Herb Moses on tue 23 mar 99
I am setting up a new studio in a downtown adjacent area, and wanted to
draw on collective knowledge. I have a cement building, end space, with
interior plaster board walls, cement floor, maybe 16 foot ceilings. The
city is asking me various questions about my kiln, venting, heat removal,
make up air system. I am really afraid that the fear of unknown will be
such that I will have unnecessary restrictions placed on me, which will
make it too expensive for me.
Anyone? Did you have to get a permit for your gas kiln? What kinds of
questions and requirements were you asked? How did you handle the process.
Any info or experiences shared is welcome.
Thanks. Herb Moses
http://www.usapottery.com
Palm Springs Pottery
(opening soon)
Richard Aerni on wed 24 mar 99
Herb,
This is such a large open ended question that you have asked, and so
dependent upon local laws and regulations, that I hesitate to even
respond, but....
First let me refer you to Studio Potter magazine, Volume 9, Number 1,
from December 1980. It's focus was on urban potters and potteries...yes,
it's the one with King Kong potting on top of the Empire State Building,
surrounded by those pesky biplanes. There are a number of articles in
there, one or more of which may help you.
Secondly, familiarize yourself with your local building codes and their
ramifications on your situation. If this means hiring/consulting with an
architect/planner to either fill you in, or to represent you in your
dealings with the zoning/planning depts, this might be money well spent.
Most emphatically, do this before you answer the city's questions in a
way that might paint yourself into a corner with them. It's a little bit
like the accused having access to a lawyer before being grilled by the
police. In this situation, you are the accused and the regulators are
the cops. That might seem extreme, but trust me, you don't want to get
on their wrong side.
Third, if you'd like to email me and then contact me by phone, I would be
willing to share some of my experiences in getting our studio and kiln
"legal" while living and working in a crowded urban setting. Perhaps you
could benefit from my mistakes. I'm not trying to shut out the group
from this, but really, it's such a long and complicated issue/story, and
my fingers should be in clay now, not on the keyboard...
Good luck,
Richard Aerni
Bloomfield, NY
rcaerni@servtech.com
Herb Moses wrote:
>
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> I am setting up a new studio in a downtown adjacent area, and wanted to
> draw on collective knowledge. I have a cement building, end space, with
> interior plaster board walls, cement floor, maybe 16 foot ceilings. The
> city is asking me various questions about my kiln, venting, heat removal,
> make up air system. I am really afraid that the fear of unknown will be
> such that I will have unnecessary restrictions placed on me, which will
> make it too expensive for me.
>
> Anyone? Did you have to get a permit for your gas kiln? What kinds of
> questions and requirements were you asked? How did you handle the process.
> Any info or experiences shared is welcome.
>
> Thanks. Herb Moses
> http://www.usapottery.com
> Palm Springs Pottery
> (opening soon)
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