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Agenda Item
18. 21-248 Community Development Department Fees:
1) BTA 2021-0001. To receive comments on a proposed ordinance to amend County Code Chapter 5, Building Regulations. The proposed ordinance would amend Chapter 5, Article 2, Fees, by increasing all current fees imposed in that section by up to 10.05%, rounded to the nearest dollar, an increase that reflects the increase in the County's reasonable costs to provide services for which each fee is imposed since the last time that each respective fee was increased or established; and to impose new fees for:
1. Plan review fee - commercial building permits: $0.04 per square foot, for structures under 5,000 gross square feet - $16.00 minimum; $0.03 per square foot for structures greater than or equal to 5,000 gross square feet - $16.00 minimum;
2. Plan review fee - commercial electrical permits: $0.01 per gross square foot; $16.00 minimum;
3. Plan review fee - commercial plumbing permits: $1.80 per fixture; $16.00 minimum;
4. Plan review fee - commercial mechanical permits: $0.01 per gross square foot; $16.00 minimum;
5. Plan review fee - residential building permits: $0.05 per square foot; $8.00 minimum;
6. Plan review fee - residential electrical permits: $0.05 per square foot; $8.00 minimum;
7. Plan review fee - residential plumbing permits: $0.05 per square foot; $8.00 minimum;
8. Plan review fee - residential mechanical permits: $0.05 per square foot; $8.00 minimum;
9. Plan review fee - fire suppression/alarm plan: $0.02 per square foot; $75.00 minimum;
10. Request for permit extension: $74.00;
11. Commercial temporary certificate of occupancy: $150.00 for each thirty days;
12. Addition or change in contractor or mechanic's lien agent after permit is issued: $34.00;
13. Elevator certificate: $100.00 per elevator;
14. Code modification request: $250.00; no refund allowed;
15. Group home/daycare/adultcare form, with no inspection: $74.00;
16. Administrative fee for working without a permit: $250.00; and
17. Technology surcharge: An additional 4% of each fee in Sections 5-201 through 5-208(S).
2) STA 2021-00001 Fees. To receive comments on a proposed ordinance to amend County Code Chapter 14, Subdivision of Land. The proposed ordinance would amend § 14-203, Fees, by increasing all current fees imposed in that section by up to 10.05%, rounded to the nearest dollar, an increase that reflects the increase in the County's reasonable costs to provide services for which each fee is imposed since the last time that each respective fee was increased or established; and to impose a new Technology Surcharge of an additional 4% of each fee in County Code § 14-203(A) through § 14-203(H)(7). The proposed fees and fee increases are authorized by Virginia Code § 15.2-2241(9).
3) ZTA 2021-00001 Fees. To receive comments on a proposed ordinance to amend County Code Chapter 18, Zoning. The proposed ordinance would amend § 18-35.1, Fees, by increasing all current fees imposed in that section by up to 10.05%, rounded to the nearest dollar, an increase that reflects the increase in the County's reasonable costs to provide services for which each fee is imposed since the last time that each respective fee was increased or established; and to impose new fees for:
1. Review by the ARB - Conceptual plan/advisory review: $538.00;
2. Review by the ARB - Preliminary/initial review of a site development plan: $538.00;
3. County-wide certificate of appropriateness - Structures 750 feet or more from the Entrance Corridor, no taller than five stories: $538.00;
4. County-wide certificate of appropriateness - Structures located behind a structure that fronts the Entrance Corridor: $538.00;
5. County-wide certificate of appropriateness - Personal wireless service facilities: $538.00;
6. County-wide certificate of appropriateness - Fencing or equipment or lighting: $269.00;
7. County-wide certificate of appropriateness - Additions to ARB-approved buildings: $538.00;
8. County-wide certificate of appropriateness - Minor amendments to site or architectural plans: $538.00;
9. County-wide certificate of appropriateness - Building permits where the change is 50% or less of the altered elevation: $538.00;
10. Review of any sign to be constructed in the Entrance Corridors: $130.00;
11. Review of the resubmittal of any sign to be constructed in the Entrance Corridors: $65.00; and
12. Technology Surcharge - an additional 4% of each fee in County Code § 18-35.1(A) through § 18-35.1(H)(3).
The proposed fees and fee increases are authorized by Virginia Code § 15.2-2241(9) (pertaining to County Code § 18-32, Site Plans) and § 15.2-2286(A)(6).