SPRING VALLEY — An illegally subdivided townhouse was found
at a housing complex owned by the president of the East Ramapo Board of
Education, village housing inspectors said Wednesday.
Walls were built to add three apartments to one of the eight
townhouses at 29 Bethune Boulevard, officials said. The three-story building is
owned by Yehuda Weissmandl through his company, Prestige Builders of 1 Koritz
Way, New Square, officials said.
Two of the added rooms were found in the basement and one on
the second floor, Assistant Fire Inspector Frank Youngman said. The complex has
eight attached townhouses and was built about five years ago.
The subdivided townhouse was discovered Tuesday night when
Spring Valley firefighters responded to an alarm at the building. One apartment
flooded when an automatic sprinkler activated.
Youngman inspected the complex on Wednesday with
Weissmandl’s property manager, Jonathan Weiss.
Weiss said he was unaware of the additions made to the
townhouse by the tenants and told them to remove the walls. He said Youngman
gave him until Sept. 12.
Youngman said he would allow Weiss time to correct the
problems but added that Chief Building Inspector Walter Booker would decide if
violations with potential penalties would be issued.
Youngman said the seven rooms in the townhouse all had
separate locks and rooming houses were prohibited in the village. The illegal
addition on the second floor was well constructed, with sheetrock and
insulation.
“You couldn’t tell a room was added unless you compared what
was there to the original plans,” Youngman said.
Youngman said that while Weiss told him the townhouse
produced $2,200 a month, the tenants claimed to pay $400 and up to $600 per
room. Youngman said tenants told him Weiss was aware of the additions.Read more at: Lohud
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