correspondence re need for survey

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a .. , , . �; Request to City Council: We are asking to be issued a building pernnit to proceed with the repair of our deck without obtaining a site survey of I020 N. Brown Road. Reasons request should be granted: l. We are REPAIRINCJ an existing deck - not adding a iiew siructure. We originally planned ta replace a few rotted boards but had to replaee the existing joists due to more extensive rot. The �emoval of the joists tnggered the need for the building permit and we were told by the city engineer that he does not have the authority to issue any building permit without a site survey. 2. The deck doe� not extend beyond the footprint of the house. The deck is being built in an L-shaped corner of the house between the screen porch and the garage. The hause, screen porch and deck were all present when we bought the property. The title company required the property be surveyed at that time to ensure that all structures were within the property lines including easements. It was determined at that time that the structures are well within the boundaries. 3. The replacement deok is the same design as the previous deck. It is in fact slightly sma.11er than the original which further ensures that there is no possible way that the deck will extend beyond the footprint of the house. 4. The site survey is an unnecessary expense for this project and will add hundreds of dollars of additional expense without adding any value to the homeowner or �he community. This project started as a simple repair job and is already several thousand dollazs more expensiv� than we had planned to spend. We will be bound by the building inspections which will ensure that we do not deviate from the original plan. 5. The requirement of a site survey will also delay our repair for weeks, � which will reduce the time we have to enjoy our repaired deck over the summer and may cause us to leave the repair until next year. It would be