1/ Had a couple of insights re the setback issue. Remember when I asked the building department guy Chip if the setbacks were X or Y, and he shouted X! and then ... re-measured himself and verified that they were? And sent a registered letter saying that he'd measured them?
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4/ Neighbor Gil chose to set his barn 32' back from road. i.e. - I THINK - from the asphalt. i.e. 30 feet and 0 inches back from the property line. Plus or minus an inch or two. For all I know, he may have his barn 29 feet and 11 inches from the boundary.
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5/ Laser "tape measure" arrived the other day. Will go measure foundation when neighbor is at work on Monday. >>>
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6/ I think my presentation is going to be: "Building department said that section 3.4 applies, when it does not, because a barn is not a house, as per building department's own regs Building department says 3.4 setbacks are 30 feet, but they are not, as per a text of 3.4 >
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7/ Building department scheduled this meeting 35 days after my submission, which is illegal, as per state law. Building department did surveying, despite not being a licensed surveyor. Building department surveyed from edge of asphalt, not from edge of property. In short: >
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8/ absolutely every thing that the building department has done has been a total cock up." Also >
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9/ Have a neighbor who moved in 2 years ago. Tied for nicest house on the street. He cares about property values. I was the first to welcome him to the neighborhood 2 years ago, brought him some beers, some farm meet, had him over for coffee. Stopped by today, explained
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10/ him, his wife, his daughters: "yeah, we've driven past and seen that foundation and thought 'there's no way that's legal; this is going to be terrible' " so, you'll help me fight it? "hell yeah!"
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11/ There was calculus and nuance and consideration of tradeoffs before he and a neighbor yelled at me for 20 minutes. NOW, IN THE GRIM DARK FUTURE OF 2018, THERE IS ONLY WAR. https://twitter.com/BrowningMachine/status/1061382158592413697 …
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