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March 23, 2005 Health Department Signed Off
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Health Department
David picked up our certificate of compliance from the Health Department. This is the agency that approved our septic system and leach field.
Remaining
- Fire Department Corrections will be ready for pickup tomorrow. I already have a hunch about what will be involved.
- Building & Safety/State The revisions from the state inspector are supposed to be here any minute. When I talked to the factory today, they were on the phone with the inspector reviewing our project. Still no word about details. Our correction list that came from L.A. County will not be addressed by the engineers until the state's list of corrections come; they want to incorporate them both in their revisions to save time.
- Forestry Division Who knows when this will come... I'll call in a few days for a more definitive date.
- Drainage/Grading David sent the corrections today. We should get word within a few days.
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Permits
Jeff,
Geez, I really don't know why there is so much red tape. I would have had no idea that our permitting phase was lengthy or difficult if it weren't for me being in contact with other people who are building their own home via these boards. I'd like to know why there isn't a lot of red tape for other locations.
I can't get it out of my mind that Ami's Seattle Glidehouse was permitted in 17 days; that makes me so jealous.
I know that our site has challenges that others' don't; fire hazard, seismic, flood and expensive water development fees due to water shortage. However, we haven't had to deal with strict design codes like you have. On the other hand, some people who are dealing with L.A. City won't have to deal with items that we've addressed but they'll have to deal with the Hillside Ordinance, Road Restrictions and a myriad of other issues of building in an urban area. It seems like the level of difficulty/cost of building in L.A. balances out in the end.
-Sara
Fees and Permits
So is there as much red tape involved in building a house anywhere in California or is there something special about your location? In the inner ring suburb of Dallas where we hope to build, I drop of my plans with the city and they review the plans and charge me $800. Then they have various inspectors come to the house to check on certain things. We do need to pay to hook up our sewer line and water, but only to get to the hook-up spot at the rear of the lot.
Are part of your fees used to offset the cost to the city os servicing an additional house with services?