As mentioned in previous posts, I have had a 311 complaint lodged against my property for the following: “A 1-FAMILY HOME IS DOING CONSTRUCTION, AN EXTENSION IN THE FRONT W\/O ANY PERMITS. Category 5.” Unbeknownst to me, the contractor did not have a permit. (Outside of taking action against the contractor), what should I do about the complaint. Do I <\/p>\n
1) Wait for the DOB to issue a violation or
\n2) Act now and hire an architect to try to legalize the renovation and request a variance (even though it looks like the new front exterior 6.5’x10′ vestibule exceeds existing R2A code by about 35 sqr.ft \u00e2\u20ac\u201c the new structure is 3.5 feet ahead of my adjacent neighbor’s property)<\/p>
I have been advised by a few people that it might be best to wait and get the violation first before acting on it. A few people have warned me that the DOB may just want to throw in violations for other things that they may or may not find on the premises and that its best to wait and see what they do. I was told that they can be very fickle and thrown in frivilous violations based on asssumptions that they make, sometimes without proof, especially if you avoild letting them into your house). And that they will make 3 physicall attempts to enter the house. This whole thing sounds crazy and unbelievable. Others have advised me to go ahead and start the process.<\/p>\n %<\/span><\/span> | %<\/span><\/a> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As mentioned in previous posts, I have had a 311 complaint lodged against my property for the following: “A 1-FAMILY HOME IS DOING CONSTRUCTION, AN EXTENSION IN THE FRONT W\/O ANY PERMITS. Category 5.” Unbeknownst to me, the contractor did not have a permit. (Outside of taking action against the contractor), what should I do…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64253,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"schneps_byline":"","schneps_post_style":"","schneps_post_source":"","schneps_syndicated_read_more":"","schneps_post_source_sitename":"","schneps_syndicated_thumb_html":"","schneps_syndicated_thumb_src":"","schneps_post_source_shortname":"","schneps_post_source_url":"","schneps_post_source_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[422],"tags":[],"districts":[],"class_list":["post-47420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dob"],"acf":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2010\/08\/should-i-act-or\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Should I Act or Should I Wait : DOB COMPLAINT","url":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2010\/08\/should-i-act-or\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2010\/08\/should-i-act-or\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":""},"articleSection":"DOB","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"medman"}],"creator":["medman"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Forum Archive","logo":""},"keywords":[],"dateCreated":"2010-08-11T09:33:51Z","datePublished":"2010-08-11T09:33:51Z","dateModified":"2010-08-11T09:41:38Z"},"rendered":"