“Do as I say, not as I do.” That appears to be the motto of Jeff Sax, our District 5 Snohomish County councilman, who has just committed a serious violation of the Snohomish County Code. (“Permits lacking for sax’s project,” Nov. 22). This is not just a paperwork problem, according to Faith Lumsden, director of Planning and Development Services. He is building a house without a permit.
According to the article, Mr. Sax explained, “It’s a complex process, and we didn’t fully appreciate everything that needed to happen.”
If anyone should understand the basic requirement for a building permit, it should be Jeff Sax, who, along with the rest of the council, rewrote the unified development code as recently as December 2002 in an effort to make it more “user friendly.”
In the latest Herald article (“County official gets deadlines for permits,” Dec. 2) I see no mention of any fines, nor any mention of how the county now intends to perform the inspections that would have been done at various stages of construction had a permit been in place.
I guess it is easier to get forgiveness than permission. No doubt other prospective homebuilders will remember this fine example.
Monroe
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