Oh, crap. Bad luck for you. OTOH, maybe you could sue for discrimination since the plan checker doesn't live next to everyone in town. ;-)
I’m late on this reply!
Actually, he was doing a favor. He had problems when he wanted to put a little carport on his garage. They(the township) sent letters to the homes around his asking if we would have a problem with that. Huh? So, he told me to get the permit because the neighbors behind my house could complain and it ‘was’ the law.
Replacing a fence with another fence. I’m feeling that ‘owning’ property is an illusion the local gov’t allows us.