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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What would happen if the homeowner were to choose to file one type of application, say for a special permit, but the board finds that a different type of application would be more appropriate? Can the board send it back to the homeowner saying, sorry you’ll need to re-file with a different application?

Can the homeowner go to the board in advance and ask for clarification on what type of request is most appropriate for a particular situation?
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I'm in an adjacent county and yes. We were able to talk directly with knowledgeable people about what permits needed pulled and what we needed to do. We were doing our own basement renovation. At every step of the way, they inspected before we moved on to the next step. We had so many permits. It appears the homeowner didn't do any of this though. [/quote]

The homeowner certainly made a couple big mistakes, but I don't think I've seen any credible claims that the homeowner failed to obtain permits or that the builder proceeded without inspections. You'd expect the county to inspect the foundation, but they wouldn't have necessarily noticed anything at that point. The main next inspection point isn't until after framing, which they were still doing. It seems like the public attention got them to do an out-of-cycle inspection, hence the various framing related issues in the report.

The report referenced a survey from a private surveyor. I don't know if the county ordered that or if it came from the neighbor. That might have been the impetus for the county to do their inspection when they did.[/quote]

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