HOA-Friendly Pole Barn
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M-technik-3
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Very nice to hear all is going well.
Radix2
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Hey Joe, tell us about the manual forklift thing you have there.
Place looks great!
Place looks great!
That's a Genie SLC-18...it puts 650# up 18'. I bought in on Craigslist after renting one locally to put my 50gal air compressor up in the loft. Now anything over about 75# I put on it and stick things up in the loft for storage and keep my workspace clear! It's a nice tool; easy on your back.
driftpin
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I have worked as a municipal planner, and am a licensed plans reviewer/Life Safety Code inspector.
The description of your difficulties with the local HOA "approval committee" is a common one. Unfortunately for the self-righteous members of the body, they have no choice but to approve your development if it meets criteria. It's very black and white, their sense of 'aesthetics' and your proposed work clashing because "it's too-big," as you said, they cannot refuse your development rights. What these people fail to see is that they are liable for their behavior, and you have legal recourse to force them to approve your plans. Not doing it can leave them liable, and they better have liability insurance for the HOA board and committees because acting like that, they're gonna need it. Because you are an HOA member, if you chose the legal path because they were obstinate, you would be suing yourself. In the end, you just want to be afforded development rights you are entitled to execute. However, getting to the point where your approval is granted sometimes entails legal costs, an unfortunate circumstance. Sometimes government building departments and town, village, municipal, or county governing bodies behave in similar fashions. They count on you not being able to afford to prefer a legal avenue, but if they are acting outside of the scope of their authority, because they don't like what you are doing, they may be civilly-liable.
I sat at one municipal review committee meeting where a female architect who wasn't even a resident of the municipality made the comment, about a petitioner for demolition of a condemned building, "if he's unwilling to renovate the building, instead of demolishing it, can't we just take the property from him?" Unbelievable! So, it happens, all too-frequently. The petitioner ended up spending more than he paid for the property in legal costs just to be able to follow the dictate of the building department who through one of their committees, had condemned the structure.
So, I'm glad to hear that you stood your ground, and were able to do what you wished. Ultimately, the body has no other legally-acceptable alternative.
The description of your difficulties with the local HOA "approval committee" is a common one. Unfortunately for the self-righteous members of the body, they have no choice but to approve your development if it meets criteria. It's very black and white, their sense of 'aesthetics' and your proposed work clashing because "it's too-big," as you said, they cannot refuse your development rights. What these people fail to see is that they are liable for their behavior, and you have legal recourse to force them to approve your plans. Not doing it can leave them liable, and they better have liability insurance for the HOA board and committees because acting like that, they're gonna need it. Because you are an HOA member, if you chose the legal path because they were obstinate, you would be suing yourself. In the end, you just want to be afforded development rights you are entitled to execute. However, getting to the point where your approval is granted sometimes entails legal costs, an unfortunate circumstance. Sometimes government building departments and town, village, municipal, or county governing bodies behave in similar fashions. They count on you not being able to afford to prefer a legal avenue, but if they are acting outside of the scope of their authority, because they don't like what you are doing, they may be civilly-liable.
I sat at one municipal review committee meeting where a female architect who wasn't even a resident of the municipality made the comment, about a petitioner for demolition of a condemned building, "if he's unwilling to renovate the building, instead of demolishing it, can't we just take the property from him?" Unbelievable! So, it happens, all too-frequently. The petitioner ended up spending more than he paid for the property in legal costs just to be able to follow the dictate of the building department who through one of their committees, had condemned the structure.
So, I'm glad to hear that you stood your ground, and were able to do what you wished. Ultimately, the body has no other legally-acceptable alternative.
Styx
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Great looking build... Love the Genie there so handy...
Cheers Randy
Cheers Randy
Boosted1
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Nice mod work on the overhead trolley Joe!
Paint looks good too.
Paint looks good too.
