joel dufty, dbi. this permit was obtained for a notice of violation. we received a complaint about the rear studio at the building. we issued two notices of violation and an order of abatement has been issued and posted on the property on december 6, 2012. we generally like to keep this in place and get the work done. it appears that the construction was done many, many years ago because there was no penalty on the violation which we normally said the work was done pre-1960 so i am available for any questions. >> have you received any response from the requester from the notices of violation? >> only that they came in and got their permits to comply with it but i didn't receive anything. they acted on the notice of violation to pull the permit and pay the permit to keep the illegal studio apartment. it's illegal with the studio in the year on the ground floor. >> so you didn't engage in that conversation? >> no, not me personally. if they came to the department but i'm not aware of it. >> it's illegal because it has a full kitchen? >> let me see what t