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Fortuna property owner urges staff to reconsider permit rejection for access and safety improvements
Summary
During public comment, a property owner said an application to make disabled‑access, life‑safety and fire‑safety improvements was rejected; the owner described a long permitting history beginning in December 2022 and asked staff to reconsider. No formal action was taken at the meeting.
A property owner told the Planning Commission of the City of Fortuna during the public‑comment period that a permit application to make disabled access, life‑safety and fire‑safety improvements had been rejected by planning staff and urged staff to reconsider.
The property owner said they first contacted building and planning staff in December 2022 and described “a long and detailed history” of attempts to obtain a permit. The speaker said the only reason they had been given so far was that the property “hasn’t been used in quite a while,” which the owner called “an unacceptable response.”
The commenter said the planned work consisted solely of disabled‑access improvements and life‑ and fire‑safety upgrades and asked that the item be passed to staff for further review. Chair Kine interrupted after the speaker’s three‑minute public‑comment allotment and noted the speaker had run out of time.
No staff response or formal agenda action on the specific permit application was recorded during the meeting. The owner said they would be happy to provide more details and documentation to staff, and the chair asked that the comments be forwarded to staff for follow up.
