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Ted Budden From: Ted Budden Sent: Monday, August 27, 2012 9:45 AM To: Kevin Fagerstrom Cc: Tony Lee; Jeff Heilman Subject: 3406 Wetmore Ave. Kevin, I received a concern from the city's utility billing division concerning a possible unlawful "MIL" apartment at 3406 Wetmore. I contacted the new owner and was able to determine from the conversation and my prior research that the apartment in question does indeed exist and has been created without the required approvals. The current owner has just purchased the property without knowledge of the unlawful status. He agreed to allow our access to view the unauthorized apartment. Here is an outline of our findings and observations. 1. The property is identified in tax records and in city records as a single family residence. 2. The building has been altered to include a cellar type apartment beneath the existing SFR. 3. These alterations were performed without required permits and approvals. 4. The basement apartment has extremely low headroom and is in violation of adopted codes. 5. Electrical, Plumbing, Mechanical, and Building components have been installed. Many of the observable features of these construction elements have obvious code deficiencies and violations. 6. The basement apartment as I have stated, is Unlawful by Code standards. It also has built in defects that create conditions that are defined by code as Dangerous, such as Inadequate egress, Unsafe equipment, Inadequate fire resistive construction, etc. 7. The structure is vacant at this time and should remain so until the code violations and safety issues have been resolved. 8. The owner is willing to cooperate with this scenario he has serious case of "buyers remorse" and stated that he intends to pursue damages from the seller (s). 9. Please start enforcement action on this property ASAP. 10. The owner has been very cooperative his name is Munal Mani @(425)248-9657. Let me know if you need anything. Photos and reports can be viewed in CRW. Ted Budden �f�