I am currently working with a client in a small town in Connecticut- I am dealing with an issue which defies legal precedent and industry standards:
This is the Town's definition of a "building":
"Structure of walls, post, columns or other devices which may or may not support a roof, and which is used for the housing, shelter, enclosure or support of persons, animals or property of any kind. Any other structure more than six (6) feet high shall be considered as a Building, including a solid fence or wall, but excluding an electric transmission line or an electric light, telephone or telegraph pole, radio or TV Antenna, highway bridge or flagpole."
This town makes general references to "structures" however there is an absence of definition or specific regulations for what would conventionally be considered non-building structures- some of which are included in the definition of building: typically using language defining construction with a roof, used for shelter or dwelling.. a fence for example is by no normal criteria a building; nor a pergola which is the issue I am ultimately addressing with this zoning official who claims that a pergola is a building.
This is the Town's definition of a "building":
"Structure of walls, post, columns or other devices which may or may not support a roof, and which is used for the housing, shelter, enclosure or support of persons, animals or property of any kind. Any other structure more than six (6) feet high shall be considered as a Building, including a solid fence or wall, but excluding an electric transmission line or an electric light, telephone or telegraph pole, radio or TV Antenna, highway bridge or flagpole."
This town makes general references to "structures" however there is an absence of definition or specific regulations for what would conventionally be considered non-building structures- some of which are included in the definition of building: typically using language defining construction with a roof, used for shelter or dwelling.. a fence for example is by no normal criteria a building; nor a pergola which is the issue I am ultimately addressing with this zoning official who claims that a pergola is a building.