Our lawyer presented our case, then it was the brick wall Code Enforcer's turn... "I recommend that the Board allow the Carter's to continue..." And then I woke up. No, seriously, that's sorta how it played out. 35 minutes of discussions, but bottom line is that we can go on. I guess that when the Board got the petition from the lawyer, they did some investigating and realized that their code was written wrong. So they are going to fix it - but instead of fixing it to the way FEMA intended, they are taking out the term "fully enclosed" and are just leaving the word "enclosed". They will leave the limit under the either/or clause, so I guess they'll fix that the next time someone threatens to sue.
Bottom line, the brick wall came across as reasonable and knowledgeable and kept his prestige, and we get to move forward. And the lawyer was extremely generous in his fees, so we got off lightly there.
For now, we'll keep with Central Development - but won't be paying them a dime until the financial aspects of our project are taken care of.
What a difference a day makes. Maybe I'll actually sleep tonight!
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