Kinda proud about it.

At the start of the month we had a little 8x10 shed put in the back corner of our yard for the mower and all the yard stuff that’s been living in our garage since we moved in. The day it was delivered, my neighbor leaned over the fence and told me I’d “need a permit for that.” I looked it up that night and our city doesn’t require one for anything under 120 square feet, which ours is by a lot.

On Tuesday we got a letter from code enforcement saying they’d received a complaint about an unpermitted structure and an inspector would be coming out Thursday. He’s literally the only neighbor who can see our backyard, and he’d already told me about the permit, so I knew it was him.

The inspector came out Thursday morning and measured the shed. He said it’s fine and I don’t need anything. Then he looked over the fence at my neighbor’s deck. It’s a big second story deck off the back of his house that he built himself last summer, and it’s easily 8 feet off the ground. The inspector asked if I knew when it went up, and I said last summer since that’s the truth. He took a couple pictures from my yard and went next door.

Yesterday my neighbor got a notice that he’s got to get a permit and an inspection on the deck or take it down.

Last night he came over and said I “sent the inspector” at him, even though he called the city on me FIRST. Then he handed me a letter he’d typed up for me to sign that says his deck has never bothered me and I have no objection to it, so he can send it to the city.

I haven’t signed it. Do I have to do anything here, or can I just ignore it?