quoted from DJ...

... because it's 4:30 a.m. and I can't sleep. Too tired to rewrite the e-mail he sent (a week ago), but not tired enough to actually fall asleep. I hate that.

"I just got off the phone with Michael La Grand in the Public Works Department and he said we can't really do the road improvements during the rainy season, but there is a mechanism that allows for the parcel to be recorded prior to the road improvements actually being completed.
It's called a parcel map subdivision agreement. All we have to do is write a letter explaining that we would like to request a parcel map subdivision agreement with the county, along with our road improvement plans and a plan check/permit deposit of $X00 to the Department of Public Works*. Once they process the request you should be allowed to record the subdivision, secure financing, and submit for plan check on your house plans. The Building Department will perform their review, but will withhold the actual permit until the road improvements are done, however this could be done in a matter of days rather than weeks or months. You could start building your house the day after the road is finished. You should have plenty of time to secure your financing between now and next spring."

This is really great news. We'll be able to utilize the rainy season for paperwork, and get started building first thing in the spring.

*extortion again; probably the 10th time we've gone through something like this, but we'll do whatever it takes to not be set back any further.