Actually the moritorium that was passed was on new building or mobile home construction nothing said about renovating existing structures, that I have seen.     I could be wrong, but if you wanted, I am sure we could find the exact ordinances passed, somewhere, but from everything I have read.. over and over and over, it is only a very few people who try to say that he was then incapable of putting plumbing in. Most say that it was in an effort to keep him from expanding, while they figured out what to do, moving forward.  Moratoriums on construction don't apply to just new buildings ('buildings' doesn't mean the object, but rather the act of building something), they apply to additions as well unless explicitly stated. It is however reported that the woman staying with Cobb received a permit to put in sewage, and has it scheduled to be done within the next 6 months, just a contract for the job hasn't been signed yet...which is no surprise considering the man who has to sign it is in jail. And here's the catch, you actually need a special 'moratorium permit' when a moratorium is in effect. Permits usually last for some months but a regular permit is not valid during a moratorium. Mmmm that e-lawyering goodness ;) Seems more like a necessity to get to the truth though.     All of this, and they still want to bulldoze the place well before they can get sewer service in, and even admit to wanting it bulldozed well before the deadline. All things aside, 30 days to get sewage installed is in and of itself, an unreasonable allotment of time, since you're often working on the companies schedule. Especially considering they've shown effort to comply, the typical response would be extending the deadline. From every angle it looks rotten and is clearly harassment.     It really doesn't matter if Cobb had the money to do it or not though, they essentially created a law that targeted and told him to spend possibly tens of thousands of dollars within 30 days or else Having the money doesn't make the request reasonable. Doesn't sound reasonable to me, especially if you consider that there's usually a grandfather clause of some sort that at least allows for more slack. There's nothing about what they're doing to Cobb that can be considered above board, it's all just designed to appear above board when in reality it's a gross abuse of the law used to target and victimize.    I wonder......how is the city of leith treating other people who also don't have sewage installed in a building. Are they ignoring them completely? Are they giving them more slack? There's gotta be at least one other person.