Putting up a shop in CA - fire department being a pain

Good news. I went down there and talked to them again and the fire inspector said I still needed to get a compaction report. I brought with me a printed out version of the code that they have on their website and showed them that it says the driveway specifications refer to a one or two person dwelling and not a detached shop. They first tried saying that a detached shop is a dwelling and a person doesn't have to be living in a building for it to be considered a dwelling. I knew this wasn't true.

They wound up getting the fire marshall. He told me that I needed the compaction report and gravel road put in. I showed him the line in the code about it only being necessary if it's a dwelling. He said he was under the impression that it was a dwelling. I told him it wasn't and they went and talked in the office for a few minutes and came back out and said that the code doesn't dictate that I need to do that for an accessory shop so they can't enforce it. He said he's not afraid to admit when he's wrong so kudos and respect to the fire marshall there.

I'll wind up putting in a gravel driveway anyway but now I can at least do it on my timeline.