Title
Agenda Item:
Ordinance Amending Building and Engineering Fees for Multi-plan Review and Re-inspections
Body
Issue:
Whether to amend Building and Engineering fee schedule to reflect staff time in providing multiple plan reviews on a single project, field inspections for the same project, and adding a fee for landscape and bicycle parking permits for commercial projects.
Committee Recommendation:
Not referred to a committee.
City Manager's Recommendation:
Move to approve on first reading and forward to second reading an Ordinance amending Building and Engineering Fees for Multi-plan Review and Re-inspections.
Staff Contact:
Tom Hill, Building Official, Community Planning and Development Department, 360.753.8486
Presenter(s):
None - Consent Calendar Item
Background and Analysis:
We endeavor to charge for services at the cost of providing them. Some of our fees need to be adjusted to reflect the actual costs of providing those services. Currently we provide additional plan reviews and field inspections at the rate of $125.00 per hour. When factoring the full cost for staff, vehicles, equipment, overhead and support that rate is $175.00 per hour.
Additionally, we have not historically assessed a fee for providing a review and inspection for ascertaining compliance with commercial landscape and bicycle parking requirements. We are proposing a fee of $375.00 for landscaping plan review and $125.00 for bicycle parking review and inspection.
Neighborhood/Community Interests (if known):
No known concerns.
Options:
1. Approve attached ordinance as proposed amending fee schedule.
2. Do not approve fee amendment.
Financial Impact:
Option 1: Slight increase in revenue (substantially less than $5,000), and possible slight decrease in service demand.
Option 2: None