a Nevada Sheriff's Department retiree and his wife, looking for a place to live in Oregon where they could raise horses, and build the workshop of their dreams on 46 acres in the Mohawk Valley, figure that Oregon would really be laid-back and after building their home, adding a workshop would not be all that big of a deal.
Welcome to Eugene!
The workshop was just a simple outbuilding, a place where he wanted to restore to 68 Dodge Charger and several vintage motorcycles. The workshop would have no running water or bathroom facilities.
The nightmare started when the 62 year-old retiree started to apply for the permits to build the workshop.
It started with a plot plan to show where the property of the shop would be, along with structural drawings in addition to a $300 fee to start the application process.
The permit itself was $517, but that was just the beginning. Plan check was $336, staff surcharge $36, new technology fee $10, administrative fee $272, planning sign-off $200, planning sign-off flood plan $660, planning sign-off wetlands $60, long-range planning surcharge $91, and sanitation permit review $43 (remember, the shop had no plumbing).
Additionally, the shop floor would have to be 488.7 feet above sea level in anticipation for the hundred-year flood. This meant an additional $275 surveyor fee, 200 feet of reinforcing steel bar, spaced 10 inches apart, 16 loads of backfill to raise the shop floor by 4 feet adding an extra $4200.
The permit was applied on January 12, 2004 with final inspection on November 22, 2006.
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