Ohana Dwelling Unit - P&Z code

[Carey]

Noel, I am sure that is what was done in this house, as a 2 room studio was added in 2000 with a permit.... we bought in '05 & it had an oven & sink, counters & cabinets in one room. The county does not keep the drafts & drawings for you permit, so if you go back to them (as we have) to find out just WHAT was permitted & if anything was NOT permitted, they don't know (and they did tell us that only one kitchen was allowed unless permitted & WE would have to have the paperwork on the permitted addition to know if it was permitted....The sellar did not supply that, so ............????) Hope this helps.
There is always the chance that later on the county will do what our last county does - all home must meet certain codes to sell or improve, if there is no proof that the work was done to the codes (ie no county stamped plans on file or with the owner, the sale of the property cannot happen without the structure removed or improved or engineer/architech stamped plans submitted (we had to get an engineers stamp for a shed that was there when we bought, in order to sell our last house - buyer wanted it so we had it done, I was ready to knock it down!). If that ever happens here, there would be a lot of scrambling to find out what WAS permitted in the past...and the county does not have the records, so it is totally up to the landowners....but that is merely sci-fi here, at this day & time.
MORAL: Keep all paperwork with the house!