Shoreland Protection Rules

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Originally Posted by secondcurve

Gatto:

Your argument is logical. However, these folks were adamant that we couldn't enclose a porch if it was within 50-feet of the water. It is a huge over reaction in my opinion. On one hand the state allowed an eye sore such as what Bob Bahare did in Alton several years back, but they won't let me enclose a 300 square foot porch that already has screens, a roof and is two stories off the ground.

secondcurve,

Instead of enclosing your screen porch, why not just fix the existing structure and replace the torn screens with those new, energy efficient ones that have glass on the inside.

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