Up to $100,000.00 fine and 6 months in jail...for Tom Jackson,

[TOM4CWB]

Wouldn't you just have someone from the county verify you don't have living quarters in your shop or am I missing something?

the Jackson Farm Building IS Exempt from needing a building permit.

[bucket]

You should try to keep your weight off another way.....than aggravating situations that force a diet. .

[TOM4CWB]

And the billboards are Dept of Highways jurisdiction. I needed a permit to install my farm sign.

If Billboards are NOT 300M back from the highway... they break the law... but the Alberta Highways Dept leaves it up to the Flagstaff County to enforce and removal the billboard... If it is on land that is in county jurisdiction [because the base is outside the Alberta highway right of way]. For a directional sign of the smaller regulated size... the Alberta Highways Dept does the issuing of permits for those.

[sumdumguy]

Sounds like a lot of life wasted fighting. Let’s go fishing up north. 😸

[TOM4CWB]

Sounds like a lot of life wasted fighting. Let’s go fishing up north. 😸

TTryinng to have a safe place for my grandchildren... before my wife of 40 years and I expire...

[blackpowder]

Twice in the past, commercial businesses placed signs on my hiway frontage property. Both times registered letters came to me and them from the Dept of Highways. Not the County.
What Dan does is not my business.
Making it yours got you where are now.

[TOM4CWB]

Tom4$$$4Tom


This sounds a lot like the court battle you had with the railways a couple of years ago. The details are as clear as mud!

Your lawyers must love you, now I understand why your in favor of the Seed Tax, those legal fees add up fast!

For a so called man of great faith, you sure seem to be consumed with conflict!

Well Hopefully this will build my faith..

[TOM4CWB]

I say let them inspect the room like they offered. Then fight the issue with the neighbors seperately. They are only talked about at the same time because you want them to be.

LEP, I did let Flagstaff County inspect my Farm Shop...

[tweety]

Jesus FC, just write it out in conversational english. Nobody needs 18 character documentation references in a simple god dam story. Just tell the ****ing story. No wonder you have problems, I would sue you for this thread if i could.

[LEP]

First if they continue to pursue legal take many photos of the interior of your building. Present them to the judge. They will have to defend why they have reason to believe that you would make living quarters there.

Include a layout with dimensions if that helps your case.

Next the poles being stored should be an environmental issue, perhaps not. But maybe the department of environment needs to know about it.

Municipal planning department might be able to help you with whether that is a permitted use and if there needs to be setbacks or buffers from residences.

But just a word of advice, don't mix two issues when you deal with these things. No one wants to hear you bring up what they consider unrelated stuff. Perhaps organize your thoughts in a clear concise manner so that it is easy for them to see the point you are making.

[Marusko]

Honestly I don't feel we have the whole story here or maybe you're linking two unrelated issues, but I can comment on the building aspect. If what you're saying is correct, it sounds like Flagstaff County is misinterpreting the code (intentionally in a worst case scenario, unintentionally if you give them the benefit of the doubt). Ultimately they are the Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ) but you might find some professional expertise countering their opinion through municipal affairs, the government wing that is responsible for how the code is interpreted. You can contact them, explain the situation and ask for clarification on how your building should be classified, and what you should do if you disagree with the building inspector. Or does the appeal on Jun 26th involve them?

I'm not entirely sure how the process goes as I've never done it before but that's where I'd start if I felt the code was being applied incorrectly.

Thttp://www.municipalaffairs.alberta.ca/cp_building

Is the building inspector a direct employee of Flagstaff County? Or contracted? Many smaller municipalities in Alberta contract out their inspection services to either Inspections Group or Superior Safety Codes, there's a third one whose name I can't recall. If the inspector who changed his mind is in one of those groups, you could also go up the food chain there to dispute the interpretation. Though the CAO offered to come inspect and you sidestepped that offer so I'm not sure it's a quick, easy resolution that you want.

[furrowtickler]

Did Liz Taylor not get divorced 3 or 4 times ??? Always someone else’s fault .
Funny how problems tend to follow certain people 🤔