds the craziness coming from the state itself.
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