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I’m holding a building permit in my hand!

Posted on October 21, 2024 by Brian Lawler

This is the latest in my posts about building a new show building. Click here to go to the beginning of the story. After straightening out the issue of the Scenic Highway and Railroad Code, I was required to sign … Continue reading →

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Permit approved and rescinded!

Posted on October 11, 2024 by Brian Lawler

This is one of a series of posts about building a new shop building. To read the first of these posts, please click here. Each has links to the next. The Grading permit corrections document arrived the next week. That … Continue reading →

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Rejection, again!

Posted on June 27, 2024 by Brian Lawler

Chapter 3 – To read from the beginning of this saga, please click here. The rejections came, and quickly! Both the grading and building permit applications were incomplete. The county planners asked for more complete soils engineering plans. I contacted … Continue reading →

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Outright rejection!

Posted on June 25, 2024 by Brian Lawler

In the first installment of this story, I introduced my new shop building, and introduced you to the County Planning Department. They looked at my initial set of plans and threw them back at me. Too big, they said. I … Continue reading →

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I’m building a new shop!

Posted on June 23, 2024 by Brian Lawler

I have had a fabulous workshop in my friend Jim’s barn for the past 18 years. It’s the best workshop on earth, and I have enjoyed making things there. It has all of my tools in it, and it has … Continue reading →

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