Justin Schmidt smelled trouble last year when he had a new gas line installed at a rental property he owns.
But the stench didn’t come from the leaky gas line plumbers had just replaced. It was the city’s construction permitting system that had Schmidt sensing trouble.
Days after the work on his gas line was done, Schmidt learned that his plumber had not filed the required city permit to do the work. It was filed after he complained, in the name of Jay Arnold, a public official who oversees all plumbing permits and inspections in the city for the Sewerage and Water Board.
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