On Mon, 06 Jul 2015 05:18:27 -0700, pyotr filipivich
wrote:

Larry Jaques on Mon, 06 Jul 2015
04:30:20 -0700 typed in rec.crafts.metalworking the following:
I've a friend who does civil engineering. "No, you cannot have a
deck there. But we can install a 'wildlife observation platform'
there."

So, for only $1k in engineering fees, one can put their deck there
anyway? Such a treat!

But it is now Offical, Approved by The County - and not "a deck".

I was told that I couldn't cut a 1' diameter hole in a lawn and plant
a tree; that's landscaping. But I can replant one in an existing hole
or redo existing flower beds. I can even spread bark!

Ah, remidns me of his story of how, No, you can't tear down
grandpas lakeside cabin and rebuild. How ever, we can do a remodel,
which will, o course, require some foundation "repairs", and of course
bringing the rest up to code, in the course of fixing it...

--
pyotr filipivich
"With Age comes Wisdom. Although more often, Age travels alone."

Like the chap down the street bought a tiny corner lot with an
existing concrete block structure built on the side property line
(years before the street was constructed) decided he needed to do
foundation repairs to all four corners then the areas in between. took
the walls down block by block and re-built with the same blocks only
less professional looking. The structure is now occupied but is still
an eyesore!
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Gerry :-)}
London,Canada