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Montgomery County has an excellent on line system for researching info. on building permits and related complaints.  This is the text from an inspector responding to a complaint about house construction in 2006 (no idea how or if the issues identified were resolved, the most recent building permit is currently unavailable):

[i]Investigation revealed a house under construction at this address. The foundation walls of the existing house remain. A rear addition and new 2 stories have been constructed. The foundation wall of an existing attached garage is approximately 3 feet from the adjacent left side house. A first story addition has been built above the garage. It is approximately 5 feet from the adjacent house. The remaining rear addition and new 2 stories appear to be approximately 9 feet from the adjacent house. It appears that one or both of these houses encroaches the side lot line setback. I posted a SWO on the front window. I reviewed the plans submitted the next day and it is obvious the owner has not conformed to the approved plans. The addition above the garage does not appear on the plans and the proposed construction is for an addition and new second floor of the existing house. The foundation walls of the existing house are all that remains. Everything else is new construction. The construction constitutes a new house construction rather than an addition. Aditionally, the owner has exceeded the scope of work that was approved. I spoke to the owner by phone and informed him that construction must cease and that a new house permit was required.[/i]

The complaints and notes indicate a bit of a saga, apparently the house was on land that had been in PG county until annexed by Takoma Park, the set back for an addition is 3 feet and 7 feet for new construction, which is why now much of the house getting torn down became important.  [/quote]

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