A morning at the City Hall

Second floor, City Hall, 9:15 am “Hi, I’d like to apply for the excavation permit. Can you verify if the locations are on City’s property?” “Well, if the locations are on private property, then you don’t need a permit.” “Yes, I understand that. Are those locations under City’s jurisdiction?” (showing the aerial photo with proposed boring locations) “Well, you tell me.” “err……err……” “If the locations are on private property, then you don’t need a permit……” “err……err……Is there a map or something that I can look it up?” “You might want to talk to the Real Estate Dept. on 4th Fl.” “Oh, thanks!” Fourth floor, City Hall, 9:45 am “Hi, we’d like to find out whether our boring locations are on City’s property” “Do you have the street number?” “Actually, it’s on city street.” “Do you have the APN numbers?” “err……no……” “Sorry, we don’t have the mechanism to find out whose property if you don’t have those information.” “err……ok……thanks……” An hour at the City Hall, what have I learned?? NOTHING!!……%*^&%)(*&^%(&$……damn…