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the property owner does the work without contractors but property owners who are not able to do the work themse 1 ves wou ld not be a 1 .Lowed to f i x up equa 1 ly nonconforming structures in an equally dilapidated position because of their ability or physical health. 4. Waiving of Buildin-Permits - The Big Island Board of Governors requested that the City look at issuing one permit for several buildings as in some cases they were buildings of similar structures, principally based upon the fees charged. The current conditional use permit for clean up work does not cover reconstruction of existing buildings or new construction apart for the caretaker's cabin and bathrooms. Council has consistantly advised that prior to any rehzh work or new building construction a conditional use pe it on a day use recreational area must be approved by the City. Until such time as the master plan is received and Council approves the issue of further building permits is moot. It is staff's recommendation that the issue of whether one building permit should be issued for each building be seperated from the fee issue and addressed as follows: a. Issuance of One Permit Building - While many of the buildings are similar each has its own unique situation and issuing a building permit for each building is the best way for both parties to handle each of the buildings instead of relying on one permit for several buildings. A permit covering several buildings may only be partially completed if not all buildings are done and may cause for issuance of a new building permit. This complicates tracking of permit status acid certificates of occupancy. b. Fees - For most of the smaller structures the fee for each of these would he $25.00 per building. Whi le this fee is not great it does address the issues of plan reviews prior to fix up together with necessary inspections. Additionally there is a charge on Big Island of $25.00 per inspection plus the costs of going back and forth. There are a number of nonprofit groups in the community who from time to time are involved in the development and construction process and to date the City has not made any exception for those groups. The City realizes that this group is hard pressed financially however, it is estimated that the total amount of building permit fees would probably be under $2,000.00 for work on existing buildings. The City has no authority to waive a state surcharge i ee on such permits. (The state surcharge would be $.50 per each $25.00 building permit.) Any waiver of such fees however should only be for existing