City of Fort Lauderdale building official sanctioned unpermitted and improperly permitted construction

The investigation determined that Building Official John Travers, the city employee in charge of BSD and all building permitting within the city, engaged in misconduct1 when he knowingly sanctioned unpermitted construction on a project to build a 12-story condominium building and then, after BSD staff issued a stop-work order for performing work without a permit, he issued the project a sham permit that enabled construction to continue without necessary plans reviews—most notably, for fire safety.