Well, we met last week with the building codes fellow and the zoning fellow, and it was a very positive experience. The meeting started with them laying out their concerns and the statement that they didn't see any way to make it work, trying to permit something that didn't seem to fit into building codes at all.
We explained who we were, our background and goals, and then I gave them a brief history of yurts and, specifically, yurts in the US. I handed them the engineering specs and flame specs that
has. We had a conversation about how adaptable yurts are, that they can be plumbed and wired, that they can have "real" windows, and that there were municipalities in the US that have permitted them and state and local parks in Ohio that utilize them.
In the end, the zoning fellow still had some concerns he needed to consider and explore, but both reflected that, though they haven't done anything like this before, it looks like a project that we can work together to move forward. How about that?
One of the pieces of information they asked me to send them was regarding other places that have permitted yurts as residences. I'll be cruising the internet in the next few days to gather a list of those that I can find, but I would love it if any of you with leads can point me to any I might miss.
On the whole, I am excited by the fact that the folks at the city are so willing to explore something they have no experience with, and to consider something that they initially thought not possible.
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