![]() We haven’t had anything presented to us to approve.” Musser to provide the things that we need. “We are doing everything humanely possible to ask Mr. “We don’t have anything!” expressed supervisor Stephen Tasselli. Since supervisors have not received anything about the construction, none of them have any idea what Musser has even done to the building. The township voiced their frustration with Musser and his construction with his lack of plans, having seen no specs and having no FEMA to protect them. Musser is pleading not guilty, according to the magistrate’s office. He said there are no citations against him involved with $1,000 fines or anything along those lines, only several summons sent to him to appear before the magisterial court. On Musser’s side, he urged that the “rumors” going on are not true. Miceli said the code inspectors have recently filed four to five more that have yet to be scheduled. So far, with the building code, the code inspectors have issued four summons against Musser that are scheduled for a hearing in March in front of District Judge John Maggs in Mill Hall. Supervisors have been prompting the code enforcers to step in and said that they are actively working on it. Supervisors are not in charge of giving the yay or nay regarding the construction or code enforcements/inspections.” “None of the responsibility goes back onto the township. “For the last four years, they’ve been handling it and according to everything Frank has told us, once we sign up with them then it is their responsibility,” Rine said. According to Rine, since no one wanted to take over Long’s position, the township decided to go through a professional service. The township lost their previous building inspector through the township, Jeff Long, about four years ago. The township had in the past delegated the duty to administer the building code to code inspection. Only the township’s code enforcement group has the authority to deal with the construction and Musser. The township’s supervisors have no authority in the matter, according to chairman Tuff Rine. He added he only just received the stop work order within the last few days. He told The Express the inside is almost done with plans to install carpet, appliances, bedrooms and more.įor the past few weeks, construction has been done on the exterior of the building, but without the proper land development permits.Īccording to Musser, the exterior construction has ceased for the time being until he works with the code inspectors and gets the proper permits. Since Musser is unable to conduct further work on the exterior of the building, construction is on-going inside, still without proper permits. “We have had some discussion on that, and as far as Mill Hall is concerned, as long as there is no life saving issue there, we are not entering,” he said.Įxterior construction has allegedly ceased on the building since the township’s building code official issued a notice to stop work on the motel under the Uniform Commercial Code, according to the township’s solicitor Frank Miceli. Mill Hall fire chief, Tony Walker, said during the supervisor meeting that Mill Hall Fire Company has been looking into the different phases of the construction to make a decision. If there is a fire and the building is not occupied, fire services will not enter the building and put fire fighters at risk. The building, in its current state, is a fire hazard for both civilians and fire services.įerrara also alleged the building does not have a sprinkler system installed, which would end up not allowing approval by the township or inspectors. The building is considered a fire risk as Musser allegedly is using wood frame construction on the building as opposed to using non-combustible frame materials such as concrete, metal or brick, according to Ferrara, a volunteer firefighter. Along with the concern of insurance premiums shooting up, the building is allegedly a “complete fire trap” according to Kevin Ferrara, who was a guest at the Bald Eagle Township meeting Monday night, where other township residents voiced their issues with the construction. The lacking of permits could cause the township’s flood insurance premiums to double through FEMA since the building is in a flood plain. One issue is with property owner, Troy Musser, not releasing any plans on the project to code enforcement or to Bald Eagle Township supervisors. Philadelphia unidentified bodies.Issues have arose since construction started a few weeks ago on the motel, now being turned into suites.
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