Your experience with neighbors during the permitting process?
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Anonymous
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We are about to embark on the Byzantine DC permitting process (we're Capitol Hill historic district) . . . our architect has drawn up some preliminary plans for a small addition on the back of our house, and has suggested that we speak to our immediate neighbors to feel out their support/opposition. Any tips for this? How have things gone for you in the permit process? If your neighbor has opposed your plan, did the BZA/other grant you a permit anyway?
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Anonymous
| Not in DC but in Montgomery County (which is a huge pain about permits). We didn't ask our neighbors for their input or okay of our project. We just let them know we were going to do the addition and kind of apologized in advance about the possible noise and contruction worker traffic that would be occurring over the next 4 months. |
Anonymous
Unless you are a part of some HOA master planned community, I don't know if you are required to get permissions from neighbors before submitting for a permit. You just take your plans and docs to the permit office and if you get approved, you just post your papers on the window to be visible. You should notify your neighbors out of being polite, warning them about the work and noise as this will inconvenience their lives, if you can accommodate any of their requests like about the time of the day they want it to be quiet for specific reasons, then it's between you and them. But as far as what you do with your private property and what addition your build, they don't get to vote. |