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Update: variance situation

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Just wanted to give a brief update on our variance situation.

Apparently my patience in just waiting the city out to hang themselves might have worked. Late last week they installed the curb and gutter and wouldn't ya know it, they placed a driveway opening BETWEEN the property lines, 3ft inside mine, and 4-5 ft. inside the neighbors. That is an obvious violation of their own ordinance. Now, prior to paying any fee for them to tell me where I can park, I'd like them to explain the situation that exists now! I will keep ya posted, this is going to get sticky!!!!
 
Cardinal

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The people who 1) engineered the street, and 2) who are overseeing this project should be canned. Placing a curb cut on a property line (without cross-access easements) is an idiotic mistake. Eliminating curb cuts, or even undertaking a project like this without involvement or even notice to the impacted property owners is simply not the way to serve the public. These people would not last six months in my city.
 
Suburb Repairman

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I just can't believe that the city did that or allowed the contractor to get away with that! People here have fits if the grass isn't mowed perfectly; I can only imagine how they would react to something like that!
 
U

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Well, my strategy at this point is to go for the variance and then piss and moan about the way the city conducts their projects, that way, I get what I want. We have to pay for the variance application, but the guy assisting me in the building dept. has gone out of his way, so I have no gripes there, my dismay rests with the contractor and the city engineer (we have a dept of ONE). I guess I am just glad I work in the planning field, I dunno what a person not familiar with the ins and outs of this stuff would have done? Gone down to city all and laid the smack down? LOL.

I am not happy at all with the entire process, but, it is what it is, I will save my comments for the end of the month.
 
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