February 21, 2008...7:40 pm
Back to Class
We spent the morning yesterday in class (and the afternoon talking about what we heard in the class). This was a class put on by a local attorney and the power company about the new rules about docks and the new contract that we are using that addresses docks.
Whew. People sure can make things more complicated than they actually are, can’t they?
For instance, a dock built before 1998 (two or three rule changes ago…) is now referred to as a “non-permitted existing non-conforming dock”. Got that? It is non-permitted because the power company did not issue a permit for it. No…power company permits were not required back then, merely county building permits. It exists…ok, I’ll give you that one. It is non-conforming because if you would build it today, your paperwork would not be in order. Does any of this change how you own your dock or how you use it? Nooooooo… BUT…if you go to sell your house, at sometime before settlement, the settlement person will ask you to provide documentation that the power company acknowledges that you dock exists. The suggestion was that most listing agents do this as soon as the property is listed for sale.
OK…there are a few more quirks that I will go into as the days go on and I digest the material…and simplify it so that “real folks” (myself included) can understand what they are trying to say in their governmentese!
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