How big is the coop? Any way you can change your footing plan and put it on 4 x 6 skids? That might save you the permit fee and inspections since it would then be a portable building. (even if you never do move it. My understanding is that is why you see so many farms with lots of little buildings instead of a few larger ones. That gets them around that snag.
His house is the eyesore! I will have to post a pic of my coop, its unfinished but its really niceSince they just started laying and I have too many to tell the eggs apart unless I catch them in the box, so it's hard to say. They were more than 7 months old when they started. But I am pretty far north and they were born in June... Everybody else was laying 2 month earlier under the same conditions except my Delaware.
@keesmom raised some good points. I have lost many a chick to shipping but it was 100% USPS fault. I did have 14 chicks survive 4 days in shipping. But also, I had a GLW & SLW both turn out to be boys that were of course sexed. And it's true that all are individuals and you might really enjoy the one you didn't think you would. 2 of my EE are flighty, while the other 2 will hang out on my lap. 2 of my BR are friendly enough to hang around but don't like to be held, while the 3rd one gets on my lap. All of my birds go through different phases of friendliness. During their teen days they want less to do with me. But shortly after starting to lay they become friendly again and maybe a little more confident even. One note about all being individual... my White Leghorn was supposed to start laying at 16 week according to LFS, but I didn't see an egg until at least 22 weeks. I didn't expect to like her, figured she might be the first to go to a predator since they are "flighty" thought she would be over the fence. And as a chick her flightyness did rub off onto other chicks. So I thought I would never get one again. Well, I do love having white be a color in my egg basket. She cranks them out, is lighter on the feed bill. And even though she doesn't hang around us too much or let us hold/pet, she is quite a character... and I will totally think about getting some in the future. Point of course being that sometimes you get an unexpected surprise.
I don't think BR are bullies, just don't lay too often and you already got some unsure layers between your blue am and EE is why I recommended others. I like them very much as cluck cluck mentioned. They are good birds and great starters. Being heavier makes it harder for them to get over my fence and easier for me to catch them.
I love that you are going with a mix of breeds! It makes it a lot of fun to collect eggs and to look at on pasture. I feel like a kid everyday when I collect rent.Example..
When I lived in the city, they did have an exception to farm animals if they were being raised as a school or 4H project and to be gone there after. We did make sure our coop was under the limit for getting a permit, just in case.... And to a degree I can understand a neighbor not wanting an eye sore (not saying it is) but it stinks to have that type of neighbor. Had the city come out once and tell me to mow my 6 inch lawn when the gardeners were already on their way to do it. I knew which neighbor was the trouble maker in the hood. The no eggs for them suggestion was good. But I like to go the other way and kill 'em with kindness, like heaping hot coals on top of their heads!
The neighbor is just a unhappy man baby.
Oh, I believe you! I have lived next door to many unhappy man babies.His house is the eyesore! I will have to post a pic of my coop, its unfinished but its really nice
Gary
We walked by the coop and looked where my drain pipe came out at the bottom of my property. He said I had to put rocks/gravel where it comes out so the water did not rut. Walked past the coop again on the way out HE NEVER EVEN TOOK A SECOND GLANCE AT THE COOP. When we got to his truck he said he was going to come back and post a notice on my door about the water run off and tell his supervisor it was a neighbor dispute and no further violations That was a week ago, still no notice. 
