Unofficially officially Permitted

Another couple weeks had gone by, since we applied for our permit. At first I was persistent, checking in and asking questions, to either keep us at the front of their minds or to annoy them enough, that they would review our stuff, just to get me to go away.
When that didn't seem to work, I laid off, we had our hands full anyway, of reviewing contractor bids.
We also spent a day looking at cabinets, appliances, fixtures and flooring, etc.

When I checked in again I was advised that we were about a week away from the 3rd step of the review. As you will recall, the process is zoning review, stormwater review, building plans review.
That was before Easter. We also had our stumps ground down that weekend. This will be the first of many heavy equipment pictures to come!

Checking in again come to find out plans are set to be reviewed on Thursday.
Furthermore I am provided with the draft review letter which has the zoning and stormwater comments on it. I am advised that I can't resubmit anything until the final review, but can start working on what's needed. This is all coming from the contact at county that our architect had referred us to, whom I've been impressed with. I give him kudos for how well he has handled my persistence!

Reviewing the letter, zoning passed, which we kind of knew since we got our address. But stormwater failed. They would like us to provide supporting evidence for the engineering report (from 06 from seller) that no drain tiles are likely present on our parcel. We start gathering information, mostly consisting of historical aerial views of our lot, as visuals are evidence enough to show any drain tiles. We found some pretty cool pictures, like the one below from 1946!

Then Wednesday comes the news, that our reviewer had a conflict and the plans would be reviewed by someone else. This was much to my dismay, as I thought it would slow down the process again.
However, much to my excitement, Friday morning comes and we receive the final review letter, and...
THERE'S NO CHANGES NEEDED TO OUR BUILDING PLANS!!!!!
So, as we had already been gathering all the stormwater evidence, I quickly resubmit that and receive another awesome reply, that the evidence appears to be "highly sufficient", and the official review will be done within 4 days time.
That is why I am considering us Unofficially Officially Permitted.
It's just a matter of days now folks...