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JAN 15 1996 Boas 63 rnur- 295 explained that every store would had to have had a fire wall to be sold as a party wall condo, and Fire Code states that it must be a 3 hour fire wall, which is an 8" block wall filled with concrete with reinforcing roads attached to footings underneath and also extending 3' above the roof. He bought his two stores as party wall condos; so, he has an illegal purchase; his deed is no good; and he can't resell it. It was sold to him as one thing, the Board approved it as something else. and that is why he is here. Mr. Berlin then stated that regarding the actual construc- tion of the building, the engineer never provided for any drainage. The engineer said he assumed there was a ditch running along the railroad tracks these retention areas would drain into, but a letter from staff indicates that the railroad does not permit private people to drain on their property and advised that they should pay attention to this on their application. No application was ever made by the engineer for these two sites. There should have been two applications; there are two owners. There should have been two sets of plans, and there wasn't even one. It was assumed that they took over his wife's papers issued to her some months before, but nobody ever got authorization to use those. Mr. Berlin noted that the contractor of record is present and will present testimony. David Autry came before the Board and was sworn in by Attorney Vitunac. Mr. Autry confirmed that he is the contractor of record. He emphasized that he is not an engineer or an architect; he builds buildings on site to specifications, and he did not wish to discuss other situations of the property, the water table, the legalities, etc., which he had nothing to do with. Attorney Vitunac asked if the Building Department had any questions for Mr. Autry. Building Director Ester Rymer asked Mr. Autry if he applied for one building permit for two buildings and in whose name. 54 � o r