Oh, that's really good advice. So - you'd build anyway without the clearance and put your self in hock and in jail. Not smart, not gonna work. Read up, from his local codes. Note the emphasis, EACH DAY is a separate violation:
"Sec. 123-18. Penalties and enforcement. (a) Any person or entity required to file an application for a premises license and inspection, and who fails to file as required, shall be subject, upon conviction, to a fine of not less than $100.00, and not more than $1,000.00, or imprisonment of not more than 90 days, or both, together with costs of prosecution. Each day a required application has not been filed for any dwelling or rooming unit shall constitute a separate offense under this section.
(b) Any person who allows occupancy or collects rent, or authorizes the collection of rent, with respect to any dwelling, dwelling unit, or rooming unit which is not licensed and inspected in accordance with the provisions of this chapter shall be subject, upon conviction, to a fine of not less than $100.00, and not more than $1,000.00, or imprisonment of not more than 90 days, or both, together with costs of prosecution. Each day such violations continues shall be a separate offense for each dwelling unit or rooming unit. All applications filed pursuant to this housing code shall have endorsed thereon, and signed by the applicant, an affirmation that the applicant understands that false statements made therein are subject to the penalties of 18 Pa. C.S. Section 4904, relating to unsworn falsification to authorities.
(c) The director of building and planning or his designee is hereby authorized and directed to administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter, and the director or his designee is hereby authorized and directed to administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter, and to conduct such investigations, inspections, surveys, and examinations as may be necessary to determine compliance with the provisions of this code during all reasonable hours, after presenting proper identification to the individual in charge of any dwelling. Should the duly authorized representative of the building and planning department be unable to gain access to any dwelling, the department is hereby authorized to apply for a warrant to the District Justice of the Peace, stating by affidavit that he has been refused entry, and that he has reason to believe that a violation of this code exists.
(d) Upon failure of any owner to correct any violation of this chapter within the time required hereby, said owner or the principals thereof, shall be subject to a fine of not less than $100.00 or more than $1,000.00 for each such violation, or not more than 90 days imprisonment, or both. Each violation, and each day such violation continues, shall be considered a separate offense.
(Ord. No. 90-4, § 18, 4-19-90; Ord. No. 91-11, § 3, 4-24-91)"
and so on.
is going out today and tomorrow with a petition. She's going to get signatures from everyone in the neighborhood, not only on our street, but, around the corner as well. I'm also attending a zoning meeting on thrusday, to get a feel of the workings. 
