Subj : Re: National Anthem
To   : MIKE POWELL
From : Rob Mccart
Date : Mon Jan 27 2025 01:07:00

RM>> I'm in what they call the 30,000 islands area so there are lots of
  >> small islands out on the water plus I actually live within the Georgian
  >> Bay Unesco Protected Biosphere which makes getting building permits tricky
  >> but they protect the area, like you can't get a new lot building permit
  >> unless you have 2 acres of land with about 330 feet of water frontage.

MP>That is pretty handy to be able to keep it from becoming like so many other
  >areas with water frontage.  Probably not so handy if/when you want to add
  >something to your already built on land, though.

For the most part there are limits to square footage of buildings on the
property but if you stay under that they are fairly flexible. That said
the new rules say you can only have one 'housekeeping' cottage, that's
with a kitchen and bathroom and maybe even just runnin water, and then
you can have a 'bunky' for guests to sleep in without those things.

But if you want to do anything that effects 'nature' you have a lot
of hoops to go through.. cutting live trees, digging wells and putting
in septic system is closely monitored and you can't touch the shoreline.
You can't cut water weeds or bring in sand to make a beach.
One neighbour across from me has 330 feet of frontage and when he wanted
to put in a dock, they sent an inspector to check how 'vulnerable' the
shoreline was there. In the end they found one spot 10 feet wide where
they would allow a dock, nowhere else on his property.

We are lucky here because even though we only have 1.25 acres, we are
grandfathered in to have 3 housekeeping cottages allowed, but we are
still restricted to square footage to a maximun total of all of them to
around 2000 sq ft. Right now we are dealing with three 400 sq ft places.
We also have 350 feet of frontage making up a somewhat protected bay and
we have a sand beach in there too.

To clarify the I and We comments, origially my brother, my sister and I
jointly owned the property. Later my sister bought out my brother when
he had some health and money issues and my share is 1/3 of the place.

RM>> I hesitate to spend that much since I may only be wintering
  >> here for a limited time, probably less than another 5 years.
  >> (Possibly never again the way things are going..)   B)

MP>Yeah, where is that global warming when you need it.  :D  I would sure be
  >discouraged from toughing it out for many winters if I suspected that they
  >might turn out like this one has so far.

Yes, perfect timing. Probably the coldest winter so far in a decade and
more snow than I've seen in the past 20 years this early. My weather
app on the phone used words I've never seen them use before, they said
I should expect a blizzard tomorrow. If a few of the storms we've gotten
so far didn't qulify as that I hate to think what to expect..

RM>> I have lived in apartments in big cities until I bought my first house
  >> (in the city) when I was 21. Then I was in there and in my next place for
  >> 11 years and then, very briefly, bought an apartment building type Condo,
  >> where the rules drove me nuts and I ended up selling that within 6 weeks.

MP>Some of the HOA stuff relatives have to put up with would drive me nuts.
  >OTOH, the rules do sometimes come in handy when you have neighbors that
  >have kids who collect beat up, non-running cars.

Yes, some rules make sense.. There were other things in play that added
to my decision to sell the condo but I remember things like rules saying
you couldn't have a wreath on your door for Christmas and you couldn't
bring anything not held in your arms up in the elevator - you had to
schedule a time to use the freight elevator. A bunch of little things..

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