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AGENDA STATEMENT
CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: May 24, 1993
SUBJECT:
Communication from Donald R. Wallen,
Regarding Recent Increase in Permit Fees
Report by: victor Taugher, Building Official
EXHIBITS ATTACHED:
l)~~etter from Donald R. Wallen, dated
May 6, 1993
RECOMMENDATION:
1. Consider and take appropriate action.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT:
Depending on Council action fees could be
reduced by $4,254.
DESCRIPTION: On July 16, 1991, a permit was issued to
alter the 2nd and 3rd floor of the building located at 11501 Dublin
Boulevard. However, work on only the 2nd floor was completed at that
time and the permit expired in one year. Therefore, it was now
necessary to secure a new building permit to complete the alterations
on the 3rd floor.
On April 1, 1993, Donald R. Wallen submitted an application for a
building permit to alter the 3rd floor of the above building. On
April 12, 1993, the applicant was advised the permit was ready to be
issued whenever the Owner-builder form, list of Subcontractors and
certificate of Workers' Compensation Insurance were filed. At this
time the applicant was advised that the fee would be $810.00.
On April 26, 1993, the City Council approved a new fee schedule. The
fee schedule applied to all permits issued after April 26, 1993. At
that time there were 11 permit applications pending. The Building
Department did not notify these eleven applicants that the fees were
to be increased because it was not known if the proposed schedule
would be adopted by the Council.
The fees for the eleven permits would have totaled $4,602.00 under the
old fee schedule and will total $8,856.00 under the new schedule.
Four of the eleven permits have been issued under the new fee
schedule.
The Council has the option of revlslng the fee schedule to make it
applicable to applications filed after April 26, 1993. The second
option is to grant Variances to the fee schedule when an individual
requests is made. Finally, the City Council may take no action and
Mr. Wallen would have to pay the higher fee.
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ITEM NO.~ COPIES TO: Donald R. Wallen
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CITY CLERK
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EXECUTIVE GENTER
11501 DUBUN BOULEVARD, SUITE 200
DUBUN, CAUFORNlA 94568
TELEPHONE (510) 55,1-5100
FACSIMILE (510) 551-5105
Members of City Council
City of Dublin
100 Civic Plaza
Dublin, CA 94568
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May 6, 1993
Ladies and Gentlemen:
I was shocked when I received a telephone call from Cece at City Hall Permits and Planning
Department today. She informed me that there was an increase in permit fees and that my
building permit was going to be increased by $640.00. That is a 79% increase.
As background I want you to consider the following:
1. I applied and paid for a permit to do this work on July 16, 1991. We never did the
work at that time.
2. I applied for a permit on April 1, 1993 and was called on April 12th to pick it up, I
was then told my permit fee was $810.00. I let it sit due to our funds being a
little short at the time.
3. If I had been called and told either pick up the permit today and pay $810.00 or
pick it up tomorrow and pay $1,450.00, you can be sure I would have come up with
the money.
This is not a fair handling of your increases. I don't want special treatment-only fair treatment.
Please advise as to your decisions.
Very truly yours,
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Donald R. Wallen
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