Bob's caboose build

[Woodbutcher]

What do you know! Old dogs CAN learn new tricks. Good luck moving forward Bob!

[pjo129]

Prayers for you and your dealings with the county. Keep fighting the good fight.

[mermaidlisa]

Bob that letter is great!!! Keeping fingers crossed. We had a blast meeting you.

[bobhenry]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME ..... HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME ......



A 32 MONITOR

I was working off of a postage stamp sized one.

What a great boss !

[Verna]

Happy Birthday, Bob!!!!

[deleted]

Great letter from the Mayor! I hope this means positive progress for your efforts

And Happy Birthday!

[Nansplace]

So glad to see he finally realized you needed to upgrade from the prehistoric monitor you were using for the past numerous years. Looks great and should be a lot easier on the eyes. Glad to see he's upgraded for you. Happy birthday old man!!!!!

[bobhenry]

Well Tuesday is the big day. The zoning meeting at 6:30 PM.

We shall see !

OH another lesson learned. I went with old school logic for our area. If possible orient the short side of any building to the local
storm tracks.

I sat the trailer NNE to SSW to place the 8x sides to the normal storm flow for wind. It is a real good thing. Thursday night we had
some wild storms with good sized hail roll thru the area. Friday when I checked on the tiny house I could tell it had been shook a bit
as the counter top which has yet to be fastened down had walked about 5 inches from the wall. There was a large pine limb torn out
of a tree north west of the trailer and deposited 20 yards away in a south easterly direction. My zoning posting sign was well
supported on a pair of 1 x 2.5 pine boards driven well into the ground was snapped off and deposited westerly at the fence line.
This sign is only 24 x 36 but the wind generated enough push to snap both 1 x 2 legs mid way between the sign and the ground.
The path take by both casualties indicated the storm was directly into the front of the caboose. No damage what so ever and
I feel real good about that.

Guess this wasn't much of a target.......

[Shar]

Glad your little house weathered the storm! Best of luck with the meeting tomorrow, too.

[Ned B]

break a leg Bob!

[pjo129]

Said a prayer for your situation earlier today. Waiting to hear great news soon.

[bobhenry]

Shot thru the heart!

Yesterday evening was the zoning meeting. I was attempting to get an exemption for a one unit campground on my property. There are a number of problems with this in that the entryway into the city is sacred and there are numerous hurdles that must be cleared. Setbacks,landcaping and plantings etc. Adding to the odds an adjoining neighbor showed up to voice concern that if passed my being on the property might block the future sale of his property if a large corporation was interested in purchasing down the road. Well to make a long story painfully short it was 4 ½ of the 5 votes against. I say 4 ½ because one young board member got the idea of what I was doing and reluctantly voted NO , probably buckling to peer pressure. I was commended for my bravery and forward thinking and they promised to give me the time needed to remove the tiny house from the property. I will wait till the first of next week and meet with the zoning administrator to investigate the process for appeal. I am at a loss as to what to do and where to go. This is the only property I own. The tiny house is tiny but still too big to hide in my glove box. I have nowhere else to store it and the glider trailer. I am going to the States attorney general’s office but hold little hope. If there are any ideas out there no matter how far out I would welcome your feedback.

[aggie79]

Bob,
Sorry to hear about the negative vote. I would not wait though to contact the zoning administrator. In most states an appeal has to filed within 10 days of your hearing at the local district or county court. If this is the case, time is of the essence.
Take care,
Tom

[bonnie]

Bummer.

[Woodbutcher]

Sorry it went that way Bob. But small town government has never been known as progressive. What precludes you from just parking it on the property? As long as you do not live in it why can't it sit there? What do they consider the tiny house? Is it a trailer, an RV or a house. As long as it is mobile it should be one of the first choices. Get it licensed and leave it there. If those are not acceptable options to the town "I" would get combative , but in a passive aggressive way. I would see to it that this piece of property was left as unattractive as possible. Let them see that they could have had a respectable parcel there instead of a huge thorn bush patch.

I would not bother with an appeal. You would need more support then a 1/2 vote.