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[quote=Anonymous]I loved [url=https://www.reddit.com/r/baltimore/comments/b8hraj/im_having_trouble_getting_permit_for_rooftop_deck/]this Reddit post[/url] where someone was curious how many books they need to buy to get their deck permit approved. Someone did the math.

[quote]So by this logic, if we're working of the Kaiser model, we have (20,000 books/$48,000,000 contract) = $2,400 contract dollars per $5 book (the going UMMS rate, Kaiser actually paid ~$5.70 per book).

We're also assuming that each book ordered equals a book delivered, which we know not to be the case. Of the 100,000 books ordered by UMMS, she only delivered around 80,000 books. This means that the actual going rate of a book may be as high as $6.25.

That said, if you order 5 books at $5 a pop to cover the permitting costs of a $12,000 deck and your biggest issue is that you didn't receive your 5th Healthy Holly book, you're doing it wrong.

Plus, your permit shouldn't cost the city anything other than the labor costs of reviewing it, so the cost to the city would be very very low, unless you're contracting the city to do the entire construction project. So if you buy $25 worth of Healthy Holly books, the City should not only permit but also construct your $12,000 deck.

The permitting alone should be all set if you just buy roughly 1-2 pages of 1 healthy holly book.[/quote][/quote]

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