When asked multiple times what is the basis of their policy, why they are forcing implementation of something no other reputable lender requires for the area, and other related questions, they repeatedly decline to answer except to circularly say it is their new policy. 

How you intend to attract investors (privately via a PPM or publicly via an offering circular under the new laws)Also, a "hedge fund" implies that you have a strategy that is counterbalanced in some fashion.

Unless your uncle is the president of the bank, this offer is never going to go anywhere, but in the circular file.

I have a one bed row house that has a circular staircase.

Without missing a beat he said "How is the circular staircase working out?"

Imagine a 1/4 circular rod with 18" clearance from the heater.

It's accurate, as long as you focus on the "candlesticks" on the map, and not that circular gauge.  

See Section 10-723 of this next link:https://law.resource.org/pub/us/code/city/pa/Philadelphia/title10.htmlHere is an article that shows this is becoming more common in other places:http://evanstonnow.com/story/government/bill-smith/2013-02-06/54592/annoyed-by-ad-circulars-on-your-lawn

@Allison C HendersonWhy not find four 6” circular access panel covers and cover the holes?

Although this is a little Chicken andEgg, or Circular logic.