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Retaining walls, the Foundation Work needed to be done in order to stabilize the hillside so that was authorized by the department of building inspection, i concurred with that. It was necessary for safety of the community, that was allowed to continue, but no work beyond what was necessary to stabilize the site was allowed so after the stabilization was completed, they submitted the Building Permit application which is now on appeal before you today my understanding theyve largely been stopped for some number of months and maybe the sponsor can address that as well. We agree this is a demolit...

Subcontractors we estimate that approximately 465 thousand dollars of that 662 thousand dollars was done at the time the accident occurred. So we added the 465 thousand dollars for site work which included a whole series of deeply drilled reinforced concrete piers included map slab foundations and retaining walls drainage excavation, backfill and slabs to produce building pads and outdoor usable space. Those totaled approximately 465 thousand dollars based on dbis estimates. And the other question i have would be and what is the total cost stated for the permits for the subject propertys destr...

Provision in the Building Code, thats something that is in the discretion of the department of building inspection to apply, what we work with in the city are several definitions for demolition, so the department of building inspection that hair own definition, in the planning code we have one under 317 which has a couples of calculating it, you trigger 317 if you require a demolition permit pursuant to dbi requirements and thiss also two other calculations based upon the air y of the building and the amount of walls that are remaining, further, we have additional definition that we use for de...

Questions in regards to the form type, the Application Form type, thats a determination made by the department of building inspection, whether its an alteration or a demolition, theres different color form, Different Number forms thats a determination made by dbi, thats a provision in the Building Code, thats something that is in the discretion of the department of building inspection to apply, what we work with in the city are several definitions for demolition, so the department of building inspection that hair own definition, in the planning code we have one under 317 which has a couples of...

What was necessary to stabilize the site was allowed so after the stabilization was completed, they submitted the Building Permit application which is now on appeal before you today my understanding theyve largely been stopped for some number of months and maybe the sponsor can address that as well. We agree this is a demolition per the requirements of section code 317, we do not make determination of the appropriate permit type, if the board after appeal thinks this was inappropriately issued as an al ration and should be a demolition, thats the determination the board can make, but that is a...