Montgomery County code inspectors have issued a Stop Work order at Silk Route, a restaurant under construction at 4839 Del Ray Avenue in downtown Bethesda. The new tenant is converting the building from previous owner Tia Queta. According to a notice posted on the front of the restaurant, the tenant is in violation of Montgomery County Code Chapter 8, Section 24(a). That section reads as follows:
"It is unlawful to construct, enlarge, alter, remove or demolish a building or change the occupancy of a building from one use group to another requiring greater strength, exitway or sanitary provisions; or to change to a prohibited use; or create or alter any ownership unit when a use under an occupancy certificate or a structure exists on the parent lot; or to install or alter any equipment for which provision is made or the installation of which is regulated by this chapter, without first filing an application with the department in writing and obtaining the required permit therefore; except, that ordinary repairs as defined in Section 8-3 which do not involve any violation of this Chapter are exempt from this provision."
The order was issued this morning, according to the posted notice. Under County regulations, all construction work must cease at the site until corrective action is taken, and County inspectors return for another inspection at that time. Alternatively, the restaurant can appeal the Stop Work order to the County Board of Appeals within 30 days.
8 comments:
Permits? Permits? We don’t got to show you no stinkin’ permits!
Council cartel gotta get their cut first.
Be damned if you do, be damned if you don't. You people are never satisfied (TDS), earlier in the year y'all whined about how could anyone operate this place.
"I hate to say it - but you made the right choice. Definitely not "up to code" back there.... That said, I have had a couple fun dinners in there.. mostly because the staff would just start bringing out free shots for everyone while they got hammered themselves. I'm actually shocked it held on as long as it did."
"Never had the courage to eat there after looking at the decrepit condition of the building, included that nasty looking rooftop equipment. No faith that the food service was safe."
"They didn't seem to take much pride their restaurant because it looked like trash from the outside."
Residents at the old Senior Center don't bitch as much.
Our county gets no respect, at any level, but what's more troubling and quite ironically funny is we keep wondering why. Why? It's because our elected politicians are capricious, incompetent, philosophically challenged, inept, mendacious, and often corrupt. What did you expect?
We are there for many years. Always a good time. Never had a problem.
You can let it go now, lol. Geez.
Oh, please. Next you'll be calling them Marxist.
No respect? Montgomery County is literally in the top 25 most affluent counties in the whole country. Last year the AARP put it as the second best spot in the country to live in for older adults. https://www.aarp.org/home-living/top-places-to-live-2025/
Used to be in the top ten, next assessment might be in top 50, way to go!!!
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