The inspector did not answer immediately.
He opened the garage file.
There was no final approval in it.
There was an application started months earlier, but the site plan attached to that application showed a smaller structure farther from the property line.
The garage Jason had built did not match the plan.
Worse, part of the side wall crossed the recorded boundary.
The building also covered a narrow access strip shown on the survey.
That strip was the very area Jason had accused Emma’s ramp of invading.
The inspector walked to the garage with the orange paint.
Jason moved in front of him.
“What are you doing?”
“Documenting the noncompliant section.”
“You can’t paint my building.”
“I can mark the area under inspection.”
