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New facade construction being done at the Morseland Bar and Night Club with-out a displayed permit. This work is being done on a Saturday morning, hoping no one important will notice them blocking the sidewalk.
Huge pieces of broken glass are very dangerous and hazardous. And these guys are friends of the neighborhood?
Construction workers claimed to not understand the permit issue. Asked where the permit was, the worker in the rusted red truck said, "I know nuthin"!
In the 10 minutes I was here over a dozen people had to walk in the street traffic to get around this construction project with out a displayed permit. That's if the Morseland Bar and Night Club even applied for one?
When Does A Business Need A Permit?
A permit is needed to change, replace, or remove walls, columns and beams. No permit is needed for minor repairs or decorating. However, a permit is needed for changes to required exits, new construction, major repairs, renovations, and demolitions, and for the installation of new boilers, furnaces, plumbing fixtures, garages, additions, porches, and decks.
You need a permit to do any of the following:
Build mechanical, supply or exhaust ventilation system
Complete modernization or conversion
Construction or alteration of plumbing systems
Demolish any building
Additions (upper floor, 1st floor expansion, greenhouse, etc.)
Alteration to source of required natural light and ventilation
Install new driveways
Installation, replacement or extension of warm air furnaces in all building types
Replace siding with masonry veneer or face brick
Alteration or expansion of electrical system
Replace existing masonry
Replace roof (if slope is less than 5-in-12)
Special Notice About Landmarks: If your building is classified as a Chicago Landmark or rests within a Landmark District, ( Lakefront Protection ) you must obtain permission from the Landmarks Commission to make any changes in the material of roofs, windows and exterior walls visible from a public street.
We will be getting to how the sidewalk beer garden cafe got permitted soon.
1 comment:
Does this building have landmark status? If not, the only one from this list that seems to apply would be the altering light source. I have not been by there yet. Did they just replace windows, or change how they look? If they just replaced teh windows, that may not be altering.
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