City OKs Fee Hike for Design Notifications
The Glendale City Council voted Tuesday to require Glendale homeowners who want to make major improvements to their houses or build new dwellings to pay an extra $50 to have the city notify their neighbors.
Homeowners have been paying a $150 fee when they submitted building or renovation plans to the city’s Planning Department and design review boards. The five-member council voted unanimously to raise that fee to $200.
The $50 increase will cover the city’s costs of notifying neighbors by mail that a design review board will be considering requested changes at an adjacent residence. Property owners requesting changes will also be required to post signs at the residence to inform neighbors.
The new notification fee was adopted, but the amount left open earlier this month when the council approved stringent building restrictions on all new single-family houses and all but minor home improvements.
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