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A deck rejected over a phantom setback violation — an accurate, dimensioned re-plot proved 12.4 ft of clearance and won approval the same week.
Mecklenburg County rejected a 16×20 deck application because the contractor's sketch showed the deck apparently crossing the 10-ft rear setback. The homeowner believed the sketch was simply drawn out of scale — but had no way to prove it.
We re-plotted the lot from recorded plat dimensions and located the existing house from survey ties. Drawn accurately, the deck edge sat 12.4 ft from the rear property line — comfortably inside the setback. We dimensioned that distance explicitly and added a setback table quoting the zoning district requirements.
The resubmission was approved the same week. The deck was framed within ten days of the original rejection.
The problem was never my deck — it was the drawing. They proved on paper what I kept telling the county, and that was that.
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