Topic: We don't need no stinking permits!
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Sun 10/30/16 12:16 PM

Again it seems that laws don't apply to the Clintons...... at least in their eyes

Records show Clintons renovated NY home without permits

CHAPPAQUA, N.Y. — Building department records obtained by the Journal News/lohud.com show that Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and former president Bill Clinton have been renovating a house next to their Chappaqua residence without local permits that are required for construction.

The Clintons purchased a home at 33 Old House Lane in August for $1.16 million and according to New Castle building inspector William Maskiell, an in-ground swimming pool on the property has been back-filled and covered with gravel, among other construction updates.

Maskiell told lohud.com he visited the home Oct. 5 after the department received a complaint about excavation on the property.

Maskiell said as he headed to the basement to speak with the contractor, he noticed the kitchen, floors and walls had recently undergone a complete renovation. He also noticed new electrical fixtures in the ceiling, according to lohud.com.

Maskiell said he told the contractor that permits were required for construction.

The person who filed the complaint that prompted Maskiell’s visit has not been identified, lohud.com reported.

“During conversation I was told that the owners wanted to have all work done and finished by Thanksgiving and were quite adamant about it and what had started as a paint job turned into this,” Maskiell’s Oct. 17 inspection report said, obtained by lohud.com.

A Clinton spokesperson did not return lohud.com’s request for comment.

There are outstanding permits at both 33 Old House Lane as well as 15 Old House Lane, the house the Clintons purchased in 1999.

The property at 33 Old House Lane still needs the following documents: a demolition permit for the pool, a permit for house renovations and certification that the material used to fill the pool is not from a contaminated source, according to lohud.com.

The Clinton residence at 15 Old House Lane has outstanding permits for work such as an electrical inspection inside a library/gym space and a sprinkler sign-off by an engineer and the town water department, according to the building inspector’s October reports obtained by lohud.com. Three variances from zoning regulations for the guard house and the height of a fence have expired as well.

Permit issues that are left unaddressed can lead to fines against a homeowner and/or contractor, according to Maskiell.

http://pix11.com/2016/10/29/records-show-clintons-renovated-ny-home-without-permits/

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Sun 10/30/16 12:29 PM
Looks like to me this is a Contractor's fault not the Clinton's~~~~slaphead

They hired a Contractor to come in and start with painting. Then they added more stuff the Contractor did not follow through with getting permits when they added jobs that require permits.. and kept working cause it was the Clinton's..

Sorry you don't jeopardize your own business just cause you do work for someone with a Name and Money!noway Contractor's know what they can get away with and what has to have a permit... It depends how much they value their business if they follow protocol or not.

I have worked for companies where I had to get permits in order for the crews to do work. Until you have that permit in your hands you don't do the work..If you do and get caught you can in fact show all that you have done and get it corrected they will still give you a permit at that time if you show all you have done and be honest with them.. You might get fined and then again they may slap you on the wrist and give you the permit telling you to make sure next time you get one or it will be your last time to work in the area..

If we knew we had to have a permit and they did not want to wait we told them flat out sorry but until we have the permit we can not unload one piece of equipment......It did not matter who they were...

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Sun 10/30/16 12:57 PM
Well... I assume the contrator didn't want to be part of the Clinton's concrete .