A few years ago, I decided that the small cabin I own down by the lake
needed to be replaced. Unfortunately, the cabin is what is called,
around here, "a non-conforming structure" in that it is located too
close to the water (i.e. < 100 ft), having been built long before there
were any restrictions on such structures. The regulations said that I
could repair it without any problem, but I could not replace the whole
thing without a variance from the Planning Board. I inquired about what
it meant to repair it and was told that if I took down more than half of
the building, I was replacing it, not repairing it, so I pondered that
for a bit and then went to the Planning Board to get their permission to
replace it all at once. My argument to them was that I could "repair"
half of it one summer and the other half the next summer or, with their
permission, do it all at once. Realizing the impeccable logic of my
argument, they allowed me to replace it. My cabin, a MkII, has had many
improvements but does retain a few original parts, but I would never try
to pass it off as an original.
Tod
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