Fremont (California) cracks down on haunted house

[ysengrin]

"We didn't think that having a haunted house in your backyard is illegal."

It was to have been their sixth year of the home-based haunt, but I can see how a 12-room, 1500 square foot temporary wooden structure would give the fire marshal a fit ...

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[bloodwolves.livejournal.com]

I did volunteer work at the candlelight ghost house years ago.

[aeto.livejournal.com]

Yeah... I really wanted to kind of be in favor of the owner, thinking the city was being a jerk, but when I read "That includes getting fire extinguishers and emergency exit signs, maybe even smoke detectors," they lost all sympathy. "Maybe even smoke detectors?!?" If THAT is a major expense for something like this, I hate to think of what other safety issues there might be.

[graafen]

Yeeaaaaahhh. A big temporary wooden structure of that size with no permit and lack of safety? I can see why the city clamped down on that.