Fight with the city? No. They saw the relaxations as minor and approved the DP without any issue. (We're also in a neighbourhood zoned for multi-residential with a max building height of 12-16m so our garage is still pretty tiny in comparison.)
Fight with one of our neighbours? Oh yeah, that was a doozy and it ended up at the SDAB.
Fuzz, I noticed in some of your earlier photos you had insulated on the exterior of the slab. Was that a requirement from your engineer or did you add that for heating efficiency? Our slab is 650 sq. ft. so we also needed an engineered slab and they came back with insulation up the pony wall and out 2'. Due to some lot constraints going out 2' isn't possible so we're looking at second opinions.
It's funny because if our garage was 2' shorter we wouldn't need an engineer at all and could get away with a monolithic slab. Now we have a giant thickened edge and an insulation skirt around the whole thing. That's an expensive 2'.
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