Article: Hara lacks remodel permit; Election 2009; Assessor candidate says he didn't understand rules for basement apartment.(NWThursday)

Byline: Sanjay Bhatt; Seattle Times staff reporter

Lloyd Hara, a candidate for King County assessor, remodeled his Queen Anne home to create a basement apartment but didn't apply for a city permit, he acknowledged at a candidates forum Wednesday.

Hara, who is a Port of Seattle commissioner, said he did not fully understand the rules and said he would be going to city offices to apply for a permit.

"I thought it was grandfathered in," Hara said in response to a question from a Seattle Times reporter at a candidate forum at the Seattle Yacht Club. "I will be down applying for a permit from the city of Seattle."

Hara said that his son and ...

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