A couple of items I had to check before starting my building project were the by-laws and building codes of the town in which I live.  In some places you won’t be able to put up a steel building as a result of various municipal laws.  By the way, I should point out that  I also know of one town in my area that has no by-laws against steel buildings, but does have certain restrictions on traditional stick frame buildings.  Go figure!

I placed a call to our town office and thankfully was told that there were no restrictions on steel buildings or size of buildings.  The only by-law in effect is one that prevents building three metres from the street.  I can live with that.

Here is a picture of the building site as it sits now:

Next up is to decide upon a foundation.

As always, I welcome any comments that might be helpful to me with this project.

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