Cease and desist living?, property owners warning Options

[Denise]

Just when I think things can't get any worse, the county comes and messes with us. They are telling us that we need to cease and desist living on our property (after being here over 7 years) because we are using an outhouse. If we had the money to buy a well then put a septic tank in we would!! As of the 31st, they are charging us $50.00 a day if we remain on our property. No where to go so they have a fight on their hands. I don't take kindly to being told that I am health hazard and a nuisance to the community. Court date is set for July 11th.

Pretty sad world we live in when the officials try to make property owners homeless!!

[CP]

OWTS permits and systems is just one small part of what they claim we need permits for but the only one that they've tagged as a "health hazard" or an "illegal dumping on the property" as they accused. Neither of which are true....in fact it's quite the opposite but their complete lack of knowledge and pure predetermined outcome of what they want (too bad they aren't the land owner here! - FUCK EM! ) is all they are trained to shoot for and work towards. Poor little monkeys!
My plan is too logically show or compare any other legal and normally used disposal practice concerning actual "sewage/human waste-excrement in water effluent"....it's not rocket science and really quite simple.
Other than the waste water illegal dumping/health hazard mentioned on the pink slips, the rest of them are all attempts to force the purchase of permits not needed by us at this time! As well as force us off of or out of our "occupancy of the property"!

We aren't wondering or worried about any type of grand father clause timeline nor variances at the county level either. Looking for the easier answer to me is obvious, the county needs to do their job and that is not suppose to involve violating land owners rights, we (I) don't pay my taxes (THEIR WAGES) so they can do that!
This is purely about our right to occupy land we own vs being "regulated" off of it, or restricted from using (also an occupation-our belongings on land-just everything we own) by county regulation (county code), or intimidated into panic because they've "threatened" us with "possible" fines imposed in the future. County codes are not law and can not regulate our rights away! I also know the county planning and zoning department of any county can not "impose fines"....courts "impose fines".
So that is just another threat or tactic to intimidate (cause panic) citizens from using their properties.
edited line -- also threats to impose fines so we feel "obligated" to buy permits is and should be illegal.....IF I CAN'T PAY FOR THE PERMIT NOR THE PROJECT THEN THE COUNTY CERTAINLY CAN NOT FORCE ME TO BUY THE PERMITS FOR IT YET!!

I've read and downloaded the 86 page PDF from the state health dept website if anyone is interested in what the state health dept says is actually safe for "human waste/sewage" disposal on your own property. Feel free to click on the PDF download below to read it for your selves, like has been said so many times before.....more folks need to know more about this because the county officials sure DON'T OR WON'T SAY THEY DO OUT LOUD TO US!
We (all citizens/land owners) have the right to occupy land you own......dry hole pit privy's (outhouses) are NOT A HEALTH HAZARD TO THE PUBLIC OR THIS PROPERTY!

And just for an interesting thought/tid bit or observation of comparison on this discussion.....Logically comparing anyone who's on grid as we say....in town on sewer services provided.....WHAT HAPPENS TO THE POOP/SOLIDS PULLED OUT OF THE WATER (DEWATERED) IN THE SEWAGE PLANT?

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