At last, plans are in and the clock is ticking!
We have submitted our plans to Hermosa Beach City Hall for 'approval in principle'. The package included:
The City now has 20 days to respond - although because they are short staffed they might not make that deadline. They can respond with a straightforward 'yes' or they can request corrections to the plans, which get reviewed fairly quickly.
All of which means that, all going well, by mid-February we will have 'Approved in Principle' rubber-stamped on that stack of paper plans. With that the approval process begins in earnest: we can submit to the Coastal Commission, and in parallel start working on the engineering of the building and detailed construction plans.
This is an incredibly boring post but about a very important milestone so, sorry, not sorry. We're on our way!
We have submitted our plans to Hermosa Beach City Hall for 'approval in principle'. The package included:
- Floor plans and exterior elevations - to demonstrate that we plan to observe the planning code and build an actual house, which is set back from the plot borders as required, and is no taller than it should be, and has doors and windows and a roof and walls.
- Civil Sheets - the wretched 'c-sheets' which took forever and are the reason we didn't get plans in at the end of last year. These show that we will capture and filter all the water that lands on the property as well as that leaves the house before releasing it to the city's drains (and therefore directly into the sea). We're all about keeping the Santa Monica Bay clean, obvs.
- A large cheque. Not the largest one we'll write to the city by a long way. Still, a significant chunk.
The City now has 20 days to respond - although because they are short staffed they might not make that deadline. They can respond with a straightforward 'yes' or they can request corrections to the plans, which get reviewed fairly quickly.
All of which means that, all going well, by mid-February we will have 'Approved in Principle' rubber-stamped on that stack of paper plans. With that the approval process begins in earnest: we can submit to the Coastal Commission, and in parallel start working on the engineering of the building and detailed construction plans.
This is an incredibly boring post but about a very important milestone so, sorry, not sorry. We're on our way!
Be guided and encouraged by the ancient Latin motto: Nil illegitii carborundum' . . . or some such!
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