1) Good thinking. LimeyGeorge   Tuesday, May 26, 2009

2) Are driveway permits required in York County? Typically SCDOT requires them. You may already have it taken care of, just thought I would throw it out there. Good News   Tuesday, May 26, 2009

3) yeah, Will you know there are restrictions on driveways in York. loving wife   Tuesday, May 26, 2009

4) I have got the ball rolling on the permit thing. But it takes 6 weeks and if they disapprove it, I'm just going to use it anyway. WillnBek.com   Tuesday, May 26, 2009

5) Nice work! Emmy Ann   Tuesday, May 26, 2009

6) I agree w/Will - if it means moving it to a safer spot for my family, I'd move it regardless. Angi   Tuesday, May 26, 2009

7) I don't see why they would not approve it. You're on top of things and they should like your thinking on the placement, although "common sense" is not necessarily a staple within our bureaucratic BS Government. We used to often operate under the "It's easier to get forgiveness than it is permission" mindset but that is getting harder to do under our increasingly socialistic government who knows what is best about everything!! Not to make a political statement or anything! :o) Good News   Tuesday, May 26, 2009

8) Good News,

Here are a few questions that Will can anticipate.

1. Was it surveyed?

2. Did you obtain a permit?

3. Did you obtain a variance?

4. Did you obtain an EPA study?

5. Will your new driveway impact any endangered species?

6. Is that a county or State road that you just made a curb cut into?

more, more and more.

I hope it doesnt happen like this but I could easily see it playing out this way. RickMonday   Tuesday, May 26, 2009

9) Agree 150% Good News!!!!

I will probably not be able to move (legally) my driveway 25 feet because I will encroach on a Spotted Ground Fern's natural habitat. WillnBek.com   Tuesday, May 26, 2009

10) Here is an interesting scenario that we are meeting with city officials in Winston-Salem about tomorrow. A few years ago there was a housing development being built in W-S. They started building houses as the streets and utilities were being installed which is a fairly common practice. Several houses were completed prior to the completion of the roads, power lines, water and sewer mains. Now get this, each of the city inspectors drive down the unfinished road to the house, the electrical inspector knows that the power is not on, the plumbing inspector knows that there is no water service yet, and these bozo’s issued Certificates of Occupancy for a few of the houses!! So there were homeowners living in these houses with a generator hooked up to the house for power and portajon’s outside!! Who knows what they did for water?

Now here is the city’s brilliant solution. Do not issue building permits until all of the streets, utilities, etc are 100% complete and all plats are recorded and approved. Essentially, let’s punish all of the contractors for our stupid mistake!! This is causing a 6 month delay on an apartment complex we are contracted to build. Our developer, who is planning many more developments is saying, unless this changes, he won’t build anymore in W-S. In this slow economy, we could have about 150 more construction workers on site than we have right now! But because of this bureaucratic bullshit we are moving at a snails pace because there is a huge amount of grading necessary to complete the roads. Good News   Tuesday, May 26, 2009

11) Those people in South Carolina aren't so advanced as to ask those questions, they call a Clem(p)son Graduate to take care of the problem. BeanCounter37   Tuesday, May 26, 2009

12) Bean, You do know Clemson is IN South Carolina, right. And once and for all there is no "P". bek   Wednesday, May 27, 2009

13) What is his problem with Clemson anyway? Maybe you have to live there to get it, but I'm assuming there's some sort of rivalry? soundchick   Wednesday, May 27, 2009

14) I really have no idea where Bean is coming from Soundchick. bek   Wednesday, May 27, 2009

15) Bean is just spelling it like most people say it. Clemson is more widely pronounced Clempson. Bek,just try saying it the way that you are used to saying it and you will here the P.

Bean is also referring to the Clemson as being one of the main agricultural schools in the Southland that offers many diverse agricultural degrees from Watershed Engineering and Bovine Lactation Genome Consortium or "Professional Cow Milker."

And yes, Soundchick, there are some strong feelings about which college you choose to side with here in SC. WillnBek.com   Wednesday, May 27, 2009

16) Oh no you didn't!

Seriously Will, I know that when Clemson is pronnounced there is a "p" sound, but I don't go around putting p in the word. But if you would like to take up for bean, go ahead, I am sure that will gain you a few friends here in humzoo land. bek   Wednesday, May 27, 2009

17) Oh Yes I did!!!!!!

P.S. Bean and I are getting an apartment together. It doesnt have any restrictions. WillnBek.com   Wednesday, May 27, 2009

18) Scandalous. Joe   Wednesday, May 27, 2009

19) If I weren't tired, I could come up with some quip about the restrictions on your property, your "ass" and an apartment with The Bean, but I won't. GO CLEMPSON!! Angi   Wednesday, May 27, 2009

20) Yes, I know where Clemson is and how to spell it. What gets me is when you speak to a USC person and they say that they went to Carolina. Most of us have to ask which one because there are four of them: East,North,South, and Western. My next door neighbor set me staight one day, when he told me that when he went to Clemson there was no "P" in the name. How many of you Clemson fans remember the legendary Frank Howard? BeanCounter37   Saturday, May 30, 2009