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671 new permitsBuilders rush to beat lot taxApplications submitted for building permits before the new lot tax goes into effect Thursday have made September the busiest city building department month in Modesto’s'history.Building inspector Leo Muth reported applications totaled 671 Friday.Things are getting so hectic, he said, that “some contractors may not be able to corae up with the money to buy their permits before the lot tax ups the price. All the big builders are coming in and some people are scrounging for money.Muth expects the bulk of the unpaid permits to be taken care of by Wednesday.Horn Construction paid for 75 Friday. Price Enterprises was set to pick up 114 by Monday. Danito Corp. plans to take care of 93 Tuesday.Other big applicants last month Include AGI with 77, Rule Development with 66, Joaquin Construction with 44, Stone Brothers with 35, C HEnterprises with 30 and HLS with 32. Joe Randy applied for 25 duplex permits.Warned Muth, Applications .received Monday may be difficult to get out before the lot tax becomes effective/'The reason far the unprecedentedsurge of building' permit applicationsand the scurrying around for cash to pay for them is the 36 cents per square foot of new construction added to the price of residential permits Thursday.The City Council approved the tax to finance school sites and classrooms for school districts, impacted by Modesto's rapid growth. It will be in effect fiye years.Before the September permit onslaught, which passage of the measure touched off, the biggest building permit application month this year was February with 279. The year’s low was 132 iP June.Muth said the building inspectors were authorized overtime to handle the load. Up to four men have beenworking evenings with as many as seven hours of overtime recorded in a single day by one inspector.Public Works Director Ross Campbell earlier this week offered to bet Muth September applications would break the 600 mark.Muth told him, “We've already broken it Said the bieary-eyed Muth, weary from overtime, *T hope it never happens again.Obituaries
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Modesto Bee
Modesto, California, US
Sat, Oct 01, 1977
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