How to Handle Pending Work Without a Permit (VPW)

VPW is the violation-number code for pending, work without a permit. The types page gives those letters that label. It does not say what pending means as a filing status, and it does not name a form, a waiting period, or a penalty that belongs only to VPW. The notice states the condition. VW is work without a permit. VWH is hazardous work without a permit. LL58 and LL58/88 are Local Law 58 of 1988, penalties for work without a permit. Pending is not a subtype of those codes.

Read the notice

Confirm the number contains VPW. An asterisk means the types page marks the item dismissed. Do not read the word pending as an application number, a hold, or an approval. The types page does not say that. Elevator work without a permit uses VECW, VEW, VEWL, or VWL. Use the code on the paper.

Older summonses say ECB. Current pages call that hearing path an OATH summons. OATH holds the hearing. OATH is not part of the Department of Buildings and does not issue the summons. A DOB violation is an order to correct and has no court appearance. If a class is printed, Class 1 is immediately hazardous, Class 2 is major, and Class 3 is lesser. Work without a permit appears in the classification table in all three classes. VPW does not choose the class.

On a summons, read the hearing date and any cure date printed there. A cure is an admission where the schedule allows one. Unless OATH dismisses the summons, the condition must still be corrected and accepted. Paying the penalty does not close the Department record.

What the city is requiring

Follow the work and the status written on the notice. If the paper is a summons for work without a permit, Department civil penalties must be paid or waived before a certificate of correction is approved, in the borough office that issued it. The page does not print the dollar amount. That rule is about work without a permit. The types page does not add a second rule for the word pending.

A stop-work order issued for work without a permit is not lifted just because a permit is later issued. Work that resumes before the order is rescinded can draw more violations. The Department will not rescind the order until those penalties are paid. Do not treat a later permit, or the word pending, as a rescission.

What S & M Expediting handles

S & M Expediting researches the VPW paper and what the notice says is still open. They prepare and file the certificate of correction and the related Department filings, and they follow them. When the paper is a summons, they can appear at the OATH hearing.

They are Class 2 filing representatives, never Class 1. We will work with the contractor you have, or if not, we will recommend one from our network. violation removal is the research and the filings.

Who does the corrective work

The licensed trade named by the work on the notice does the correction. We will work with the contractor you have, or if not, we will recommend one from our network.

Call us at 718-833-2333 or email info@sandmexpediting.com. Bring the VPW notice. The condition on it matters more than the word pending. S & M Expediting is a New York City certified minority- and women-owned business.