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Originally Posted by vette
Glad to see that Jimbo may have resolved your setback issue, BUT what concerns me more, and hopefully most of you, is why the Setback was changed? If someone does their due diligence, reads their covenants, checks their survey and then buys their house in lieu of all of the above. IMHO, that's a contract between the homeowner and the govt. that should permit them for as long as they own that property to only those standards. Any post purchase restrictions to these rules should only apply to new owners.
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Vette - Unfortunately, land development and zoning regulations/codes change all the time, everywhere. And, unless there is specific language in those changes/amendments that "grandfathers" a portion of the previous code, a property owner is required to abide by the updated regulations/code. A person is always free to petition the local zoning authority (in this case, Sumter County) for a variance, or relief, from the existing code. In many municipalities, this becomes another revenue generating vehicle as the majority of variances are approved - for a price! We put a pool in once, and got all uptight about the layout being 1-2 feet closer to setbacks than allowed. Pool contractor was not worried and simply said it would add about $500 to our cost for the permit for a variance - and he was right! It was a pro forma application and check writing exercise to get the variance from the local Planning Board!!
Hope the pergula project goes well in this case!