The Tomasis soon sought permits to do work and began to fix up the house.
In contrast, reactors built in the 1960s, '70s and '80s obtained construction permits and then, as their plants approached completion, went back and sought permits to run them.
While the Lewises had obtained local building permits, the park agency said that they failed to obtain permits from it, even though it had not sought permits for a house in three decades.
The board of the Vail-Leavitt Music Hall, which has run the Riverhead Blues and Music Festival since 2006, and the Riverhead Chamber of Commerce both sought permits to hold the same festival in the same place at the same time.
Another instance of political donations to Mr. Perry seeming to dovetail with his policy decisions came in 2005, when the TXU Corporation, a utility based in Dallas, sought permits to build coal-fired power plants.
Elgin's workmen originally sought permits to draw, measure and make casts from the masterpieces of the Parthenon: it was a worthy aim, given it was, at the time, a ruin.
Three years after the Porrinos moved into their new home, Lipton, a Unilever brand, sought permits to build a large addition that would bring the building within range of the Porrinos' front window.
She also said that the city had not yet sought permits from the state's Department of Environmental Conservation and other agencies whose approval would be needed for the installation of a refueling system.
State records show the gas company sought permits for tests of Aliso Canyon wells in December, after the leak began.
The Halloween fiasco had turned the local community board against Cityfox, leading it to complain to the Liquor Authority when the promoters sought permits for the second Mirage.
