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Edwin Pawlowski Edwin Pawlowski is offline
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Default Don't upset the inspector


"DanG" wrote in message
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A friend who shall remain nameless called. He lives in the county in a
different state. He launched into a small addition with no permit. He has
it framed and dried in. He received a letter from the county ordering him
to cease and desist. He called wondering what they can do to him if he
just keeps going.

I didn't really have an answer. I did tell him that if there was a need
for the electric company to do any work on the service, they would not
perform without permit approval. Other than that, what can they do? This
guy is a bit of a renegade. I explained about the yes, sir/no,sir - gee,
I'm sorry approach. He's headed a bit more along the my castle, my
kingdom, damn the torpedoes approach.


Thee are a few possibilities. He may be able to say he "forgot" to get a
permit, pay the fee and keep on going. If he decides to contest it all,
they have the power to make him take it down. In any case, I'd not do any
outdoor work until the situation is resolved as that will just aggravate the
officials. Doing the indoor finishing is risky too, as they will want to
inspect electrical, etc before it is closed up.

If he is building to code it is much easier to resolve than if he is in
violation, not matter what he, you, or I think of the practicality of the
situation.

At work we moved our production into a building we bought 8 years ago.
Suddenly we have to bring the entire building up to code due to the new use.
This is over $250,000 in upgrades and we have no choice. I suspect your
friend will be in the same situation.