[parent5446]

This kind of thing absolutely flys in bureaucracy. I guarantee your local bodega either doesn't have a sidewalk license (if they have stuff on the sidewalk of course) or only got it when the city cited them and forced their hand.

And as I said before, she thought she had permission. The government was literally funding and endorsing the project. It's just that not the right part of the government was involved, which is the classic example of excessive red tape.

[bdhess]

There’s a difference between performing a licensed activity without a license, and performing an activity that’s not licenseable.

As to the red tape argument, you’re sort of implying that every niche of a massive bureaucracy ought to be familiar with every other niche. That’s simply impossible at scale.

[parent5446]

Precisely, it isn't scalable at all. That's why they should get rid of the niche.

[oliwarner]

You're worrying about the wrong scale there.

The prescribed nature of permits means they know exactly what they have to factor into their planning decisions. It means vending machines and coin operated rides all meet certain specs, and that allows for speedy turnaround.

Open it up and you have to spend extra time classifying what you're allowing for before you can decide if it's allowable.