[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.