Going completely off the grid is nearly impossible...Most communities/cities/counties require that you have your home hooked up to an available power grid in your area...

 

FLORIDA MAKES OFF-GRID LIVING ILLEGAL – MANDATES ALL HOMES MUST BE CONNECTED TO ELECTRICITY & WATER GRID

http://www.collective-evolution.com/2014...city-grid/

 

<p style="font-size:16px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:georgia, 'times new roman', serif;">"It appears that yet again, the government wants to regulate how we can and to what extent we can exercise our freedoms.

<p style="font-size:16px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:georgia, 'times new roman', serif;">Here are a few states which have laws concerning living off the grid.

<p style="font-size:16px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:georgia, 'times new roman', serif;"><b>Florida</b>

<p style="font-size:16px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:georgia, 'times new roman', serif;">If you are planning on going off the grid in Florida, you may want to reconsider.

<p style="font-size:16px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:georgia, 'times new roman', serif;">The courts have ruled that living off the grid is a violation of the International Property Maintenance code"

<p style="font-size:16px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:georgia, 'times new roman', serif;">"Although all the stipulations in the code do not specifically address off the grid living, this has not stopped the courts from fining residences or from jailing certain individuals (such as Speronis) who have gone off the grid.

<p style="font-size:16px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:georgia, 'times new roman', serif;">The governing factor in their “legitimacy” of the legislation is that the residences have to have sustainable water and electricity.

<p style="font-size:16px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:georgia, 'times new roman', serif;">Where the residences have solar power and collect rainwater, the government has not deemed this as an adequate form of either.

<p style="font-size:16px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:georgia, 'times new roman', serif;"><b>North Carolina (and almost every other state)</b>

<p style="font-size:16px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:georgia, 'times new roman', serif;">Those which are trying to create off grid homes from materials which are not commercially based may find that the local authorities will not be too happy about it.

<p style="font-size:16px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:georgia, 'times new roman', serif;">In fact, you are very likely to get a citation and criminal charges for building a structure that “endangers the lives of others”, “building a structure without a license”, or “constructing a building without obtaining the proper permits and meeting the regulated codes”.

<p style="font-size:16px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:georgia, 'times new roman', serif;">In one such instance, a man who dedicated his life to showing and preserving the way of native Americans was faced with criminal charges because (after having the buildings inspected and shown to be “above code”) he did not follow the modern building codes." Although all the stipulations in the code do not specifically address off the grid living, this has not stopped the courts from fining residences or from jailing certain individuals (such as Speronis) who have gone off the grid.

<p style="font-size:16px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:georgia, 'times new roman', serif;">The governing factor in their “legitimacy” of the legislation is that the residences have to have sustainable water and electricity.

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<p style="font-size:16px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:georgia, 'times new roman', serif;"><b>Other Blanketed Law violations</b>

<p style="font-size:16px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:georgia, 'times new roman', serif;">These are just a few of the states which have implemented direct strategies against those which are living off the grid.

<p style="font-size:16px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:georgia, 'times new roman', serif;">As more and more states will see a decline in the industrial sectors (because they cannot comply with the new “green” legislation) those which are living off the grid will be held responsible and taxed.

<p style="font-size:16px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:georgia, 'times new roman', serif;">Fines, legislation, and hostilities to those living off the grid are apt to include:

• Child Endangerment
  
• Condemning of the property as being unsafe
  
• Fines for having untreated waste on the property
  
• Building and Zoning fines
  
• Building without a permit
  
• Stealing water
  
• Stealing electricity and other resources
  
• Cruelty to animals
  
• Operating a business without a license (if you sell any of your goods).
  
• Unlawful disposal of hazardous materials
  
• If you use fertilizer then you may have the FEDs say you are a threat to Homeland Security"
  

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