I used my Stanley tape measure. (yes, probably made in china)
The slab is bigger than I thought at 15' x 30'.
I could have a heck of a nice shop on that space.
I talked with the wife, we're thinking we could do it in stages as funding
allows.
Plus I have some stuff here I could try and sell, like antique roof tiles
that came off the WA State Capital building, the things are over 100 years
old and probably valuable to someone. Have to come up with some funds if I'm
going to get the thing built.
We don't use credit - except for our mortgage and it's going to be paid off
before I retire.
Rick B.
On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 12:59 PM, Rick Bastedo <rbastedo at gmail.com> wrote:
> I received some answers from the Building Department at City Hall today.
> There were several back & forth questions and answers, I showed him
> satellite images from Google Earth and Bing, then he sent this:
>
> The City will allow you to replace the structure in the existing footprint
> of the concrete slab since there was an existing structure at one time.
> It appears from the size of the structure, it will require a building
> permit.
> I will need to verify the size of the existing concrete slab for
> documentation since this is located in the floodway.
>
> I don't know how he intends to verify the size, I've offered to send him
> measurements but I don't know if that will suffice.
>
> It may have helped that the Bing image is old and shows a "structure" on
> the spot.
> I did not mention is was the old canvas structure, because I have learned
> the value of sharing only the information the government requests.
>
> So anyway - very good news for me!!
>
> Rick (a shop!!) Bastedo
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