Kansas Boy Forced to Remove Little Free Library From His Yard

[Instructor]

https://gma.yahoo.com/kansas-boy-fo...-174007353--abc-news-house-and-home.html?vp=1

Spencer Collins, 9, loves to read. The idea of sharing his love of books with his neighbors thrills him. So with the help of his parents, he set up a Little Free Library in their yard in Leawood, Kansas.
But the town of Leawood decided the birdhouse-sized library was an illegal structure and the family was ordered to remove it.
The family moved the Little Free Library into their garage. But they are looking to take the issue with City Hall, reported ABC affiliate KMBC.
The little library, which was made by the boy’s grandfather, was capable of holding a few books. Like the Little Free Libraries across the country, it had a “take a book, leave a book” note taped on its door. The bookshelf sat next to a bench on the family's front yard, which was intended to provide a spot for readers to enjoy their books.
"When we got home from vacation, there was a letter from the city of Leawood saying that it was in code violation and it needed to be down by the 19th or we would receive a citation," Spencer's mother, Sarah Collins told KMBC.

 

[oftheherd1]

That's going to be interesting. Without more specifics about the size, Chap a4-208-7 may provide an exemption to needing a building permit, since among other things it is non-fixed and movable. It is possible that it fits the exemption of Chap 5-119, of Leawoods building code that no license was needed to run that, so no violation there. Authorized or not, there is a structure there, so now Chap 4-209(b) must be complied with as to a permit for destruction (or maybe not since it apparently has just been moved). That will require proof of rat control 10 days prior to demolition, proof of erosion control, and an asbestos inspection, among other things.

I wonder who was the mental giant who issued the code violation? :boing1:

 

[Instructor]

If one finds themselves doing everything by the book, they are probably reading the wrong books.