ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Orange County building inspectors found unpermitted work at a Sand Lake Road apartment complex where tenants were evacuated last week over safety concerns about the building’s structure, according to a field investigation report obtained by News 6.
More than 350 people who live at The Rialto were forced out of their apartments Thursday after a tenant said she called 911 to report loud cracking and popping sounds from her unit’s walls and ceiling.
“The building/unit(s) have received structural damage sufficient enough to cause occupancy denied and cannot be occupied until Engineers/Architects reports have been received and reviewed by Orange County Building Official and all required inspections have been completed,” a field investigation report obtained Monday by News 6 states…