BUILDING AND SAFETY
FEES
January 22, 2025
BACKGROUND
• July 1994 Contracted with Charles Abbott Associates for Building and Safety Services
• Building Fees last updated in 1996 and 2007
• Current Fees are based on the City's Permit Fee Schedule and the International Code Council (ICC) Valuation Data Table 2 FEE STUDY
• The City hired NBS to conduct a comprehensive Building and Safety Fee study.
• The Fee Study concluded that the current fees recover approximately 48% of Building and Safety costs
• General Fund subsidizes the remaining approximately $1.2 million • The Fee study also identified a General Plan Maintenance Fee and a Technology Fee. The annual cost recovery potential is estimated to be $807,279 per Fiscal Year based on anticipated activity. 3 10/28/24 FINANCE COMMITTEE
MEETING
• Staff presented the results of the fee study
• Finance Committee recommended that the City implement the fees described in the study all at once, rather than incrementally
4 12/11/24 CITY COUNCIL MEETING
• Staff and the City's consultant presented to the Council:
• Results of the fee study
• Finance Committee recommendation
• Council expressed concerns:
1. Are there projects that would require a lower fee to ensure compliance, benefit the community, or any other projects the City Council should consider having a lower fee?
2. What time or dividing line should be used to implement the new fees?
3. Should all the fees be implemented all at once or incrementally? 5 1/8/25 FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING
1. Are there any projects that would require a lower fee to ensure compliance, benefit the community, or any other projects the City Council should consider having a lower fee?
• None recommended
2. What time or dividing line should be used to implement the new fees? • Staff Recommendation - fees effective on July 1, 2025 6 7
BUILDING FEES
• RECOMMENDATION
• Adopt a Resolution approving the Schedule of Fees for Building & Safety fees and General Plan Maintenance & Technology Surcharge fees and adjustments.
8 9
SUMMARY OF RESULTS
• City of Camarillo currently recovers approximately 36% of the total annual cost of providing services.
• Should the Council adopt all fees at 100% of the Cost of Service per Activity amounts shown, an additional $2.2 million could be recovered. • City staff recommend a fee increase to recover approximately 98% of the City’s total annual cost of providing services. These initial recommendations for adjusted fee amounts recover an additional $2 million.