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Design professionals urge default "no" for plan releases; city to standardize stormwater O&M documents
Summary
Architects and builders at a San Luis Obispo roundtable told city staff that the default position for releasing archived building plans should be "no"; staff said they will review record-release practice with the city attorney while also moving to standardize stormwater operations-and-maintenance documents.
Design professionals at the roundtable pushed back on a practice staff described in which the city requests permission from original designers to release building plans and, if no reply is received, can make plans available to requesters.
"I would just say it's a default no," one participant said, explaining concerns about competition and liability if old drawings are re-used without field updates. Multiple participants urged staff to require requesters to view records…
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