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Board reduces penalty for unpermitted commercial work at 1720 Armstrong to five times the permit fee
Summary
The Board of Appeals reduced a DBI penalty for construction without a permit at 1720 Armstrong from nine times the permit fee to five times the fee, saying the owner and tenant circumstances supported a lower multiplier; vote 5–0.
The board considered a penalty imposed after DBI determined commercial tenant work proceeded without permits at 1720 Armstrong. DBI testified the penalty (9× permit fee, about $3,404) reflected enforcement effort; owner Wang (Wayne) Li said he had been out of town and the tenant, a contractor, performed the work. Commissioners discussed precedent and the owner's mitigation; the board reduced the multiplier to 5× the permit fee as a compromise and to avoid creating an enforcement profit center. The motion to reduce the penalty to five times passed unanimously.
