Item B17
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
Division: Growth Management
Department: Building
Meeting Date:
Bulk Item: Yes
April 20, 2000
X No
AGENDA ITEM WORDING: Approve a resolution authorizing adjustment of building permit fees when a
professional engineer or licensed architect conducts construction inspections under an agreement with the County,
ITEM BACKGROUND: Building permit fees normally include the costs of conducting on-site inspections by
County personnel. This fee schedule doesn't consider cases where a professional engineer or licensed architect is
hired by the County to conduct on-site building inspections and is paid by the County for these inspections out of
funds provided by the owner of the inspected property. It is only fair that the amount of building permit fees be
reduced to reflect that some of the required inspections for which such permit fees were paid were done by the
contracted inspection service, and paid for separately,
Therefore, the Building Department believes that the building permit fees should be adjusted downward by 50
percent to account for the payment of additional fees for the contracted inspection services. The remaining amount
of the fees will adequately cover the costs for processing and the required on-site inspections not covered by the
professional engineer or licensed architect.
PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOARD ACTION: Board of County Commissioners adopted Resolution 455-1996, as
amended, establishing the building permit fee schedule.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
TOT ALCOST:
N/A
BUDGETED: Yes
No
COST TO COUNTY:
N/A
APPROVED BY: County Attorney X
OMB/Purchasing N/ A Risk Management
N/A
DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR APPROVAL:
DIVISION DIRECTOR APPROVAL:
Tim
DOCUMENTATION: Included
X
To follow
Not required
Agenda Item #:
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DISPOSITION:
Building Deportment
RESOLUTION NO.
-2000
A RESOWTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AUTHORIZIN& ADJUSTMENT OF PERMIT FeES WHEN A
PROFESSIONAL ENSINEER CONDUCTS INSPECTIONS
WHEREAS, Monroe County Code Sec:. 6-16.1(1) provides for the building permit
fees to be set by resolution; Clnd
WHEREAS, the building fees ore based in part on inspections which ore provided
by County personnel; and
WHEREAS, state statutes permit registered professional engineers to conduct
inspection of construction work; and
WHEREAS, it is desired to be equitable to those property owners who pay
professional engineers hired by the County to conduct inspections of specific:
development projects; now, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE
COUNTY, FLORIDA, that the permits fees which are set by resolution may be adjusted
by the Building Official when Cl permit is requested to be issued for construction work
which will be inspected by a professional engineer, in accordance with the following
terms:
1. The permit fees shall be reduced for those segments of construction which
will be inspected by a professional engineer by 50%; and
2. The professional engineer's inspection report must be produced in order
for certifieotes of occupancy to be issued by the County.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County,
Florida, at a regular meeting of scid Board held on the
day of April, 2000,
Mayor Shirley Freeman
Commissioner Wilhelmina Harvey
Commissioner George Neugent
Commissioner Mrry Kay Reich
Commissioner Nora Williams
(SEAL)
Attest: DANNY LKOLHAGE, Clerk
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
By,
By,
Deputy Clerk
Mayor/Chairperson
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