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Public Comment
From: Central San
To: Secretary of the District
Subject: SPEAKER/COMMENT CARD ID#2001-Bryn Bowman
Date: November 2,2022 06:35:39 PM
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COMMENT/SPEAKER CARD ID#2001
Submitted on Wednesday, November 2, 2022 - 6:35pm
I wish to submit a written comment.
I am a property owner in Contra Costa County. We have recently
learned that an inlaw unit on our property was not properly permitted as
an ADU. A 3 burner counter top electric range was added sometime
after its construction in 1990. We want to do the right thing, and bring
the unit up to code so we hired an architect and began with the
permitting process. The unit was built more than 30 years ago with
permits, but not classified as an ADU due to the lack of any kitchen
appliances.
When submitting our plans to Central Sanitation for what we believed
was a routine plan check we were shocked to learn that we would be
required to pay nearly 10k in capacity fees. We are making no changes
to the number of plumbing fixtures. We are making no changes to how
the property is used. We are making no changes to the capacity of the
house. Even if we were not adding or altering a single pipe on a 32 year
old structure we would be required to pay these high fees.
Just yesterday we learned that we are not the only ones effected by this
retroactive application of fees. We learned that this item was on your
Agenda to be discussed as part of an appeal by other residents of
Contra Costa County. Please allow for leniency on ADU conversion
fees. We must lower the barriers to building more livable units in Contra
Costa County. We must ease the insane financial burden on
homeowners that want to do the right thing. We mush ease the burden
on what it costs to do any construction work in our country.
My speech/comment is about an item on the Agenda. I have provided the Agenda Item
Number below.
Item 8: Appeal to capacity fee.
Submitted by:
Bryn Bowman
brynbowman@gmail.com
3432 Saint Marys Rd
Lafayette CA, 94549
415-847-9080
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