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I believe therein lies the problem. Once a commercial property has been closed the municipal building dept. Gestapo agents are bent on seeing that it never opens again unless all codes, and regulations are up to current standards. If the hotel was open and operating the work your doing would only be classified as maintenance and upkeep. As it is you are going to have to deal with this inspector. This is the time to bite your tongue and suck up to this P---K. I've dealt with the all my life and if there weren't inspector positions available all these guys would be sitting in the park feeding the pigeons. Pulling the permits is not a big deal nor is the providing plans. These can be simple scratch paper drawings. Pull permits, and provide data on the minimum amount of items you can do to get you certificate of Occupancy and get the place open. Once that happens you can go back and make the balance of improvements under "maintenance and repair." Also a better place to put money for tax filing as opposed to capital improvements.

Dennis (cut2it)

Expert:	Dennis M. Smith
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Answered:	10/15/2009

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Over 40 yrs. as General Contractor for new const. & remodel - retired with time for you.