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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You're free to argue all you want that this is a self-inflicted hardship. Maybe a court would agree, but it isn't as clear cut as you seem to think. It also isn't likely to be an issue, because even self-inflicted hardships don't bar special permits.[/quote]

Anyone can argue whatever they want, but the facts are the facts. The county has the plans that were submitted that show that the homeowner included an 8.5 foot setback. Now a part of the wall goes over the setback. Something went wrong at some point, but the county did not approve a wall that is in part over the setback line. 
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No one disputes that. But that isn't the issue being discussed.[/quote]

That is exactly what is being discussed here. And at least one person keeps disputing it. 
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There's no great mystery. They obviously measured to the wrong spot when they made the plans.[/quote]

The plans show distance from the property line. It looks like the homeowner measured from the fence, not the property line, when the foundation was being poured. So the homeowner measured from a different line than the line that was on the plans. The county approved distance from the property line, not the distance from the fence, the line the homeowner apparently used by mistake. 
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That's not how it works. The reference point when you lay out the foundation is going to be the house, not the fence. You sound ridiculous.[/quote]

The setback is the distance from the wall to the property line. The property line is the reference for the setback- the wall needs to be a minimum of 8 feet from the property line. A post many pages back noted that the homeowner was under the impression that the property line was the same as the fence line and that is how the the wall ended up being over the setback, ie, a little over 7.5 feet from the property line, not the 8.5 feet that the plans submitted showed. 
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Right. That's a mistake in the measurement in the plans, not a mistake in the placement of the foundation.

I think you forgot what you had been trying to argue.[/quote]

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