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AG Opinion 05-1004

June 13, 2009 by  
Filed under AG Opinions

AG Opinion 05-1004 Interim grading documents, including geology reports, compaction reports, and soils reports, submitted by a property owner to a city’s building department in conjunction with an application for a building permit are subject to public inspection and copying under the California Public Records Act at the time the documents are first received by the building department. (2006)

One Response to “AG Opinion 05-1004”

  1. stephen says:

    This was a very useful opinion, but additional breadth is needed.
    The opinion did not cover conceptual architectural plans and site plans.
    Note: Conceptual architectural plans are not the final plans which are protected by US Copyright laws, but are those plans submitted to a city or county planning department with the application.
    Our city denies residents from obtaining copies, or taking pictures of, conceptual architectural plans and site plans, thus limiting the ability to make informed comments or criticisms of an application prior to approval.
    Similarly, at a planning commission meeting, the applicant is able to show his plan, but opposition cannot show an altered plan that is better suited.

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