Resolution 257-2019 1 MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
R E COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
3 RESOLUTION NO. 257-2019
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3 A RESOLUTION AMENDING RESOLUTION O. 2 7-2019, THE
PERMITTING FEE SCHEDULE; INCREASING FEES BASED ON THE
7 CONSUMER PENCE INDEX FOR ALL URBAN CONSUMERS (CPI-U)
8 FOR FY20; CONFORMING FEES TO NEW LAWS; AND PROVIDING FOR
9 AN IMPLEMENTATION DATE
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11 WHEREAS, the County protects life and safety through review of construction
12 plans and inspection of construction work as provided by the Florida Building Code; and
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14 WHEREAS, these services provided by the County are engaged at the discretion
15 of applicants and for the benefit of applicants; and
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1.7 WHEREAS, the Monroe County Board of County Commissioners wish to provide
18 the citizens of the Bounty with the best possible service in the most cost effective and
19 reasonable manner; and
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21 WHEREAS, the Board finds that it would be in the best interests of the public to
22 charge costs for services, thereby placing the burden of such costs directly upon those
3 parties deriving the benefit from such services; and
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25 WHEREAS, the updated fee schedules prepared by the Building Department for
26 providing these services include the estimated direct costs associated with the review and
27 processing of applications for permits issued by the County; and
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29 WHEREAS, fees are being proposed to be increased by the CPI-U for County
30 FY2 ; and
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32 WHEREAS, Mate of Florida House Bill 447 eliminated the ability of a local
33 government to charge an educational surcharge for fire for education fees; and
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35 WHEREAS, revision fees and correction fees are being proposed to be paid at
36 permit issuance rather than at time of submittal; and
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38 WHEREAS, the Board heard testimony and evidence presented as to the
39 appropriate fee schedule.
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41 NOW THEREFORE BE IT LE Y THE F COUNTY
42 COMMISSIONERSCOUNTY, FLORIDA:
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44 Section 1. The foregoing recitals are hereby incorporated as if fully stated herein.
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46 Section 2. Pursuant to Monroe County Code, the following building permit fees (and
47 Floodplain and Developmental permit fees) were amended from those
48 implemented in Resolution 227-2 1 , and are hereby established: (All
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49 applicable fees within this Fee Schedule are subject to Florida Permit
50 Surcharge Program Fees as per F.S. 553.721 and F.S. 468.631, which shall
51 be applied to all Building Permits at Issuance.)
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5 (A) BUILDING PERMITAPPLICATION
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55 1. Upon submission of application;
56 a. Valuation-based permit jobs valued at $5,000 or more require fifty percent
57 (5 %) of the building permit fee due, with remaining balance of building
58 permit fee plus one hundred percent (1 0%) of planning, environmental,
59 and/or fire fee as applicable due at issuance.
60 b. Permit jobs valued at less than $5,000 require one hundred percent(100%)
61 of the fee due.
62 2. Job value will be based upon the submitted, legitimate contract price or
63 lCC/Construction Costs Valuation manuals.
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65 ( ) RESIDENTIAL BUILDING PERMIT
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1. fewer and Alarm Permits
a. Sewer Lateral and Grinder Pump (Electric) Permits $70.00
associated with Sewer Lateral Permits (fee includes
plumbing, electric, code compliance fee, education
fee, technology and document processing fee,
D.. PR and DEO fees and is exempt from PIMP fees,
althou PP review may be re aired
b. Low Voltage Alarm System permits 40.00
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68 2. For all other residential construction projects valued at less than $5,000, fees
9 for construction shall be based on the flat rates below.
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Residential Fee per Application-Job Value<$58 00
Building Permits ..
under$ �
Building Planning Environmental Fire Total
000
Residential $170.00 $5.00 $12.00 - $1 7.00
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72 3. For residential construction projects valued at $5,000 or more, fees for
73 construction shall be based on the rates below and the applicant shall only be
74 assessed the fees for those disciplines which are deemed necessary for code
75 compliance. In the event a particular discipline review is not required for code
76 compliance, the applicant shall not be assessed the rate of that particular
77 discipline. For example, in the event only a wilding review is deemed necessary
78 to ensure a particular application complies with Monroe County Code, the
79 applicant shall not be assessed the fee for Planning and Environmental,
0 a. A project whose value exceeds the lowest value band shall be priced based
61 on value in band 1 times rate for band 1 plus the value in the next highest
62 band times the rate for that higher band.
03 b. wilding fees shall be applied as follows:
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4 i. The rate table below itemizes the maximum Building fee, which
5 includes all 5 building discipline reviews (Structural, Electrical,
6 Mechanical, Plumbing, and Flood disciplines).
07 ii. If no Building disciplines are involved in reviewing the permit, the
08 permit will be charged 25% of the maximum Building fee for
09 processing and application costs.
90 iii. If less than 5 building disciplines are involved, the permit will be
91 charged an additional 15% of the maximum wilding fee (over the
92 2 % for processing and application costs) for each of the Building
93 disciplines involved in reviewing the permit.
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_—RESIDENTIAL PERMITS Job Value$5,000 or More
PROJECT VALUE Permit Cost per$1,000 Project Value
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Band From To Building planning Environmental Fire Total
1 $5,000 $99,999 $34A5 $734 $ .13 $0.00 $49,62
2 $100,000 $2 9, 9 $1435 $4.23 $3.96 $0,00 22. 4
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$30 ,0 0 $999,999 $10.3 $2.57 2.16 0.00 $15.11
4 $1,000,000 _._._._._._._.__ _._._._._._._. $ . _.90 2.67 _ $0.79 $0.00 $12,36
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96 4. For residential projects which require plan review by Fire, including, but not
97 limited to, modular homes and community developments, the fees in Section (C)
98 shall apply.
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100 (C) COMMERCIAL BUILDINGIT FEES:
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102 1. For commercial construction projects valued at less than $5,000, fees for
103 construction shall be based on the flat rates below.
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_ CommercialF r Application-JValue ,0
BuildingPermits Buildingplanning Environmental Eire _ Total
under$5,000
Commercial 1 $170.00 $5.00 $12.00 $11400 $19 .00
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106 2. For commercial construction projects valued at $5,000 or more, fees for
107 construction shall be based on the rates below and the applicant shall only be
108 assessed the fees for those disciplines which are deemed necessary for code
109 compliance. In the event a particular discipline review is not required for code
110 compliance, the applicant shall not be assessed the rate of that particular
111 discipline. For example, in the event only a wilding review is deemed necessary
112 to ensure a particular application complies with Monroe County Code, the
113 applicant shall not be assessed the fee for Planning and Environmental.
11.4 a. A project whose value exceeds the lowest value band shall be priced based
1.15 on value in band 1 times rate for band 1 plus the value in the next highest
116 band times the rate for that higher band.
117 b. wilding Department fees shall be applied as follows:
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118 i. The rate table below itemizes the maximum Building fee, which
119 includes all 5 building discipline reviews (Structural, Electrical,
120 Mechanical, Plumbing, and Flood disciplines).
121 ii. if no Building disciplines are involved in reviewing the permit, the
122 permit will be charged 5% of the maximum Building fee for
123 processing and application costs.
124 iii. if leas than 5 building disciplines are involved, the permit will be
125 charged an additional 15% of the maximum Building fee (over the
126 25% for processing and application costa) for each of the Building
127 disciplines involved in reviewing the permit.
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..®/®...COMMERCIAL PERMITS Job Value$5,000 or More
PROJECT LU Permit Cost per$1,000 Project Value
Band From To Building Planning Environmental Rre Total
1 $5,000 $99,999 34A5 $7.34 $ .13 $2. 0 $52.42
2 100,000 $29 , 99 $14.75 $4.23 $3.96 $ a38 $31.32
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$300,000 $999,999 $10.37 $2.57 $2.1.6 $6.19 $2119
4 $1,00 ,000 +- $ . 0 $2.67 $0.79 $5.10 $17A6
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131 ( ) ADDITIONAL FEES APPLIEDTO ALL BUILDING PERMITS T ISSUANCE:
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1. Code Compliance - Contractor lnve tigati n 11.00
. Education:
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a. Building w New Residential or Commercial $25.00
b. Building - All Other Permit (per discipline per 2.00
errMit
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134 (I FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT FEES:
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1. Fled Certificate of Compliance $50.00
2. Flood Sale In pe ti n['Tran fer of Ownership $170.00
3. lnitial or recertified L I P; LOMR-F; LO A; L MR; $170.0
LC P-F
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4. Variances to the Floc plain Management Requirements $1,642o00
Application Fee
plus Hearing
Fees*
. Appeals (Administrative) Regarding Fl dplain $1,642.00
Management Provisions Application Fee
plus Hearing
Fees*
. *nearing Fees. Applicant shall pay half the cost of the hourly rate
$'76.50/hour), traveB and expeune of any hearing ffi�er. The uarnty i
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currently charged $153.00 per hour by Department of Administrative
Hearings ( AID). If the fee charged to the County is increased, the charge
will change proportionately. An estimated amount of one-half of the hearing
officer costs as determined by the County Attorney (i n i t i a l I y 10 h o u r s
... $765.00 to be paid prior to processing the application)
shall be deposited by the applicant along with the application fee, and shall
be returned to the applicant if unused. If the hearing is less than 10 hours, a
refund will be made. If it is more than 10 hours the remaining fee due mint
be paid prior to permit issuance.
7. Appeal of Preliminary Floodplain Maps $ ,000.00 Deposit
Plus $170.00 Floodplain discipline review
Property owners that appeal Preliminary Floodplain raps (on a form provided
by the County), that require Monroe County to process and/or review and
issue a technical opinion stating whether the evidence presented is sufficient
to justify an appeal on behalf of such permits by the County in accordance
with Part 67.6 of the NFIP regulations shall bear the cost of the technical
review being performed by a consultant hired for such reviews.
At the request of the Floodplain Administrator Applicants shall be required to
deposit a fee of$5, 00.00 into an escrow account to cover the cost of experts
hired by the Department to review technical data/evidence submitted by the
applicant compared to the FE A Preliminary reap data/modeling
Any unused funds deposited by the applicant will be returned upon the County
forwarding the appeal to FEA.
Monroe County shall obtain an estimate from the consultant they intend to
hire to review and/or conduct the technical review and if the cost for the review
on behalf of Monroe County is higher than the $5,000.00, applicant shall remit
the estimated amount. If, upon review by the technical consultant, the cost for
the review is greater than $5,000.0 , and only $5,000.00 was initially
deposited, applicant shall pay additional fees.
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17 ( ) PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES (DEVELOPMENTAL)
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1. Research, minimum fee per hour or fraction thereof $ 5.00
. Tree Removal /Tree Trimming / Landscaping — projects $66.00
valued at less than $5,000
. Tree Removal /Tree Trimming / Landscaping — projects $194.00
valued at$5,000 or more
4. Invasive Exotic Vegetation Removal (10 or fewer stems) No Fee
/ hazardous Tree Removal
. Environmental Education forRip-Rap, Restoration, and $10.0
Canal Restoration permits
6. Permit Referral Process (sent to Fish and Wildlife $657. 0
Service -... may affect determination
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141 ( ) MISCELLANEOUS
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1 Administrafive Appeal of Building Official $1,642.00
_-----____plu Required Advertising 245.00
2. After Hours gun p ti rn (per hour, two hour minimum) ,00
. Contractor Registration *State registered contractors are $50,00
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4.
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Approved Plan Set Reproduction rn other copies 5.00 per page
larger than 14 inch ��h
b. Other copies not more than 14 inches by 8 1/2 Use legislated fee
inches per page (per F
11 9.07(4)( )l.
and
c. Copies reg0rirng more than '15 mi�uf of ft ti'm- Actual l bor cost
(per F 't 19.07
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. Extensions
. Legislative No Fee
b. Monroe-County 1 Day Ext rn bn _ � 250.00
. Hurricane hutt r (valued less than 2,500) N Fee
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. ._U� ti t0 Proceed .. �_�.. 97 .00
_______8.___Permit lrivestigafions related to closingpun/expired permit on a real estate
number/ parcel lD:
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a. l nv atigati rn concluding n that permit has passed all No Fee
required inspections, including those where County
did not close permit after inspection(s)
b. lrnva tigati rn requiring review by Building Official, $55.00
Plans Examiners and/or lrn pact r , minimum fee per
real estate number/parcel 110( tcn 1 hour staff time) ______________
i. Each additional Dour of staff time or fra bon $55.00
thereof, r mail estate number/ areal l
__________ . Permit lnvestigations not related to closing open $55.00
expired permit on a real estate number / parcel ilk,
minimyuTm tee per hour or,fracflon thereat
9. first failed inspection (per inspection coda) No Fee
10.R irn pa do n - Each subsequent failed rairn p cti un (per $100.00
irna atirn coda
1.Reopen permit (par discipline) 55. 0
µ12.Revision - New or Replacement Building
Vakiatiorn-based
(Section R or C,
with applicable
items from
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and/or ) at
issuance.
However, of any
and 0 revisions
are submitted
within three years
f the original
permit issuance
date, then 50% of
the original fees
from Section B. or
C. shall b
credited toward
the revision fees;
however in n
case shall
refund b
rvld .
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13.Revision _ blot New or Replacement uil ing shall b 10.00 per plan
based on the valise of the revision only and the value of page dare at
the revision shall not be added back to the original permit issuance; plus
valuation with a recalculation of all disciplines. Valuation-based
(Section B or C,
with applicable
items from D
and/or ) for any
and all additional
work at issuance.
lrn no case shall
refund b
rvidd.
14.Corrections (to applications) $10.00 per place
page due at
issuance
1 .Temp r ry Construction Trailer $219.00 per
trailer
16.Temporary U /Temporary Tent nt 55.00 permit fee
and an additional
55.90 r t it
17.Work commencing before permit issuance 1 %penalty
above the
applicable
valuation-based
fee or flat fee for
the work, plc
code check
2q pli roc fees
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1 .Private Provider Fee Credit—A credit of 50% of the Valuation-based
Permit fees fir projects valued at$5,000 or more shall (Section B or )
be given toward fees charged under Section (I ) ( ) or
( ) (2) for projects that indicate they will use private
provider for inspections AND plan review prior to
submitting an application for permitting.
A credit of 2 % of the Permit fees for projects valued at
5,000 or more shall be given toward fees charged
under Section (E) (3) or ( ) (2) for projects that indicate
they will use private provider for inspections OR plan
review prior to submitting an application for permitting.
If a project indicates they will use private provider in
advance of the permit application and decides not to
continue wing a private provider after construction
starts, they will owe the full permit fee prior to the
County plans examiners or inspectors pursuing work
under the permit.
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144 Section 3. Fee schedules are provided for applicant convenience, but County staff
145 shall be responsible for confirming the facts of each application and the
146 amount of fees due, with the Building Official making the final decision.
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148 Section . All applications for permits shall pay the amount conformed by the County
149 prior to and as a condition of issuance of the permit. Fees that accumulate
150 after permit issuance shall be collected prior to Certificate of Occupancy or
151 prior to the permit being closed, if applicable.
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153 Section 5. Staff are directed to cancel uncollectable fees from permits in the system
154 after a permit is void or closed, if fees are determined to be uncollectable
155 by the written determination of the Building Official with written concurrence
156 from the Planning Director.
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158 Section 6. Termination of the related construction work prior to completion shall not
159 entitle the applicant to a refund of fees paid.
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161 Section 7. Projects of an infrequent or unusual nature that are not otherwise addressed
162 in this resolution shall be subject to an estimate of permit fees by County
163 staff as needed.
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165 Section 8. The fees established in this resolution shall be applicable through
166 September 30, 2020. Thereafter, annually, beginning October 1 of each
167 following year, they shall be adjusted by the percentage change in the CPI
160 from the previous year; except for those in Section 2. ( ) 1, (D), (E) 1, 2, 3,
169 6 and 7, (F) 5, (0)la., 3, 4, 5, 7, 10, the 10 per plan page in 13, 14, and all
170 other No Fee items. Every four to five years, the County will adjust fees
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171 based on the most current appropriations applicable to provide
172 development approval services as conditions merit.
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174 Section 9. Resolution No. 227-2019 is hereby rescinded.
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176 Section 10. The staff is hereby directed to implement these fees on all applications
177 submitted on or after October 1, 2019.
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179 Section 11. The Clerk of the Court is hereby directed to forward one (1) certified copy
180 of this Resolution to the Building Department.
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184 PASSED and ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Board of County Commissioners
185 of Monroe County, Florida held on the 18th day of September, 2019.
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Mayor Sylvia Murphy Yes
Mayor Pro Tern Danny L. Kolhage No
Commissioner Michelle Coldiron Yes
Commissioner Heather Carruthers Yes
Commissioner David Rice Yes
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189 BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
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194 � Mayor ylvi urphy
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197 ---.. '' -- a : MONROE COUNTY ATTORNEY
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198 <hy� - MADOK, APP VED AS TO FORM
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201 Deputy Cler PETER MORRIS
ASSISTANT CO .N ATTORNEY
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