we have a letter from john and catherine soto, request is, asking that the board take jurisdiction over building permit application number 2010/3/17/08393, which was issued on march 22, 2010. this was received in the office on october 18, 2010, and the permit holder is sam ball. president peterson: before you begin, how to make sure that everybody who needs to be here is here? is everyone okay to go forward? ok. you have three minutes. >> madam chair, members of the board, the project sponsor informed us that the preliminary planning department was code compliant and such and the scope that 311 notice was not required. they recommended an over-the- counter permit, with unofficial notification to the neighbors. there were no major errors. the extension was not legal, and the permit was revoked. also, the approved basis plans cannot agree with the matrix and have building code issues. the fire safety rescue window, like ventilation, stairs, and sidewalk encroachment. the second unit avoid it 311 on the alterations permit. now it is in limbo and needs of variances. the project got its over

. >> calling item 10, appeal number 10-101, john and catherine soto, against the department of building inspection, 10 lundys lane. it is the protesting the issuance on august 27, 2010, to sam ball, a permit to alter a building -- revision to building permit application, cost savings, revise plans to show rear walls, demolished and rebuilt in kind, upon exposing structure the walls were found to be on salvageable, building permit application number 2010/8/27/9763. >> i was not a carpenter. i was a carpenter 50 years ago. president peterson: bring the microphone up. >> this involves the horizontal extension and stop work orders. notice of violation not appeal by the permit holders are revoked. planning, threats over the counter under system, approved erroneous -- through its over- the-counter system, proved erroneous plans. based on this erroneous approval, they ever honestly issued the permit based on the errors. we learned that planning had given erroneous approval for the original plans, granting what will essentially -- granting what were essentially in proper permits. we appealed th

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