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Resident disputes survey requirement for portable building; commissioners ask staff to seek case-by-case fix
Summary
Bob Gregory, a Miami County resident, told the commissioners he was denied a permit to place a roughly 330-square-foot portable building on his two-acre lot because county rules require a current survey for parcels under three acres.
Bob Gregory, a Miami County resident, told the Miami County Board of County Commissioners on April 16 that he applied for a permit to place a roughly 330-square-foot portable building on his two-acre lot and was denied because county rules require a current survey for parcels under three acres.
Gregory said the existing survey pins from a survey completed around 2003 remain in place and that hiring a surveyor to reflag the property would cost about $850 and take 12 weeks for the field work and drawing. “I would much rather have one building than two,” Gregory said, adding that buying two small, permit-exempt units would be cheaper than paying for a survey.
Kenny Cook, Miami County planning director, told the commissioners the…
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