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Residents raise concerns about Belmont’s certificates-of-compliance process during public forum

6205714 · October 21, 2025
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Summary

Two residents used the Planning Commission’s community forum to criticize the city’s certificate-of-compliance (COC) process, citing unclear instructions and slow responses; staff said materials are being compiled on the city website and staff will follow up with individual inquiries.

At the start of the Oct. 21 Belmont City Planning Commission meeting two members of the public raised concerns about the city’s certificates-of-compliance (COC) process, saying communications and guidance to applicants are unclear and slow.

Max Reinhardt told commissioners the COC process has, in his experience, "purposefully unclear and incomplete instructions" and that city staff have been unwilling or unable to answer applicants’ questions. He said he has worked in Belmont for more than 15 years and compared Belmont’s…

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