The Sometimes Silly Government Regulations On Building

Sometimes municipal planners, while having good intentions I think, are likely to miss the boat. At least that is my opinion. The weird facade on the warehouse below was certainly not what the builder wanted to do. This was a good-sized furniture warehouse in my community. It is in a neighborhood that is largely retail, with a few residences mixed in. The city decided it was fine to build the warehouse, but the side that faced two rental houses had to be camouflaged to "protect" the neighborhood.

Well, if you are outside at at night, and cannot see too well to begin with this phony facade might fool you. Probably it will not however. There are no residents and there are never any lights. You see, it is dark 24/7.  Everything you see is a grand illusion -- exterior stuff stuck on the building. The doors go nowhere, they do not even open, the windows look into the black. There are three fantasy residences here; I have taken photos of the two end units. You can see parts of the center unit hiding behind the trees in the top two photos.

The bottom photo is the "working" side of the same warehouse. Had the city simply demanded that the backside have no entry or exit, as is the case now anyway, it would have probably looked at least as good and not so silly. People who see the "residential" side of the building shake their heads and say "what a joke."

I do not oppose government regulations, and planning is important, but sometimes the rules they come up with or the gauntlet they decide to lay down is so poorly conceived that it results in a waste of our resources and time.

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