Council Considers Affidavit for Homeowners Pulling Their Own Permits
Summary
Councilors reviewed an ordinance that would require homeowners who pull their own building permits to sign an affidavit acknowledging they are effectively the contractor and will lack bond protections; staff said the affidavit is a draft and will be refined.
Council debated an ordinance (No. 61) that would add an affidavit for homeowners who obtain their own building permits to confirm they understand they are acting as the contractor and that certain protections (including a contractor bond) will not be in place. A council member described a staff example of a bad contractor job that changed her view of the proposal: "They charged her $3,300 for one concrete step and it was done terribly and exactly what they're explaining happened and thankfully I think you and Nino jumped all over this."
Staff said the affidavit circulated by Nino is a draft and could be tweaked; councilors asked for more detail about how many residents pull their own permits and whether the affidavit should simply be an administrative practice instead of codified. One councilor favored holding the ordinance for two meetings to allow outreach to the building and law departments and to finalize language.
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