Things learned at the code department

1. Chickens are not allowed to live in the front yard.
2. Our front yard includes sections of land that no one considers our front yard. Front yards are determined by the road they are against, not the positioning of the house.
3. Hot tubs must be surrounded by a 4 foot fence.
4. Our property already has too many structures on it but the good news is, we're grandfathered. As long as I can document the number of structures on the property, we can tear down what we want and replace them.
5. The demolition permit will cover all the structures we want to tear down except the old house and the sweet potato barn.
6. Structures with no side 12' or longer do not require a permit of any sort. This is great news because the chicken coop won't be anywhere near this large. Permits are only needed if we run electric to the structure.
7. Permits aren't needed if the structure is classified as agricultural.

And, lastly, we learned the proper pronunciation of the side road next to our property. The sign reads, "JIM N 1". The permit lady kept referring to a street called "Gemini" and it was only when she printed a copy of the map she was looking at and pointed to the street that Rich realized that the "1" was really an "I" and someone was too clever for their own good. We've lived here for 6 months now and just today learned that we live at the corner of Puetts Chapel and "Gemini". Wow.

Tonight's projects were mowing and cutting up downed trees. Rich has to cut up some of the trees to even get close enough to the old barn to start tearing it apart. I mowed around the old barn and part of (what I consider) the front yard.