I have about a zillion images. These include the current site plan. Oddly, the single aspect that has caused the most trouble is the driveway. Lots of rules. Minimum turning radius (40 feet, from my reading of the regs), that weird looking throat thing is mandatory, if it’s more than 150′ long there has to be a turnaround for fire trucks, location of hydrant, etc. And a mandatory 2500 gallon water tank. The list goes on. So if something seems screwy, there’s probably an equally screwy law that requires it. The french doors in the small house will be replaced with a nanawall (it’s hard to model) which will open to the west. Changes from the last rev include flattening the roof, expanding the entranceway, and adding the windows in the dividing walls between the main room and the bedroom. They were always there in my mind, they just kept falling out of the model… The house is now 840 square feet, the legal maximum for the second home on the property.

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1600 square feet on the bottom part, not including the deck (I’ll use that as a wood drying area - the thing just plain looks silly without something on the north side). Upstairs is a thousand ft^2. I’ll likely use that for glasswork. Not shown on this plan are the “someday” buildings - the main house, an onsen (Japanese style bathhouse), spraybooth (probably a shipping container), and a guesthouse (maxes out at 600 square feet, no kitchen allowed. Oh, and the septic system, but really, that’s not much to look at.

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