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Inquiry into DOB's demolition permit approval process
0:49:44
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Council Member Gutiérrez inquires about the Department of Buildings' (DOB) process for approving demolition permits. Deputy Commissioner Shemash explains the steps involved in a normal demolition application.
- The process includes submitting detailed plans for review by DOB plan examiners
- Requirements for pulling a permit include rodent abatement, utility cutoffs, and asbestos abatement
- DOB has a flag system on their property profile for buildings with vacate orders
Jennifer Gutiérrez
0:49:44
Chair, can I just ask one more question?
0:49:46
I know I'm, like, thirty seconds out.
0:49:47
I wanted to ask a question to DOB regarding demolition applications.
0:49:54
Can you just share with me what, you know, you said the financial documents weren't necessary for an approval, correct, of a demolition permit?
0:50:03
Yep.
Yigal Shemash
0:50:05
Correct.
Jennifer Gutiérrez
0:50:06
Can you share with me what what you do need to approve a demolition permit?
Yigal Shemash
0:50:14
In a normal demolition application, so not an emergency situation, the first step is to submit an application to the department, which includes the the specific plans on how the demo is executed, the demolition is executed floor by floor, area by area, very specific plans with very specific sequences.
0:50:38
We have a team of plan examiners that reviews that application and those plans.
0:50:43
Once those plans are approved, then the contractor for the owner needs to pull the permit.
0:50:52
Included in there is specific items required that are necessary for pulling that permit from rodent abatement to utility cutoffs to ACP fives and making sure that asbestos abatement has been completed.
0:51:12
There's a long list of items required depending on the Sure.
Jennifer Gutiérrez
0:51:16
Thank you.
0:51:16
And I'm sorry to interrupt.
0:51:17
Is there a special is there a flag or something when an applicant is seeking a demolition permit while already while they're all being already being a vacate order in place?
Yigal Shemash
0:51:33
We have a flag on our property profile, our building information system anytime we have a vacate order whether that's partial or full.
0:51:43
So that's publicly available right on the building information page that we have.
Jennifer Gutiérrez
0:51:48
Okay.