Sentence examples for expensive permits from inspiring English sources

Car ownership is also banned, unless you purchase one of a set number of expensive permits first.

Legally moving plants such as Nymphaea thermarum, which are extinct in the wild, requires a lot of bureaucratic legwork and expensive permits under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (Cites).

— Vincenzo Russo, a fisherman here for 35 years, used to fish as many days as he wanted, but federal regulations now require him to secure expensive permits — up to $500,000 — if he wants to fish more than 73 days a year.

Just days after completing construction, the Israeli-controlled municipality issued Iyad a demolition order for his "illegally" constructed home, built without one of the expensive permits issued by the same set of authorities.

A local kingmaker had used political connections and bribes to avoid cumbersome and expensive permit processes.

In Europe, several power companies are building new coal-fired plants, even though every tonne of carbon dioxide that they emit will require an expensive permit.

Barry Lefkowitz, a lobbyist for limousine owners, said that in many states, local taxi commissions ban limousines from transporting passengers over state lines without an expensive permit.

Meanwhile, Erie, 12 miles north of Broomfield, has some of the most expensive permit fees in the state, but installers praise it for allowing permit packages to be submitted by e-mail.

A three-decade-old ordinance forbids San Francisco property owners from renting out a private residence for fewer than 30 days without acquiring an expensive permit to convert the property to tourist use.

In San Francisco, where all short-term residential rentals – be it a room or an entire property – are banned without applying for an expensive permit, some tenants who have used Airbnb to rent their apartment have been given notices of eviction.

Nyungwe National Park, rich in fauna and wildlife, is also a good alternative for those who cannot afford the expensive $750 permits needed to visit Volcanoes National Park in the country's northeast, where the mountain gorillas live.