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been completed without permits and directed the owners to obtain permits within 30 days of the notice, and to contact the Santa Ana Planning and Building Agency for permit information in regards to Santa Ana Municipal Code (SAMC) requirements. On February 9, 2022, the building contractor obtained Planning Division approval for a revised project scope of work to include additional structural information, which was required by the Building Division. That same day, the contractor submitted building, mechanical, electrical, and plumbing plans for the remodel/interior alterations to the nine apartment units. Between the initial Planning Division approval for interior alterations and the applicant’s permit application with the Building Division, the resubmitted plans to the City were modified to address building code requirements and the scope of the work was expanded to included exterior modifications, largely impacted by the interior reconfiguration work. The exterior work included alterations to the entry doors, windows, and staircases, among other alterations to the exterior desired by the applicant. Building permits were issued on May 9, 2022, for the work which inadvertently included the exterior modifications that were erroneously approved to be a part of the original scope of work. The exterior changes included in the plans architecturally impacted the defining characters of the building and should have been required to undergo the Neighborhood Review and Historic Exterior Modification Application (HEMA) process but were inadvertently permitted as discussed above. On April 25, 2022, a Notice And Order To Repair Or Abate was issued to the subject property following a property fire. The notice identified the following unlawful conditions based on city staff site inspection: 1) Unsecured building/blighted vacant structure; 2) dangerous building/fire damage; and 3) Permits and final inspection required. On June 13, 2022, following the fire damage and notice, the building contractor obtained Planning Division approval for interior repairs to address the fire damage. Specifically, the approval was for floor joist repairs for apartment units 1108 and 1112 N. Lacy Street. Building permits were subsequently obtained on July 7, 2022 for the same work. On December 16, 2022, the applicant applied for a new electrical permit with the both the Planning and Building divisions. The work included relocating the service meters (10 total meters, one general and 9 sub-meters) to a location approved by Southern California Edison (SCE). The electrical permit was subsequently issued by the Building Department on June 21, 2023. On March 30, 2023, the property owner submitted a request to the Building Division for a change of contractor. The request included the cancellation of all previously issued building, mechanical, electrical, and plumbing permits issued to the original contractor. New building, mechanical, electrical, and plumbing permits were issued under the new contractor’s State contractor’s license. In June of 2023, Planning Division staff was made aware by the French Park Architectural Review Committee (FPARC) of exterior alterations to the building that were outside of the Planning Department approval previously issued. These exterior alterations had not gone Historic Resources Commission 180 10/5/2023