Post by jamesp on Jan 19, 2019 13:21:25 GMT -5
Douglas to the west, Coweta to the south, and Fayette county to the west will all likely deny you a final if there is not a licensed contractor on site.
Your reference to imaginary property ownership is dead accurate and a sobering fact in this country.
There is certainly a place for covenants and restrictions for those that want a standardized suburbia environment.
But properties that are not bound by such rules should be free from strict code scrutiny.
I was making a request to divide this 43 acres into 13,17 and 13 acre lots off of the 320 feet of road frontage. Meeting county requirements of 100 feet frontage per lot.
This minority employee in the planning and development department approached me about serving as a(white) front man for purchasing property for him in this area.
Ha, he ain't supposed to be making such requests from citizens. I pretended I did not hear his request and he apparently denied my request to subdivide this property.
I'll never forget this lawyer's name - John McCarter. I was given this man's name by a real estate agent. He had dealt with this county's crooked dealings for years.
McCarter asked for $200, to make an appointment with that county employee, pick him up and have him escort me in to the appointment.
We entered that room and you could see fear written all over the county employee's face.
My subdivision request was signed in 2 minutes. That crazy lawyer laughed all the way back on the return trip home. He gave me $150 back, said the experience made his year.
I guess I did not find it so funny as I had spent $3500 on a survey so that I could make the subdivision request and bought a second($5000) property for added road frontage.
I still remember that SOB county employee's name.
The real estate agents usually brought me what they called stressed properties lol.
They were in some sort of legal turmoil.
Several of them required legal action regarding right-of-way or squatters.
Made the projects more interesting.
Except the property at Lake Rodman; those guys sued me because their driveways ran across my entire lot. I gave them a route for their driveway and they were not happy.
They lost and also lost their right-of-way in a landmark case. I bought them out double the value of their property but until then had death threats from them.
That case could have made a TV series, one thing after another. All 3 of them were not men to contend with.
