I was wondering if anyone knows who I can speak to about the following: My wife and are considering purchasing a property on a pond in the Lakes region. The property in question has a screened porch that comes off of the main living area on the second floor. If we purchase the property, we would like to enclose the screen porch and make it part of the living area. There would be no foundation built under the porch since it is on the second floor. I haven't measured the distance of the porch from the water, but my guess would be that it is 40 feet. My contractor checked with the local code officer and he said that anything within 50-feet of full pond level requires state approval. Would a request such as this have a chance for approval? It doesn't seem like such a change to the structure would have an impact on the environment since we would only be enclosing the porch and not expanding the foundation, etc. If anyone has advice it would be appreciated.
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