The owners of a house facing a demolition order from the District of West Vancouver because it was built entirely without permits will have a chance to plead their case before council.

Council voted unanimously July 21 to give the owners 30 days to apply for a demolition permit and 60 days to have the accessory building, which was hidden from view by a much larger home at the front of the Chartwell Crescent property, removed.

Because the approximately 1,500-square foot building was largely complete, there was no way for inspectors to determine if there were any latent safety risks or code violations that had been covered over and, therefor, the building was deemed to be a hazard, district staff said at that meeting.

The owners, which a staff report listed as Omid Gerami, Kamran Gerami

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