PUBLIC WORKS PERMITTING SERVICES AND FEES

Binding City Policy

BCP-ENB-4.24

Link to Exhibit A - Public Works Permitting Fees  (PDF Document, 183 kb)

PURPOSE

Section 1. The Council finds:

1.  On December 17, 2009, Council adopted Ordinance No. 183419 and authorized special rates and charges for public works permitting services received from January 3 through June 30, 2010. On June 16, 2010, Council adopted Ordinance No. 183911 to extend the special rates and charges.

2.  The special authorization was necessitated by a comprehensive set of Council-directed reforms of public works permitting procedures that took effect in January 2010. The Council authorized special rates and charges for a transition period that was expected to end on June 30, 2010. Thereafter, new rates and charges were to be adopted annually in the same manner as other City rates and charges.

3.  From January 2010 (the inception of the revised Public Works Permitting process) through May 2011, the public works bureaus have experienced insufficient public works permitting activity (12 out of total of 39 permits issued so far have gone through the revised process) to support a thorough cost of service analysis that is required to establish new rates and charges. The public works bureaus require additional data with the new permitting procedures to complete such an analysis and recommend new rates and charges.

4.  Given the current and projected levels of development activity, the public works bureaus recommend an extension of the special rates and charges for public works permitting services through Fiscal Year 2011-2012.

5.  As with Ordinance No. 183419 and 183911, this ordinance does not alter current City practices to recover the costs of construction management and inspection associated with public works permit projects.

POLICY

NOW, THEREFORE, the council directs:

a.  The Council suspends the existing public works permitting fees authorized by City Code Chapters 17.24 and 17.32 for all new public works permitting services provided from July 1, 2011 through June 30, 2012.

b.  The Council adopts the public works permitting fees set forth in Exhibit A of this Ordinance for all new public works permitting services provided from July 1, 2011 through June 30, 2012.

c.  This ordinance and the attached Exhibit A are binding City policy.

Section 2. The Council declares that an emergency exists because the current authorization for special rates and charges for public works permitting services are scheduled expire on June 30, 2011; therefore, this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage by the Council.

Link to Exhibit A - Public Works Permitting Fees  (PDF Document, 183 kb)

HISTORY

Emergency Ordinance No. 183419, passed by City Council and effective December 17, 2009.

Amended by Emergency Ordinance No. 183911, passed by City Council and effective June 16, 2010.

Amended by Emergency Ordinance No. 184600, passed by City Council and effective May 18, 2011.