A $10,000 penalty has been imposed on D&Y Corp. due to repeated construction activities on the third floor of a building it owns along Beach Road in Garapan without consultation and a permit from the Coastal Resources Management.
Joaquin D. Salas, acting CRM director, said the fine is imposed because this is the “third notice of violation penalty cease and desist” issued to D&Y Corp.
CRM, in an inspection of the three-story commercial building owned by D&Y Corp., discovered an ongoing conversion of the third floor from office spaces into living quarters.
The living quarters consist of five two-bedroom units and one single-bedroom unit.
In a May 30 notice of violation, Salas ordered the immediate halt to all construction activities in the building until the violation was resolved. He also imposed a $10,000 fine.
Salas ordered D&Y Corp. to visit the CRM office to re-evaluate the project and determine whether a major siting permit was required.
“D&Y Corp. is in violation of the permit amendment SSm-2000-X-124,” Salas said in the notice to Yoon Dae Young, owner of D&Y Corp.
Yoon Dae Young, in an interview, said he would meet with CRM officials to resolve the problem.
“I think $10,000 is too much. I will be talking to Mr. Salas,” he told Variety.
The project was previously cited and fined for conducting expansion and alteration of the building without a permit amendment.
On April 4, 2001, a permit was amended allowing the 27 parking stalls provided to the third floor to be used as the owners/permitees’ office space.
Again, D&Y Corp. proceeded to alter the third floor to convert it into living quarters without any consultation with CRM and/or permit.
