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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think the last few posters are all saying the same thing. Erroneous plans (even mistakenly approved) leads to a build that cannot take place. If you can only discover that once you are building or inspecting, even more of a reason to make sure your plans are error free. This is on the homebuilder. It has to be. Otherwise, as others have said, there is an incentive to submit false plans that the county has no way of verifying, and then building as fast as possible and hope you don't get caught. The country does not want that, nor do its taxpaying citizens. [/quote]

It is on the homeowner. They're paying for this. But that isn't reason to deny some of the potential paths that would allow the homeowner to remedy the situation in a practical manner with minimal impact to others.

The error already happened. Yes, it would have been better to avoid it in the first place, but we can't go back in time. What the homeowner is going through now already provides sufficient deterrence against mistakes and fraud. It is not necessary or reasonable to effectively punish a 6 inch mistake with a $100k+ penalty.[/quote]

The financial costs of this to the owner do not meet the standards of undue hardship under Virginia statute. This is a self created issue. They are 100% at fault. Had they exercised proper care in developing and executing their plans, they would not be in this situation.[/quote]

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