samagon Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 if the process for doing permits hasn't changed since the covid work from home stuff happened, it's not that they don't have the capacity, it's that for some reason, when the people doing permits aren't in the same office all hell breaks loose. from my experience (simply adding a doorway between two commercial spaces) it's not just that one hand doesn't know what the other is doing, it's more along the lines of a full orchestra, each person is intended to read the same music, however, they all seem to have different writings of the same song, and everyone is doing their music study in their own house. and then the conductor (inspector) comes around and tells me when I'm listening to the music, that the music is wrong and I have to go back to each person in the orchestra to get them to use a specific piece of music. it took fully every bit of an entire year from getting an approved permit, through the process of the inspector not liking what was approved, to having to get director level approval for a completely different solution. and that was using a fixer to help with the process. I wish the best of luck to anyone trying to do permitting without a fixer in today's COH permitting office. if I were to guess, there's enough people doing work, the problem is the work they are doing, most of their time seems to be spent not approving new permits, but fixing what they screwed up on earlier permits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JClark54 Posted November 7, 2023 Share Posted November 7, 2023 This building now has a fifth notice stating appropriate permits must be obtained. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IntheKnowHouston Posted December 8, 2023 Author Share Posted December 8, 2023 (edited) On 11/7/2023 at 2:46 PM, JClark54 said: This building now has a fifth notice stating appropriate permits must be obtained. A plan reviewing fee was filed today for 3608 Polk St. Details from the permit: Use: New shell building, warehouse Edited December 8, 2023 by IntheKnowHouston 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilcal Posted December 9, 2023 Share Posted December 9, 2023 Gate was open, and looked like some work may be happening where the old building was that was demo'd along Polk. Glad that they are finally getting around to getting some permits. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JClark54 Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 Doesn't look like there's been noticeable movement in some time. The rear walls and windows removed in the project's early days haven't been replaced. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilcal Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 Heard from some friends who live close by said that some people have been camping out :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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