New Landlord exposed Electrical panel to Elements. (tenant, renter, illegal)

[Lanefelton]

Here is my situation, the building was sold, the city did a building inspection, the commercial unit next to mine had a illegal addition (no permit), 4 weeks ago the landlord had the super tear down all the walls of the edition (was a illegal kitchen! in a shack), landlord is taking his time repairing.

the problem, now without the shack walls the electrical panel is exposed, it is not the fault of my neighbor, the property before was a BBQ place, they did a lot of illegal work, they ran venting, water, gas water heater etc.. right through the back wall and even put a vent and a BBQ Grill in there (neighbor loves it and uses it, they even drilled a hole in the roof to vent for when they grilled BBQ in the shack) and covered it up by adding in plywood walls. the problem is, now the illegal work the previous tenant did is exposed to the element, I feel it is unsafe for the electrical panel which is missing its front cover to be left like this, not to mention it looks pretty ugly now, you can see all the illegal work.

Its been 4 weeks, I am scared the exposed wires will get wet (they had BBQ Grill going, so they made a couple holes to vent, will show in pics a little wind and rain and that water could hit the exposed wires), or a animal (we has possums, and tons of cats). Yes know there is no illegal addition, but what is left is unacceptable, what rights does a commercial renter have to request the landlord to fix when its not their unit, its the unit right next to mine, but if there is a fire my unit can burn just as easy.

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[Rabrrita]

Call your municipal building, fire or code inspectors and report the concern. Let them figure out if it's a danger. or not.

[Lovehound]

Call the power company immediately, and call the building inspector in your jurisdiction immediately, and express your concerns. Note that this may result in termination of your electrical service.

Perhaps there is an open building permit but if so the installation must remain safe for occupants through the entire process.

You are probably not qualified to determine what is safe or not safe, but it looks unsafe to me. Depends on exposure to elements, and worse, exposure to unintended contact by persons who do not know there is a danger in contacting electrical circuits.

Strange but true, you cannot count on the unformed public to not touch a live wire. People get killed all the time this way, usually because of power lines downed during extreme weather or transportation accidents.