November 11, 2005
The Permit Police
I have no idea whether or not the general contractor we hired to put walls back in the house has the proper permits, nor do I care.
Some Jefferson repairs jumping the gun
Jefferson Parish and Kenner are cracking down on people who are repairing their homes but are refusing to endure what sometimes can be long waits to get building permits.
Inspectors are riding the streets in unincorporated Jefferson and in the city of Kenner and will issue citations to people without permits or make them comply after the fact, code enforcement officials in both governments said.
They ought to open up an office at Aaron Broussard's house to help ease the long permit lines, since he's responsible for the majority of flood damage in East Jefferson.
I'm trying to figure out this graf, though:
Kenner cut permit fees in half, while Jefferson Parish is charging the same price for permits as it did before Hurricane Katrina. Permits are required for repairs such as wallboard, electrical and plumbing work.
I really hope this doesn't mean that someone in parish government contemplated charging more for a permit now, as opposed to pre-storm. But then again, the parish has more expenses now, like all those ads in Da Paper Broussard took out to try to salvage his political career.