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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Curious how it’s doing this morning?[/quote]

What do you mean?[/quote]

The nasty wind and such. Just curious how the structure is holding.[/quote]

If you're concerned about that, tell the county to release the stop-work-order and let them finish the sheeting. They'd still need to pass the structural inspection before doing the insulation and drywall. The problem is that political pressure caused the county to come out while they were still framing.[/quote]

Um, the county can’t release the stop-work order because it appears that the building foundation was placed over the setback line. They need to complete their investigation into this deviation from the permit first.

It wouldn’t make sense to allow the building process to continue if there is a possibility that serious changes will need to be made to the structure to bring it into compliance. It wouldn’t be fair to the homeowners to allow them to spend more money which they could end up possibly losing. 
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It's 6 inches. They've always approved these. Even the article referenced earlier suggested this was perfuctory.[/quote]

What’s the process for approving deviations from what was stated in the permit application? Has that process taken place? If not, the construction cannot proceed until there is some sort of decision by the county.

We’ve had some setback problems in my neighborhood with sheds, and there were no permits issued originally. The homeowners on the same block all received notifications that there was a hearing and were encouraged to voice their opinions. In the one on my block, one neighbor spoke against allowing the setback violation but the others were all fine with it, so it was allowed. 
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