City of Alexandria, Virginia
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MEMORANDUM
DATE: APRIL 26, 2017
TO: THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL
FROM: MARK B. JINKS, CITY MANAGER /s/
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Consideration of a Resolution to Adopt the Department of Code Administration FY 2018 Permit Fee Schedule. [ROLL-CALL VOTE]
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ISSUE: Resolution to adopt Code Administration permit fee increases and changes.
RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council adopt the attached Resolution (Attachment 1). The new fees would be effective June 1, 2017.
BACKGROUND: This memo provides detailed information regarding proposed Code fee adjustments for FY 2018. Fees have remained without increase since FY 2014. The fee adjustment requests also include technical amendments. The proposed fee increases are designed to handle the anticipated increase in development in the City and to continue to assure the cost for building permit and inspection activity are paid by the users of the service. Code and related permit services continue to be paid from user fees, but in recent years with less development activity existing user fee balances have been substantially drawn down. Post budget adoption, the Office of Management and Budget and Code Administration will begin an extensive analysis of future revenues and expenses to ensure this service remains 100% fee funded. In addition, the proposal includes corrections in the language related to alterations of existing buildings. The increases and proposed changes will allow revenue influxes to be closer to current market value while keeping the City of Alexandria fees at a lower rate than many of our surrounding jurisdictions. The proposed changes in the fee structure will increase the special revenue fund by $243,016 or 4%.
DISCUSSION: The City of Alexandria permit fees in general have continued to be priced less than many jurisdictions in Northern Virginia when looking at...
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