kweendoreee asked:
One of my friends owns a property in the city of Garden Grove, CA. This property has an unpermitted room addition, which the city has ordered him to demolish. He currently does not have enough money to remove the addition. Can he stall the process somehow or what are his options? How long does he have to remove the addition?
One of my friends owns a property in the city of Garden Grove, CA. This property has an unpermitted room addition, which the city has ordered him to demolish. He currently does not have enough money to remove the addition. Can he stall the process somehow or what are his options? How long does he have to remove the addition?
The property was purchased in its current condition. The city has ordered him to demolish the rooms and turn it into a carport because the property has no garage. The part of the home that used to be the garage was built into extra rooms by the previous owner who somehow obtained permits for that.
The previous owner never had a permit to convert the garage, or the owner would not be being asked to demolish it.
If he writes to the city, or OC development and explains that he does not have the finances at this time, but that he will do it by such and such a date, and that the room will not be used as living space meanwhile they may be kind.
The reason they have to ask him to convert it back to a garage is because it is a fire hazard, so he probably doesn’t want to be using it as a room anyway. It is really unsafe, who knows how the previous owner has rigged up the electrical.