But building a pool in your backyard means getting a permit. And getting a permit means having a site plan, that document that shows your property, its borders, its structures and how close everything is to the neighbors. She could have told Kristy to pay hundreds of dollars to commission a site plan. (As it turned out, a local company — Goode Surveys — volunteered to do a site plan free. ADSaid Kristy: “The permit was issued on the fifth [of June] and the pool was built in the next five days.

Source: Washington Post June 30, 2020 19:17 UTC