Cerritos officials responded to a Sierra Club report released last month stating that Cerritos charges as much as $15,Handmade oil paintings for sale at museum quality,866 for a commercial solar panel permit.
In a letter to Sierra Club officials, City Manager Art Gallucci said that Los Angeles County handles building and plan check services for permit inspections and they also establish the fees. He added that all permit fees in the City of Cerritos are based on the value of the project.
Gallucci said that since the County establishes the fees, the Sierra Club should direct its recommendations to them.
"The City of Cerritos is recommending that the Sierra Club contact the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works to discuss opportunities for lowering its fee schedule costs associated with environmentally friendly improvements," he said.
The report stated that a commercial permit for a 131 kW medium-large solar panel project exceed maximum recovery levels and would cost businesses around $15,Largest Collection of billabong boardshorts,866, which is $13,301 higher than what the report stated as the maximum cost recovery limit of $2,565.
"High fees can discourage businesses and residences from making good, long-term, high-yield investments in solar power," states the executive summary of the report.
On the other hand, the report also states that residential permits in Cerritos for a 3 kW solar panel installation costs $53 one of the lowest in Los Angeles County. This was an improvement from $1,078 as stated in their 2009 report.
Kurt Newick, one of the authors of the report, told Patch that the Sierra Club surveyed every municipality about the fees associated with issuing a permit,The same Air purifier, cover removed. including the permit fee, plan check fee, electrical fee and issuance fee.
According to Sierra Club calculations, a reasonable fee for a 131 kW solar panel project would be around $1,328. The Sierra Club provided a calculator for the public to tally up the suggested costs of a project.
In Cerritos' case, Newick said that the survey conducted on March 31 stated that the fees for a 131 kW solar panel project are as follows: Permit fee: $8,555.40; Plan Check fee: $7,035.28; Electrical fee: $248.20; Issuance fee: $26.60. The fees total to $15,865.88.
He said many cities like Cerritos determine permit fees on the value of the project, which could have an impact on businesses and residents looking to renewable energy.
"We want to change the way cities calculate their feesespecially on how the determine the fees of projects like installing solar panels," he said. "We want to get cities like Cerritos to change from computing fees on different criteria, not on valuation alone."
Newick cited California Government Code Section 66014, which states that permit and inspection fees "shall not exceed the estimated reasonable cost of providing the service for which the fee is charged."
When asked about the report, a spokesperson for the city's Planning Department disputed the Sierra Club's calculations, saying to Patch while the City acknowledges that they base permit fees on the value of the project, the City has never charged such fees for commercial buildings as stated.
"We would have no projects in the city if we charged those fees [listed in the Sierra Club report]," said Kristin Aguila, planning assistant for the City of Cerritos. "We did the calculations ourselves based on all the solar permits for commercial and industrial buildings to provide further justification and it did not go anywhere near the $15,what are the symptoms of Piles,866 fees that they reported."
Justifying the city's calculations, Gallucci added in his letter that the city recently provided building and check services for the installation of a 300 kW solar energy system for a commercial property.
Based on the project's value, the permit fees totaled $6,Has anyone done any research on making Plastic molding parts from scratch?000, but the City returned $2,000 of these fees to the applicant because it was a Construction and Demolition Debris deposit, which the applicant complied with recycling 50 percent of such waste at the project site. The total was adjusted to $4,000.
In a letter to Sierra Club officials, City Manager Art Gallucci said that Los Angeles County handles building and plan check services for permit inspections and they also establish the fees. He added that all permit fees in the City of Cerritos are based on the value of the project.
Gallucci said that since the County establishes the fees, the Sierra Club should direct its recommendations to them.
"The City of Cerritos is recommending that the Sierra Club contact the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works to discuss opportunities for lowering its fee schedule costs associated with environmentally friendly improvements," he said.
The report stated that a commercial permit for a 131 kW medium-large solar panel project exceed maximum recovery levels and would cost businesses around $15,Largest Collection of billabong boardshorts,866, which is $13,301 higher than what the report stated as the maximum cost recovery limit of $2,565.
"High fees can discourage businesses and residences from making good, long-term, high-yield investments in solar power," states the executive summary of the report.
On the other hand, the report also states that residential permits in Cerritos for a 3 kW solar panel installation costs $53 one of the lowest in Los Angeles County. This was an improvement from $1,078 as stated in their 2009 report.
Kurt Newick, one of the authors of the report, told Patch that the Sierra Club surveyed every municipality about the fees associated with issuing a permit,The same Air purifier, cover removed. including the permit fee, plan check fee, electrical fee and issuance fee.
According to Sierra Club calculations, a reasonable fee for a 131 kW solar panel project would be around $1,328. The Sierra Club provided a calculator for the public to tally up the suggested costs of a project.
In Cerritos' case, Newick said that the survey conducted on March 31 stated that the fees for a 131 kW solar panel project are as follows: Permit fee: $8,555.40; Plan Check fee: $7,035.28; Electrical fee: $248.20; Issuance fee: $26.60. The fees total to $15,865.88.
He said many cities like Cerritos determine permit fees on the value of the project, which could have an impact on businesses and residents looking to renewable energy.
"We want to change the way cities calculate their feesespecially on how the determine the fees of projects like installing solar panels," he said. "We want to get cities like Cerritos to change from computing fees on different criteria, not on valuation alone."
Newick cited California Government Code Section 66014, which states that permit and inspection fees "shall not exceed the estimated reasonable cost of providing the service for which the fee is charged."
When asked about the report, a spokesperson for the city's Planning Department disputed the Sierra Club's calculations, saying to Patch while the City acknowledges that they base permit fees on the value of the project, the City has never charged such fees for commercial buildings as stated.
"We would have no projects in the city if we charged those fees [listed in the Sierra Club report]," said Kristin Aguila, planning assistant for the City of Cerritos. "We did the calculations ourselves based on all the solar permits for commercial and industrial buildings to provide further justification and it did not go anywhere near the $15,what are the symptoms of Piles,866 fees that they reported."
Justifying the city's calculations, Gallucci added in his letter that the city recently provided building and check services for the installation of a 300 kW solar energy system for a commercial property.
Based on the project's value, the permit fees totaled $6,Has anyone done any research on making Plastic molding parts from scratch?000, but the City returned $2,000 of these fees to the applicant because it was a Construction and Demolition Debris deposit, which the applicant complied with recycling 50 percent of such waste at the project site. The total was adjusted to $4,000.
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