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Guess what I saw today?
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... a stucco chimney on the new house across the street. The house is a mix of brick and stucco with a stucco clad chimney sticking out of the roof.
Ten minutes later, as we took our walk along the creek in the park, I could see the back of the mayor's new house. It is red brick with... (you know what comes next, don't you -- savor the moment, I did) ...a white stucco chimney. They didn't even bother to paint it to match the rest of the house.
So that makes 14% of the new houses have stucco chimneys and one of the two houses has no stucco anywhere else on the house.
My wife, the attorney, is drafting a letter to the planning department to suggest there may have been a misunderstanding. We don't want to threaten in any way, but I am hoping they will want to avoid the appearance that the rules do not apply to the mayor.
Stay tuned.
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Agreed
Strangely, the guy we are dealig with directly thinks we should be allowed to leave the steel chimney bare. It is his boss that made this call. I am hoping that with a little gentle prompting, they will give us the reply we want.
what a surprise
Oh yes, life can be so fair sometimes when you least expect it. Remember when you are writing the letter - you are letting the zoning official off the hook - nobody can complain about this feature if he can point to these other houses. I doubt he really cares one way or the other.