ANNA MARIA – City commissioners rejected homeowner Dena Dalquist’s request to waive $1,614 in building permit fees that included a $1,076 triple penalty for home repairs made without a permit.
A staff memo included in the city commission’s April 10 meeting packet said a stop work order was issued for Dalquist’s property at 137 Crescent Drive which resulted in a $1,076 fine, which equates to three times the normal permitting fee. The staff memo states that Dahlquist paid the triple fee fine and other permitting costs on March 3 when submitting a permit application, but her permit application did not indicate the work was done in response to hurricane damage.
On March 26, Dahlquist sent a letter to city officials requesting a waiver of the fees and fine she paid…