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Mr. Wilson wished to know how the County will handle future mistakes, and what he Q <br /> should tell the Haffields . <br /> Vice Chairman O ' Bryan responded that the Haffields did not really pay the impact fees, <br /> and although he was sorry the notice was sent, if they never paid the money, they did not lose it. <br /> Director Keating relayed that staff is running an additional report to identify all refunds <br /> that have been given in a particular time frame . Additionally, the notification letter no longer <br /> states that an individual is eligible for refund; it states that an individual may be entitled to a <br /> refund. <br /> Administrator Baird pointed out that the key to this matter is that the Haffields did not <br /> remit the impact fee, their contractor had paid it. <br /> No Board Action Required or Taken <br /> 10.B. 2. REQUEST TO SPEAKBY OPENPERMIT SEARCHREGARDING OPEN <br /> PERMIT SOLUTION <br /> Mr. Wilson brought up an issue that he feels is negatively impacting the economy, <br /> specifically in the area of home sales . He stated that building permits that have expired and <br /> never been closed out ("open permits") create problems for home sellers and real estate <br /> professionals, because an existing open permit gets passed onto the homebuyer. He relayed that <br /> his new company, Open Permit Search, helps individuals look for open permits, and that other <br /> Florida counties have a searchable computer database. He deemed the County Building <br /> Department' s database largely unusable because it requires information that is available only to <br /> the person who pulled the permit. He also observed that because the computer systems used by <br /> the Building Department and Property Appraiser are incompatible, taxable improvements might <br /> not appear on the Property Appraiser ' s database . <br /> 13 <br /> August 21 , 2012 24 42 <br /> 8 <br />