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MEETING DATE: April 03, 2018
STAFF REPORT
AGENDA ITEM: Resolution Updating Building Fees.
MEETING DATE: April 3, 2018
PREPARED BY: Randy Hatch, Contract City Planner
REVIEWED BY: Jose Antonio Ramirez, City Manager
RECOMMENDATION:
City Council adopt Resolution No. 2018-_, updating Building Fees.
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION:
The City charges a variety of fees for various services provided by the City’s Building Division within the Community Development Department. The City has contracted with West Coast Code Consultants, Inc. (WC3) to provide the City’s Building services including review of building plans, issuance of building permits, and inspection of ongoing construction projects. The collection of building fees is intended to pay WC3 for the costs of providing these building services. Building activity is increasing within the City with four residential subdivisions (and soon a fifth), and increasing non-residential projects. The City has not comprehensively reviewed its Building fees since 2006 and; therefore; these fees are out of sync with the costs of providing these services and below those of other local jurisdictions. The City’s contracted Certified Building Official, Todd Barr, has done an analysis and is proposing the fees be updated to the amount as noted in the attached Resolution. It is intended that in spring of 2019 the fees will be reviewed again and may be updated in an effort to keep fees current.
FISCAL IMP ACT:
The proposed fees will more closely cover the costs of providing Building services and be more in line with other local jurisdictions.
ATTACHMENTS:
1. Resolution No. 2018-
Table 1-A, Building Permit Fees as Amended Schedule B, Fee Schedule
Schedule C, Commercial Electrical, Plumbing, and Mechanical Valuation
RESOLUTION NO. 2018-
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LIVINGSTON UPDATING BUILDING FEES
WHEREAS, the City has established building fees to cover the cost of providing various Building services, including, but not limited to, review of building plans, issuance of building permits, and inspection of on-going building projects; and
WHEREAS, from time to time the City needs to update building fees to more closely align with the costs of providing building services; and
WHEREAS, the City has not updated building fees for over 10 years; and
WHEREAS, the City’s contracted Certified Building Official has performed an analysis and developed a set of new fees to more closely cover the costs of providing Building services.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Livingston does hereby adopt new Building fees as shown on the Attached Table 1-A, Schedule B, and Schedule C.
Passed and adopted this 3rd day of April, 2018, by the following vote: AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
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Jim Soria, Mayor
of the City of Livingston
ATTEST:
I hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was regularly introduced, passed, and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Livingston this 3rd day of April, 2018.
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Antonio Silva, City Clerk of the City of Livingston
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