[TheForge] Small shop questions

[Andy Vida]

Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer wrote:
> 
> Being in the "scenic zone" the only way i was able to get a building
> permit for the shop was to convince the coastal comission that the  ,
> um, "studio" would be indestinguishable from the landscape...in the form
> of a large ferrocement rock outcropping. There are temporary salvaged
> galv sheet walls up now. My plan at this point, is to weld the "rock"
> form out of  scrap steel and apply the ferrocement over that, with a
> color and texture surface coat. That way I'll be able to weld  stuff
> onto the walls almost anywhere. In light of my grey hairs, I probably
> bit off more than I could chew.....never had an inkling that the permit
> process would take over 4 years and all our building money for BS
> paperwork. Wonder if it'll be done before I'm dead?..........Pete F

	What about a semi-earth sheltered structure, like one of the
	Hobbit houses in Lord of the Rings?

	You must be in the fascist republic of Kalifornia where
	the environmentalists have everyone by the balls.

	As for permits, my philosophy is go ahead and build.  Screw
	the bastards.
	
	Notice how free we are in a "free" nation.  Feh.