Many residents are surprised to find that they have expired permits, due to them or their contractor not getting a final inspection on their permits. Some of these expired permits were issued prior to Marathon becoming a City. This becomes a problem for the homeowner when they go to sell their house, or in a worse case, there could be safety issues involved. It seems during the real estate boom, while there may have been expired permits attached to the real estate number, no one seemed to notice, but now the banks are looking closer than ever.
The City has options available to the homeowner to remedy the situation and revise the records: If you produce evidence that the final inspection was approved, the City of course will correct their records. For a short time as mentioned above, the administrative permit is available for $10 that will enable the City to perform a visual inspection of the completed project and document final inspection approval and record it to clear the expired permit. Ignoring your expired permit may interfere with future real estate title searches or transactions, and it may cost you more later. Please see the friendly City Building Department Staff; they are ready to assist you to expedite the clean up all of the expired permits.
The City of Marathon wants to resolve all of the expired permits in the City and perform inspections for safety issues. The City plans to accomplish this goal by February 1st, 2011. The Building Department will be charging a $10 fee to clear a permit that expired prior to January 1, 2009 that did not have final inspections. After February 1, 2011, the fee will go back up to $65 to clear these expired permits.
