They are actually trying to criminalize people helping other individuals on zoning and development applications. Surveyors actually were against this change in the “rules”.
Looks like Judge dismissed this charge:
A $1,000 fine for company that has been in business for ten years and produced 40,000 site plans is not at all criminalizing regular people from drawing maps. Nor is drawing speech, it is drawing.
Obviously this isn’t a surveying company but something like this would generally be considered an architectural service to be producing site plans for permitting, and he should have an architect’s license to be doing this professionally.
@Bahri
Did you watch the video?! Criminalizing regular people was not the subject.
Glad the case was closed but this is an infringement without notice of any licensing needed.
Yeah I did watch the video, opened with “Have YOU drawn a map? In California, that may make YOU a criminal!” nonsense.
NOT nonsense, but the SENSE is you’re trying to start a fight. No thanks.
No, I’m definitely not trying to start a fight, never mind.
Okay, I’ll nevermind.
Thanks sorry if I came across as rude wasn’t trying to start an argument, but there is a lot to talk about for this one.
Getting building plans approved can be very difficult, in my county I have heard people describe the county office people as both dementors and vampires.
To get a license to practice architecture is very expensive, not sure if I’ll ever do this but that is my plan right now to go back to university for three years of grad school and then one or two years to finish all the licensing requirements to be an architect.
This company’s service could be seen as undercutting licensed architectural offices, but they do state clearly their service is only to provide plans when an architect/surveyor/engineer stamp isn’t required by a building department office.
It’s all good, no problem.