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Originally Posted by Baz
That sucks, Trev......hope they don't interfere too much with your work there. I've had a few encounters here but mostly when the drunk redneck lady next door called in to complain. Things got straightened out but only after I got a hold of the head person and arranged an onsite meeting with them.
Keep chargin', brother!
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Thanks Baz!!!!
In all fairness to the second city official who did the knock n talk with Jamie, he was very complimentary to the condition that we have the property in and what we have done to make it look nice. We have strived to make it as defendable as possible due to the extreme fire risk CA seems to face every bloody year. Circular drive around the house, 2 acres all dirt, no/very little weeds, all cedar, pine, oak and shrubs trimmed up off of the ground. Always a work in progress. Told Jamie he wasn’t there to give us a hard time and was following up after Captain Pants Pooper went running back(new guy). We do have one wall directly in front of the house that exceeds the 4’ rule. It’s a tumbled stone that is a pinned wall with a back slope of 18 degrees. When we were flooded by the ruptured 6-8” waterline that flowed for four hours before getting shut off in 2013, that wall saved our arses as the wave of mud, rocks and debris flowed downhill to our front door. I have all the faith in the world in the wall’s integrity. He did tell her “It looks like a very nice wall, and I am not looking at it right now”[emoji6][emoji6][emoji6]. So this encounter give me hope to some sensibility with the City.[emoji1695][emoji1695][emoji1695][emoji1695][emoji1695][emoji1695][emoji1695][emoji1695][emoji1695][emoji1695][emoji1695]
The City official walked around with Jamie and discussed certain wording between a “retaining wall” vs “decorative garden wall” used to beautify the property. So in essence, and to quote the movie “The Martian” instead of “Science the chit out of this” we are going to “Decorative Garden Wall” the chit out of this place. [emoji38]
Here is hoping for the best!!!!!!
Worked for an additional two hours on this last-night with the borrowed jackhammer. What I thought was all the gunite removed, turned into another 1/4 truck load of chunks. More drainage fodder. The gunite was hidden below the dirt line. It’s like the gift that keeps on giving. Was able to get a few tiers of the old wall removed and cleaned, prepping to the stair building party soon to come.
Stay tuned[emoji854]
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