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Originally Posted by OCDACTIVE
Also, I would like to discuss how in many instances the laws are too overbearing and costly for the regular Joe who is lucky enough to live on the lake. The permit process is outrageous and can take years and is extremely expensive. While I know they are trying to prevent enviromental issues does this impede on new construction and provide yet another hurdle to the hurting contracting and construction business?
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This topic has come up before, and I'm not sure what your experience has been to make that statement, but my personal experience was quite the opposite.
A year ago I applied for and received a State CSPA permit/waiver to re-build our "non-conforming" camp on Pine Island. I'm not in the construction trade and had no previous permitting experience, but was determined to do this myself and not pay a professional "permitter". I found the regulations very easy to understand, and also attended one of the DES workshops which was very helpful as well.
The whole process took less than 3 months, cost less than a thousand dollars, and was pretty painless.
We are fortunate to have a few experts in such matters on the forum ("Shore Things", "jmen24", and others), who have been able to address specific questions.
I'm happy to give more details on the process I went through or share my knowledge and experience with anyone that would like.
Looks like sun this weekend! -PIG