Working on the design.

So here is a picture, because I guess I've got to start keeping a log of what this thing looks like, of my house with the current porch. I know the porch looks fine, but it is rotted and too small. So far we have just decided to replace it with an enclosed porch that would be about a foot deeper (1 foot further out from the house). While I work on some designs I am also trying to find out what i have to do to pull a permit in the town of Andover, MA. I remember the former owner of the house telling me when they bought the house that it is "pre-existing, non-conforming." I know that means that it doesn' conform to the current zoning laws but I don't know what that means in terms of what I have to do differently to rebuild my porch.

My House from the front with the old porch