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Resident urges clearer generator permitting and open-ended grant policy after denied temporary connections
Summary
Resident Paul Larson urged city staff to clarify permitting rules for whole-house emergency generators and to reconsider limits on the generator grant program after experiencing denial for a temporary cut-in during construction.
During citizen comment Paul Larson described a recent permitting experience in which a whole-house generator required a separate permit for a new home and the developer was denied a temporary cut-in (TCI) for emergency power because of generator switch-gear considerations. Larson said the state no longer requires permits for older-house generators but that the local process was unclear for newly constructed units.
"We got a whole house permit for a brand new house on a vacant lot... and we got denied because we had a switch gear put in for a generator for the house," Larson said, asking staff to clarify whether generator installations should be included with new-house permits and to consider making the city's generator grant program less constrained than the one-time $5,000 allocation that earlier closed when its budget was met. He asked staff to report back on options for permitting and grant availability.
