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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1979-04-03; City Council; 5805; Building Department FeesION CITY OF CARLSBAD AGENDA BILL NO. Initial: , Dept. i_td-lyff— DATE: April 3, 1979 C. Atty. A DEPARTMENT: City Manager C. Mgr. Subject: BUILDING DEPARTMENT FEES Statement of the Matter The City Council has directed staff to conduct departmental reviews of City fees. The attached memorandum recommends that no change in fees for the Building Department be implemented. This recommendation,is based on the facts that: (1) all cities in the County have agreed to implement uniform fees in accordance with the Uniform Building, Plumb- ing, Mechanical, Electrical and Solar Energy Codes; and (2) on the average, the revenues taken in for the budding construction process meet or exceed the expenses of processing the permits. Exhibits I. Memorandum to City Manager from Administrative Assistant/Public Works dated March 22, 1979. - 2. Resolution No. 1722 approving coordination of uniform building regu- lations within San Diego County. Recommendation If Council concurs,'file the report recommending that no action be taken on changing Building Department fees.. Council Action: 4-3-79 Council concurred that no action be taken on changing the Building Department fees. MEMORANDUM TO: City Manager FROM: Administrative Assistant/Public Works DATE: March 27, 1979 SUBJECT: BUILDING DEPARTMENT FEES The Building Department charges fees for building permits, plumbing per- mits, mechanical permits, electrical permits, solar energy permits, grad- ing permits (under 300 cubic yards) and for extra plan check time. These fees are adopted by reference of the respective Uniform Codes. The current valuation of buildings is determined by the San Diego International Confer- ence of Building Officials. All cities in San Diego County have agreed to follow these guidelines (see attached Resolution 1722). Outlined below are five-year comparisons of the budgeted expenses and reve- nues for the Building Department. Year Total Budget Total Revenues 1977-78 $235,825 $520,603 1976-77 158,707 613,427 1975-76 116,906 190,492 1974-75 127,151 110,952 1973-74 112,772 232,598 It can be seen that except for 1974-75 revenues have substantially exceed- ed Building Department expenditures. What this does not reflect is that Building acts as a central collection agency for services also provided by Planning, Engineering, Fire and Parks & Recreation. While these departments provide services and could collect a separate fee, it is administratively more practical to collect the fees as part of the building permit process. It is difficult to estimate how much time each of these departments spend in support of the building permit process; however, half of the time of an Assistant Planner and an Assistant Civil Engineer are allotted to building permit review. The Fire and Parks & Recreation Departments provide inspec- tion and landscape support. RECOMMENDATION After discussing this issue with the Building Director, it is recommended that the current building fees and related fees remain the same for two reasons: (I) All cities in San Diego County have agreed to uniform fees for similar services; and (2) on the average the revenues taken in for the building construction process meet or exceed the expenses of processing the permits. The fee discussion paper gave three potential fees for consideration: Con- ditional occupancy, occupancy permit and zone/sign enforcement fines. Only -2- the conditional occupancy permit was recommended for serious considera- tion. Since it has be6n recommended that the Building Department fees not be changed, it is also recommended that the three potential new fees not be considered at this time. Michael D. Little Administrative Assistant Public Works MDL:VEB Attachment _1 1 11 z 3 4 5 6 7 131 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 171 I RESOLUTION NO. 1722 A RESOLUTION OF THE �.TY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD APPROVING COORDI`tATION OF UNIFOR`9 BUILDING REGULATIONS WITHIN THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO The City Council of the City of Carlsbad does resolve as (follows: 1, WHEREAS, it is recognized that the bulk of the population o San Diego County is a part -of one large metropolitan area with.city limit boundaries being contiguous to each other in many instances, and 2. 4V[IEREt\S, it is recognized that construction costs of build ings within our metropolitan area can be adversely affected by a difference in building regulation requirements between jurisdiction ; and 3. V;tIEREAS, the cost of providing inspection department servi increases when these differences in building regulation require- ments exist between the various jurisdictions of Sin 6iego County; and 18 .4. WHEREAS, it is recognized that differences in building regu- 19 lations between the various jurisdictions in our County can be a 20 source of confusion and inconvenience to designers, guilders, 21 material suppliers, and others i•ilio use these re,ulations; and 22 S. WHEREAS, the San Diego Chapter .of the International: Confer- 23 once of Building Officials has by its letter dated April G, 1970, 24 presented,a proposal to assure that these differences in building 2511 If1regulation requirements within San Diego County he reviewed and 26''reduccd to an absolute minimum; 27 THEREFORE, BE IT PrSr'i.VED that the City Council of the 28 City of Carlsbad does concur r:ith the objectives and approves the 29�proposed procedure outlined in the letter of April b, 1970, from 3OI� the ",:try iego Chapter of the Intornational Con erence of 'Buildin- 3110-fici.-tls and this Council does hereby direct its building Depart- 32;1!nent Dirccbor to participate in those scheduled meetings of the -1- 1' 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19' 20 21 221 23 San Diego Chapter of the International Conference of Building Officials :which are called for the purpose of reviewing building code regulations and amendments thereto with San Diego County jurisdictions and to.participate in the development of as much uniformity in these regulations as practicable. The City Council further directs that its Building Department Director brin; to the attention of this Body all amendments endorsed by the San Diego Chapter of the International Conference of Build- inQ Officials with his recommendations regarding their adoration by t this legislative body. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that all ordinances which are adopted by this legislative body which affect building regulations and which did not originate as a result of prior endorsement by the San Diego Chapter of -!,.e International Conference of Building officials are direct-1 to be forwarded to said Chapter for their information and determination as to whether they should be a recommended for adoption by all toehr jurisdictions within San Diego County. PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED at a meeting of the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, held May 5, 1970 , 19-0 by the following vote, to wit: APES: Councilman Dunne, McComas, Jardine, Castro and Lewis. NOES: None. 241, ABSENT: None. j IIJAVID N. DUNNt, �ia�j a-r--- 26 ATTEST: 27 ii tG / 29 , r ty CierK 30 I. 31 32' -2- K