HomeMy WebLinkAboutLetter of Hardship - BLD Letters / Memos - 11/20/1997 Patrick E. Matijevich
Country Garden Inn
NE 2790 Old Belfair Hyw.
Belfair, WA. 98528
Letter of Hardship
Dana Herron (B.O.)
Mason County Building Dept.
426 W, Cedar/P.O. Box 186
Shelton, WA. 98584
I am submitting this Letter Of Hardship because your
Permitting process takes a minimum of four weeks. I was
forced to put in a community water system at the time my
short plat was to be recorded. After 20 months enduring this
process now I have to have a well equipment enclosure that is
12 feet wide and 16 feet long. I fully intend to build the
enclosure to meet or exceed the U.B.C. I understand that any
structure that has in excess of 120 square feet requires a
Building Permit. My Well Equipment Enclosure has an area of
192 sq./ft. In addition, it will be attached to an existing pole
building type structure. I would greatly appreciate a variance
for the 72 sq./ft.
This community well system and associated structure is
under the authority of Carolyn Jensen of Mason County
Environmental Health.
I have been transferred to Newport News Virginia, the
longer this process takes to finalize my short plat I am putting
my career in jeopardy, loss of potential buyers for each lot, I
cannot refinance, and I have mounting debt that has well
extended me beyond my financial means because of Mason
County Requirements that occur when this short plat could
have been completed long ago if I knew all of the requirements
all at once instead of one surprise and one more financial
burden after another.
The weather is cumbersome to deal with ground work
this time of the year. I have Fybromyalgia, a debilitating form
of Arthritis which physically impedes the time factor for I must
rest after only a couple of hours of physical exertion. It is a
miserable time of the year to be doing this project but I have
no choice but to press on by myself until it's completion. I
can't pay for any of this mounting debt until I close the sale of
one of the lots subject to county approval of the Short Plat.
Please don't misunderstand me, I support applying for
permits. Randy Neff helped me through the Short Plat process,
Pam Denton and Mark Thomkins helped me through a septic
repair and Carolyn Jensen has been helping me through the
Community Water system process. Northwest Water Systems
is providing design and management , Nicholson Well Drilling
is installing the equipment. The hardship is in the time that it
takes to go back through same departmental process my Short
Plat has gone through already for 72 sq./ft. of non-living
space. Please consider my request for variance of my well
structure.
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Patrick E. Mati'Jevich