In my town anything without a foundation is not considered a structure for tax purposes.
Ed Kozlowsky Sanford, Maine >________________________________ >From: John <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2011 5:24 PM >Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Re: portable housing for layouts > > > >Our zoning code (when I was the zoning inspector) said nothing about size on >outbuildings. Just to be fastened to the ground. Nothing about types of >construction. >Well, one party who really loved restoring old cars placed 3 truck trailers in >his yard (3 lots in the old town, 2 being vacant) He filled the trailers with >cars and parts. The arrangement wasn't too orderly though. >His neighbor (a real sourass) complained to me constantly . >I convinced the trailer owner to create 3 foundations (mainly a few blocks, >then take the wheels off. >Which he did. As the code said nothing about style, the Planning Commission >approved them. > >The neighbor got worse, until I found her old rickety front porch was on the >street right of way. I told her to remove it Never heard another word. (It was >grandfathered - but she did not know it.) > >I tried to get the first party to put a model RR in one truck. No deal > >John Armstrong >----- Original Message ----- >From: Ed Kozlowsky >To: [email protected] >Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2011 11:05 AM >Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Re: portable housing for layouts > >Bob, >I happened to get this one for free, but there were reasons why I wanted a >travel trailer rather than the office type. The two main reasons were first, >that I could tow it with my pickup truck, and second, that pretty much everone >in rural New England that has a camper parks it in his yard with no questions >asked. Most towns up here are very understanding about keeping personal >property on your own land. I worked with a guy several years ago who bought a >box car from Guilford to use as a storage building. He lived in a housing >development, but there were no regulations against it. His neihbors hated it >and tried to talk him into getting rid of it. I saw pictures of it. It was >pulled onto his property right next to his house and set up. It was almost as >big as his house. The conclusion was that they bought it from him for more >than he paid for it and had it removed at no cost to him. I love living in >Maine :o) > >Ed Koz >Sanford, Maine > >>________________________________ >> From: Bob Werre <[email protected]> >>To: [email protected] >>Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2011 10:41 AM >>Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Re: portable housing for layouts >> >> >> >> >> >>I wish I could have been able to obtain someone of your knowledge early >>on when I built my layout. When I built my spiral loop using the open L >>beam type construction, finding places to make or take measurements was >>difficult, as it's someplace in space. I finally convinced a fellow >>modeler, who had surveying experience, to stop by and help. I did in a >>couple of hours what I had already spent days just thinking about. >>Finding people on the net who can help is one of the benefits of >>belonging to various groups, that we're round when I was building. >> >>Your idea of the travel trailer is pretty good. I understand used >>versions can be had for very little money. Likewise in the boom and >>bust oil industry and related construction businesses, portable office >>trailers are often sold for next to nothing. Many are typically 12 X >>60's or so with running water, AC & heating units. Just finding a place >>to put one is the trick. In this neck of the woods subdivision >>regulations generally outlaw that sort of thing, but having property >>further out from a city will work. On our recent local tour, I visited >>a gentlemen who built a nice metal quanset (sp) type building, fully >>insulated with urethane and nice HVAC unit--I was afraid to ask what >>something like that would cost, but looking at the rest of his hobby >>farm, I knew he could afford it and I couldn't. >> >>Bob Werre >>PhotoTraxx >>> >>> >>> I'm a mechanical design engineer and have 45 years experience >>> designing and building production machinery and products. The only >>> thing I want to move on my layout are the trains. >>> >>> Ed Kozlowsky >>> Sanford, Maine >>> >> >>[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >> >> >> >> >> > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >__________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature >database 6708 (20111213) __________ > >The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > >http://www.eset.com > >__________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature >database 6709 (20111213) __________ > >The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > >http://www.eset.com > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! 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