Thanks for the entertainment though.
Doing a new building should give you the assurance of inspections and an engineered structure designed to meet the usage to which it will be put. I suspect your need for aspirin will be much-less going the route you've decided to take. It certainly will be an easier structure to have insured.
The occupancy of a building requires the structure to meet the current building code when the building is first erected, or upon a change in occupancy. Changes in occupancy depend upon the current zoning regulations allowing the proposed usage.
PugetDude wrote:
The inspector isn't going to care what you use sheet a new engineered red iron frame with (unless you're in Miami-Dade FL.)
When the building is in an AG zoned district, building availability/usage and a lack of permitting are much-more liberal than for an area/plot/parcel zoned for residential usage. This is applicable in Miami-Dade Co. FL which happens to be where we live. Meet the setbacks, and you can build anything allowed in the AG zoning district. Miami-Dade and Broward Counties allow AG zoning on as-small as a single acre, though there are local plats requiring larger parcels to allow them to be zoned AG. The current AG term in Miami-Dade Co. is AU, Agricultural Use.
From the Miami-Dade Co. FL zoning code:
The AU - Agricultural Use zoning district allows Agricultural uses and single-family residences on five-acre lots and every customary use associated with it, including pools, sheds, private garages, carports, etc.
Setbacks and Other Regulations
A setback is the required minimum horizontal distance between the front, sides and rear of the lot to the building.
Principal Building Setbacks
- Front: 50 feet
- Rear: 25 feet
- Interior side: 15 feet
- Side street: 25 feet
Accessory Use Setbacks (Guest house, utility sheds, gazebos, etc.)
- Front: 75 feet
- Rear: 7 1/2 feet
- Interior side: 20 feet
- Side street: 30 feet
- Between buildings: 20 feet
Swimming Pool Setbacks
- Front: 75 feet
- Rear: 7 1/2 feet
- Interior side: 20 feet
- Side street: 30 feet
- Swimming pools shall be constructed no closer than 5 feet to any building foundation unless the design is approved by structural review, but in no case can it be closer than 18 inches to any wall.
- Screen Enclosure Setbacks
- Rear: 6 feet
- Interior side: 15 feet
- Side street: 25 feet
More zoning information:
The AU-Agricultural Use zoning district allows agricultural uses and single family residences on five-acre lots and every customary use associated with it, including pools, sheds, private garages, carports, etc.
www.miamidade.gov
This is just in the interest of what is required in other states for development, classification of usage, and other information.
Congratulations on getting to this point, and to being able to make informed decisions. As things progress, I will be one of the interested onlookers watching your project being erected. Remember, we like pictures.
