However, some neighbors in the area have been calling section ROB saying that the building is too close to their properties. "We received threats from a number of persons in the community who told us they are going to the media." Ellis said the persons complaining thought that ROB granted the developer a favor since he managed to get in permit days after the stop was issued.
Ellis said when he visited the site he site on Tuesday morning he asked the developer whom he identified as Mufid Mustapha Masood for his building permit as well as the drawing but the developer was unable to provide him with the drawings. Ellis said the developer told him the only reason the building was so close was because the owners of Celebration Palace built their wall on his boundary. Asked what type of building the developer is constructing Ellis said the developer got a permit for a two-floor apartment building.
The ROB inspector said that he did not feel too comfortable with the explanation he was given and as he decided to go back to his office where he pulled up the entire file. "When I looked at the drawing the developer presented to ROB it does not match the size of building currently under construction. So I had to re-enforce the building stop that was issued almost two weeks ago." Ellis said.
The ROB inspector said the developer was not quite happy with the decisions he took and there was some arguments on the scene. The ROB inspector said after a while the developer admitted that he submitted a smaller plan(drawings) to ROB in order to get the permit.