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The thread on the deck that's 2 inches too high demonstrated a bit of experience among Pelicans with building permit headaches. As a civil engineer who prepares civil plans daily, I have thousands of examples. I could go on and on.

But today I got a plan review comment from a licensed civil engineer with a local building department that set a new record for ridiculousness. Drum roll, please:

On a grading and drainage plan, for a project on a totally flat lot, the reviewer asked for an engineering detail of a vegetable garden.

That's right. I thought maybe I could draw a cross section showing relative depths of radishes and carrots?

I'll throw in a couple more I got just today on another job in a different town. The reviewer asked me to include in my civil plans the largest size of trucks and other equipment that will be used on the job (building a house). He also asked to create a separate plan showing travel routes that supply trucks will take to the job site. How would anyone know these things? I deal with this crap every day. As I said, it's mind-boggling.

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