Tom Kochtanek
06-17-2004, 06:43 PM
After a long, long, long wait, a lot of local politics, and quite a bit in engineering fees, I finally got city council approval to build my shop. My wife and the architect call it my "Man Shed". I rather like that!
That's correct, I said "architect". Last year I was thinking 40' by 60' all metal building and wasn't even sure if the floor would be concrete or just dusty chat. That's all settled now...
First I had to hire an engineer to plan the site (for runoff, utilities, grading, and so forth). Then I had to seek a rezoning of the property. I changed it from "R-2" or two family dwellings (sometimes called "duplexes") to "PUD-7", which stands for Planned Unit Development with no more than seven units per acre. That sets up the plan for developing the rest of the tract with 28 units (it is around 4 plus acres). Then I had to develop a site plan for the 28 units (not the shop, these units will be condominiums) and get neighborhood support, then get Planning and Zoning approval, then get City Council approval. That took about 8 months and a bag of cash (I serously could have bought a 1962 Bubbletop with a 409 four speed on Ebay with the monies it cost!).
Then I had to hire an architect to design the condos. This PUD designation gives me the right to construct a "maintenance building" on the premises, ostensibly to serve the condos. My plans are otherwise :)
The structure will be on a 40 by 60 base, subterranean. Part of it will have a 14 foot celing (can you say "car hoist?) the rest 8-9 foot celings. There will be a stick built structure above this subterranean "shop", offering 2400 more square feet of space. This is supposed to be an "amenity" for the subdivision, on top of my shop space. I thought it might make a nice museum for X-framed W cars :)
What started out as a budget-minded $10K self erected metal building is now a fancy, architect designed, well-engineered stick built structure, costing many times that original expectation.
The catch is I have to come up with the $$$$ to build the condos so I can construct the Man Shed. I will be passing the hat at the First Annual to seed the project :)
You are all cordially invited to the ground breaking which should happen in the next few months, around the time of the Convention. We are about 2 hours east of KC along I-70. Many of you will pass Columbia on the way to the Convention.
I actually have valid DNR permits and am awaiting bids for excavation. Then I line up a concrete subcontractor and a framing team and erect the shell this Fall (assuming no more snags).
This has been a very time consuming, expensive pursuit that now looks quite promising. I hope it is worth the effort. I can't believe my wife of 25 years has signed off on this :) :) :)
And I hope this larger project doesn't get in my way of completing the '62SS for the September meeting. If I pull this off, I think my wife should let me buy that tricked out aluminum front '62 Bubbletop Jack Gibbs offered up on Ebay last month. It would look just dandy in the first floor "display room".
Now I am dreaming...
Cheers,
TomK
That's correct, I said "architect". Last year I was thinking 40' by 60' all metal building and wasn't even sure if the floor would be concrete or just dusty chat. That's all settled now...
First I had to hire an engineer to plan the site (for runoff, utilities, grading, and so forth). Then I had to seek a rezoning of the property. I changed it from "R-2" or two family dwellings (sometimes called "duplexes") to "PUD-7", which stands for Planned Unit Development with no more than seven units per acre. That sets up the plan for developing the rest of the tract with 28 units (it is around 4 plus acres). Then I had to develop a site plan for the 28 units (not the shop, these units will be condominiums) and get neighborhood support, then get Planning and Zoning approval, then get City Council approval. That took about 8 months and a bag of cash (I serously could have bought a 1962 Bubbletop with a 409 four speed on Ebay with the monies it cost!).
Then I had to hire an architect to design the condos. This PUD designation gives me the right to construct a "maintenance building" on the premises, ostensibly to serve the condos. My plans are otherwise :)
The structure will be on a 40 by 60 base, subterranean. Part of it will have a 14 foot celing (can you say "car hoist?) the rest 8-9 foot celings. There will be a stick built structure above this subterranean "shop", offering 2400 more square feet of space. This is supposed to be an "amenity" for the subdivision, on top of my shop space. I thought it might make a nice museum for X-framed W cars :)
What started out as a budget-minded $10K self erected metal building is now a fancy, architect designed, well-engineered stick built structure, costing many times that original expectation.
The catch is I have to come up with the $$$$ to build the condos so I can construct the Man Shed. I will be passing the hat at the First Annual to seed the project :)
You are all cordially invited to the ground breaking which should happen in the next few months, around the time of the Convention. We are about 2 hours east of KC along I-70. Many of you will pass Columbia on the way to the Convention.
I actually have valid DNR permits and am awaiting bids for excavation. Then I line up a concrete subcontractor and a framing team and erect the shell this Fall (assuming no more snags).
This has been a very time consuming, expensive pursuit that now looks quite promising. I hope it is worth the effort. I can't believe my wife of 25 years has signed off on this :) :) :)
And I hope this larger project doesn't get in my way of completing the '62SS for the September meeting. If I pull this off, I think my wife should let me buy that tricked out aluminum front '62 Bubbletop Jack Gibbs offered up on Ebay last month. It would look just dandy in the first floor "display room".
Now I am dreaming...
Cheers,
TomK