Building Standards Appeals Board Regular Meeting - June 18, 2026
Building Standards Appeals Board Regular Meeting - June 18, 2026
The Building Standards Appeals Board met on June 18, 2026, at 1:00 PM in Room #2165, City Hall, Fresno. The board considered one appeal concerning code enforcement case E 25-13830 at 3436 N Virginia Lane. The board confirmed the Notice and Order and Citation, and ordered a progress hearing.
Consent Calendar
- Approved minutes of the June 2, 2026 regular meeting.
Public Comments & Testimony
- No public comments were made.
Discussion Items
- Appeal of Code Enforcement Case E 25-13830 (3436 N Virginia Lane): The appellant, Catarino Pardo, represented the property owner James Molina. The case involved unpermitted construction including kitchen alterations, HVAC work, and walling off a bedroom. Code Inspector Derek Henderson investigated after a complaint. The city issued a Notice and Order on November 5, 2025, and a Citation on March 24, 2026, after 139 days of attempted compliance. The appellant argued that he was present for scheduled inspections but inspectors were late or did not show, and that the work was minor. The city argued that permits were required and that the homeowner had ample time to obtain them. The board discussed the scope of work, including the HVAC unit which clearly required a permit.
Key Outcomes
- The board voted 4-0 (Member Ransom absent) to approve the motion to confirm both Violation #1 (alterations to hallway/room) and Violation #2 (kitchen and HVAC alterations) in the Notice and Order, and to confirm the Citation.
- The board also voted 4-0 to require a progress hearing within 30 to 60 days to check on permit compliance. The board clarified that the hearing would assess progress, not require full permit issuance within that time.
Meeting Transcript
Good. We're ready. Okay. It's now a few minutes after one o'clock, and I will now call the meeting of the political standard appeal board board to order on the staff. Can you please call the roll? Chair Bowler. I chair Ben. Present. Board member Mears. Present. Board member Ransom. Board member Field. Present. Before we get started with a few housekeeping things. For each matter considered by the board, there will first be a staff presentation followed by a presentation from the project applicant with discussion by the board. Both staff and the applicant will have the right to a rebuttal presentation prior to the closing of the public hearing. Public comment on all matters on the agenda will be taken during agenda item six. All public testimony will be limited to three minutes per person. All public testimony must be presented to the board as voted for in this case events today. Do we have lights today? Okay. The speaker will should be completed. The testimony by the time the red light comes on with a final bill indicating the time is expired. Any testimony that references race, religion, economic status, national origin or any other classification protected under state or federal law in a derogatory manner shall be deemed irrelevant and will not be considered by the board in making it determined. In accordance with section eleven of Article Two, the appellant of the department will each have ten minutes to present their position. The department shall first shall present first, then the appellant will present. Then the appellant may present its rebuttal. After the rebuttal, board members may ask questions of either party. The board will then close the hearing, discuss the appeal, and deliberate on the appropriate accent. Now we'll begin with the approval of the agenda, and I will hand it to the chair chair. Oh thank you, say hi. The agenda is approved, and we will now move on to the consent calendar. The consent calendar, we have uh um approval uh uh the July 2nd Board of Appeals regular meeting. Uh responsibles of planning. Is there a motion to approve the consent down here? Sorry. All in favor, saying any opposed consent government is it moved non-provine to the reports by the board members. Um board members have any addition. So we would then move on to uh comments, public comments. Can you need public comments? Okay, with uh with any public, would you like to speak uh regarding this uh the meeting today? No, let's move on to being with uh matters, and there are no matters we are happy. Okay, okay. So we have uh we have a hearing uh on the uh planning with code enforcement and uh case number 815-1380, concerning uh 3436 north for JLA, and then notice an order was issued in November 5th, 135, and then the citation March 202th. Uh so we have um there. Hello, Alan Massie, Deputy Company Attorney. Government's presentation. Good afternoon, members of the board. Today we're here on two appeals. These pertain to the property at 3436 North Virginia Lane.
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