Going Tiki , Michigan style !!! Never to early for a const project. - General Tiki

M Martiki-bird Tiki Socialite Kurume, Japan Joined: Mar 23, 2007 Posts: 140	M Martiki-bird Posted posted on Tue, Mar 11, 2008 2:11 PM On 2008-03-11 12:53, Tiki Zen wrote: Good point about the building permit, Martiki. When I went for mine, and after trying to describe what I was building, the lady issuing the permit finally settled on "recreational structure" as the appropriate designation. Ha ha, "recreational structure". That's the catch-all here, too. By applying for a permit first, we discovered that we couldn't build anything permanent on our lot. Oh well, we got a 'garden house' instead (tubular steel frame, staked in, not affixed to a foundation.) A far cry from a tiki hut, but at least we can enjoy our mai tais and lapu lapus in the fresh air. By the way, did they request a drawing or rough sketch to be submitted as well? Apparently, they're doing that in some parts of this state. ~gina

On 2008-03-11 12:53, Tiki Zen wrote:
Good point about the building permit, Martiki. When I went for mine, and after trying to describe what I was building, the lady issuing the permit finally settled on "recreational structure" as the appropriate designation.

Ha ha, "recreational structure". That's the catch-all here, too. By applying for a permit first, we discovered that we couldn't build anything permanent on our lot. Oh well, we got a 'garden house' instead (tubular steel frame, staked in, not affixed to a foundation.) A far cry from a tiki hut, but at least we can enjoy our mai tais and lapu lapus in the fresh air.

By the way, did they request a drawing or rough sketch to be submitted as well? Apparently, they're doing that in some parts of this state.

~gina

Post #366220 by Martiki-bird on Tue, Mar 11, 2008 2:11 PM