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• Date: 3/22/93 Agenda item: 6 ITEM: Proposed .deletion of Section 9-2.15 [304J(e) of the zoning code relating to building permit fees SUBMITTED BY: Susan Hoyt, City Administrator EXPLANATION/DESCRIPTION: The zoning code includes a provision for allocating building permit fees which is no longer applicable for two reasons. 1. It allocates 25~ of the plan check fee to the building official. The city currently contracts with the building official for a set rate ($500/month) which is a consistent, cost-effective way to fund this position. The city provided a percentage of the Rottlund plan check fees to the inspector because the project exceeded his contract expectations. . 2. It provides for reimbursement to the fire department budget for any plan reviews that it does. The fire marshal and fire chief are the personnel doing the reviews. The fire marshal is a full-time city employee. The time spent on any plan reviews is a cost incurred by the city and covered through salary expenditures. If the fire department budget requires more funding as a result of this, it is addressed in the overall city budget. All revenues received by the city are receipted for the city as a whole. Although the staff analyzes the sources for revenue, with the exception of some special revenue and/or enterprise funds which have a fee for service, the city's revenues are not credited to individual departments within the city. For example, the planning fees received from the U of M for its plat change ($500) are not credited to the planning budget. The city's overall budget is designed to provide a variety of services within the revenue constraints of the city. ACTION REQUESTED: Discuss and schedule public hearing on the deletion of 9-15.03 [304] e of the zoning code regarding the allocation of building permit fees.