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It will fall under general building permit. A lot of building departments will have a "cheat sheet" for decks. Don't need detailed drawings. Will give basic deck construction and you fill in sizes, spacing, fasteners and materials being used. You will also need to have a general site plan with measurements to property lines so zoning can check setbacks.
depending on the county you may actually need a real survey. my county does, also requires plans and elevations, requires copies of stair designs etc.
homeowners permits also may require a certified copy of the deed in many cases to prove that the owner is actually the one pulling the permit. if you live on a well and septic, you will definitely need a proper survey marking the location of well and septic.
if you call your building department they will have the permit package that you can print off, it will give you the requirements.
also do not dig without having your services located,
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Already had services located. No problems with that. Started working on some sprinkler lines tonight. They of course are right in the way.
so, what would be the issues I would run into if I don't pay the city it's BS fees for a stupid as permit so I can do what I want on my own property to my own house? I'm no where near interested in submitting plans or paying any kind of fee or any of that BS.
Penalties can be from a stop work order with double permit fees to tear it off. Take pictures, particularly of the caison depths and framing. Don't piss off neighbors and get your materials moved as soon as posible. Do work after hours and weekends. I have a 30 yard roll off in my drive and the code enforcer has already called (nosing around) claiming they got a call complaining about it. BS. Ask my wife, I haven't done shit around here in years.
Never heard of someone being charged double (but it is in the book) but stop work orders and tear it off (if you can't prove it is to code) are real. Homeowners usually can get by by playing "stupid" with just a "I didn't know and I'll take care of it tomorrow". Good luck.
Can't you have issues when selling the house as well?
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yep, that is correctOriginally Posted by jslo
Self control: The minds ability to override the body's urge to beat the living sh.. out of some ass.... who desperately deserves it.
The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government.
Thomas Jefferson
Obama, so full of crap it is a miracle Air Force One can even get off the ground,
after my life as a contractor (i have actually never stopped, just fixing my own homes and select clients) i have been selling real esate now for about 8 years, I have only heard stories about homes sales that went bad because of permits not being pulled. it can happen, for a small deck off the back of the house, i dont think there would be an issue, the deck we just built last year on my current home (just a long term fix and flip) is 884 sf and over ten feet off the ground, you bet i pulled a permit, the new shop we finished last year, a permit was pulled. tearing out the bath tub and setting a tub replacement shower pan, i did not
our county did not even have a building permit until 1995 so most homes here have had work done without a permit.
denver came out with some stupid rules years ago (not sure if they are still in effect) that if you were remodeling a home in their jurisdiction and were affecting more than 25% of the overall square footage of the home you would have to bring the entire home to code. there are a ton of homes in the older neighborhoods built in the early part of the century that were getting basements finished etc. the owners did not want to do the whole house so they were not pulling permits, there were years where i couldn't pay a customer to pull a permit, they simply could not afford to comply. they have $40K to do a basemnt finish, but in no way could they afford to do the rest of the house.
permits that did get pulled were for 23% of the home and then another 23% until the job was done.
Last edited by rockhound; 04-23-2014 at 06:02.
Self control: The minds ability to override the body's urge to beat the living sh.. out of some ass.... who desperately deserves it.
The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government.
Thomas Jefferson
Obama, so full of crap it is a miracle Air Force One can even get off the ground,
I, personally, have never heard of a building authority getting in the middle of a real estate sale. That's between the buyer, seller and a home inspecter (and possibly the title company). Anybody here or anybody you know ever check with their building department on permits pulled before buying your house? I never have on the 3 I've bought.
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