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Chances

Is deck ‘over the line’?

And is it ‘safe’?

 

 

An investigation using city files

 

Over the line?

 

Hard to tell without accurate drawings etc

Assuming the fence in image left was along property line – then appears to be slightly beyond property boundaries

 

More worrisome – Is it safe? And what liability has City acquired by ‘allowing’ it?

 

 

Property Lines

I have used this image before when I was asking if ‘Chances’ owned land their brochure represents as belonging to them – the land subsequently changed hands at 500T$

 

I assume the base image and property lines comes from Engineering dept --- if so then Crest may not own all it’s parking lot – but Chances property line ‘juts out’ where deck is – still might be encroaching on #1 Pacific property—note the shed which appears under deck in above image

 

Safety

The decks did not appear in the early conceptual drawings --- but City staff showed me the current building plans and the decks are there – image left

 

 

 

City not Liable

What about the ‘safety concerns’?

Several people I have spoken with were concerned about safety: during heavy rains there is copious amounts water coming over the bluff at this location – plus how close can supports come to edge when problems of sufficient support emerge?

 

Speaking with building inspectors I was assured that City had not assumed any responsibility – the drawings etc were produced by an Architect and the Architect would be liable – as they did plans etc with aid of an Engineering firm etc

Plus with Commercial zoning there is no ‘set back’ requirements – so able to build to property line

 

 

 

 

Bottom Line

City squeezed between enforcing its own bylaws and ‘promoting’ business – I have pointed out other properties using/ built on City property and it has only drawn a shrug from Mayor – Plus it looks to be a hornet’s nest as perhaps the Crest using city owned property (with no compensation?) – and Crest certainly has a deck built out to edge of bluff (and over property line?)

Created by LG on Feb 19, 2007

Last updated on Tuesday, February 20, 2007