Originally Posted By: Bocomo
Originally Posted By: Sunil
Bocomo, thanks.

Again, I would really have to wonder why the pond was allowed to remain for maybe (4) decades if it was conclusively illegal.


I think they ignored it until they applied for the permit. Why there's no reasonable statute of limitations or grandfather clause, I don't know.


That sounds feasible. A NE guy I know had the state visit for one reason or another and during their visit they suspected his new outbuilding was set too close to his property line [60' minimum he was at 50'] and they called state folks who handled such issues and you know the rest of the story. That's a case where involving authorities ended up causing him major issues on an unrelated subject. You'd think the professionals who constructed the building wouldn't be ignorant of regs like this and would have measured prior to project launch - but ultimately it's the responsibility of the landowner I guess.

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