OT:Busted by the city for my workshop :(, no permits......no plans.... Options

[Trekkor]

Will hang sheetrock for bearings. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol2.gif)

KT

[Mueller]

Will hang sheetrock for bearings.

the wife wants to remodel my bathroom, we might be "talking" soon (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

still not sure what we'll do for her bathroom, but I've been eyeing these really cool blue tiles for my floor

[Joe Bob]

OH>>>>PUHLLLLLLLEEEEZZZZEEE, today I had the the electrical service go from 100 amp to 200.....I'm up in the garage....hiding from the wife....power goes off.....freaking kids....summer school ended yesterday....wanna go go BOWLING....WTF?

I'm welding on Frankensteen......like I have a deadline dude....I HAVE to have thIS rat RUNNING......

Christ I'm in the middle of speel check and drinking beer and l.....my.....shit where was I ?


OK....brain freeze....I had the oh hellll...what was I bitching about.......?


Oh yeah.......I can't even go to bed cause all the kids are on the couches....I'm trapped in the garage.....I can polish wheels, watch the Olympics, wait until the guys show up at 7am.....arrgghhhh.....stoopid DOGS all have ring worm......hmmmmm, bad time to quit my Heroin addiction........

Fuck....Jay Leno is over.....Shoot me NOW....

[markb]

And people wonder why I like graveyard shifts..... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wacko.gif)

[Joe Bob]

I'm eating Rocky Road Icecream ouuta da box..... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)

[Mr.C]

........and your avatar needs a new sports bra! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ohmy.gif)

[Mueller]

yipppeeeeee..... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/boldblue.gif)

city inspector just left, signed off on the workshop....tested a few outlets to ensure the GFI tripped and away he went...now to install the insulation and sheetrock and then move my equipment into the shop..... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mueba.gif)

[fiid]

congratulations dude!!!
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[hargray2]

I got a permit when I built my shop 3 yrs ago. What a fuckin waste of time and money
$85 bucks!! I posted the permit at the site and the first thunderstorm we had claimed it.

Had the slab poured--no inspector.
The shop went up--no inspector.
I did my own electrical--no inspector.

6 months later there's a "construction completed" document and the fucker signed off on it stuck in the door. What a joke.

I don't mind electrical, but I will never touch insulation or drywall again. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ar15.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wacko.gif)

[redshift]

I have at times, had a problem with loud rap music interupting my sleep.. say around 3am, so I bring out the big ammo once a year, when I get so pissed off I could spit blood.

200 watts of British tube amp trumps any old thing they can come up with, and everyone loves the Star Spangled Banner.



M

[Brad Smith]

I have at times, had a problem with loud rap music interupting my sleep.. say around 3am, so I bring out the big ammo once a year, when I get so pissed off I could spit blood.

200 watts of British tube amp trumps any old thing they can come up with, and everyone loves the Star Spangled Banner.



M

Hmm... guitars are great revenge... but with my bass I could (and have) knock the pictures off the walls in the apartment next to me. (Long ago, when I lived in an apartment that is.) "You like loud bass? I'll SHOW you loud bass!" (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ar15.gif)

Brad

[Trekkor]

waste of time and money
$85 bucks!!

What a joke.

$85 is nothing, compared to a red tag or stop work notice.
Tearing out work to comply is a huge bummer.

No matter how you feel about the whole process, it is the law and this is how your city generates revenue and acceses property values and taxes.

I play by the rules. That's why construction is expensive.

KT

[neo914-6]

Mike,
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And your car too!
Felix

[marinmcgreevy]

The building department is there to ensure that the general public is living in safe and sanitary structures and the accessory structures are safe and sanitary as well. Be honest and up front, especially with the Inspector that comes to your house. Inspectors get nothing from grief from contractors and subs. If you are the owner builder you have a big advantage when dealing with both the Planning Department and the Building Department: They have to believe that what you build is more likely to be safe and add value in terms of highest and best use if you own the property.

*Know your local zoning regulations that apply to your parcel: get these from the Planning Dept
*Know what building codes apply (especially the year for seismic):get these from the Building Department
*Compare your structure to the applical zoning codes (set backs, etc..) There is a difference between structures that are for human occupancy and accessory structures. If you do not meet the zoning, you may be able to apply for a conditional use permit or a variance. Always go for the use permit as it means less to the Planning Department. For a Planning Dept to approve a variance it means that THEIR zoning specifications are not "good" and that they are poor planners. A conditional use permit means that you have a unique situation that the planning dept did not foresee and that they are doing a good job by approving the use permit.
*Compare your building for code compliance. Every inspector will have a different interpretation of building codes. Try and get the most experienced inspector. A more experienced inspector will be able to think "out of the box" and make a decision. This often is the older gentlemen at the building department counter. Go in and talk to him about what is not in compliance and how you should try and make it compliant. Make sure you are very prepared with your questions and have drawings to show.
*Be appreciative and nice. Both the Building Departments and Planning Departments are always being beat up. If you are nice and not combative they will help you and give you the benefit of the doubt. Show that you are honest and working hard to be compliant. Show them that you appreciate their effort to make your community a safer, healthier and a more beautiful place to live.


Good Luck!

[dmenche914]

I got an old record album, that is great to shake up the neighbors, it is a 1960 era stereo L.P., (That's Long Play too you kids) I think it is in quadraphonic sound, anyway it is high quality recordings of military weapons firing, various mahine guns, starting with a Civil War gatling gun, 50 cal. etc... Then it has jet aircraft taxing, and taking off, first jet fighters, then B-52's, like a whole bleepin squadron of them at once. It is toped off with bomb drops, with explosions from differnt bombs and missiles, along with the sound of the aircraft passing by the big one at the end is the actual recordings in stereo of A -bomb tests. Really a neat record, cool honest to God, Cold war era classic they don't make em like this any more. Official recordings by the United States Air Force and all. Crank it up and you got something.

Then again Ted Nuggent " playing "Strangle Hold" is an all time guitar screamer, and it is a fairly long song too, sounds best as an LP as CD's are just too clean, need them little pops and hisses. Crank it up and wake 'em up!

[lapuwali]

I got an old record album, that is great to shake up the neighbors, it is a 1960 era stereo L.P., (That's Long Play too you kids) I think it is in quadraphonic sound, anyway it is high quality recordings of military weapons

I can beat that. My father has a copy of an LP called "Sports Cars in Hi-Fi". Side one consists of recordings of various exotica being started, idling, and revved up: Ferrari 250TR, Jag D-Type, Cadillac Allard, etc. Side two is a full early 60s era sports car race at Riverside, from a single trackside microphone. It was listening to this as a wee lad that started me in the ability to tell engine layouts and firing orders from sound alone. Wonderful stuff.