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HomeMy WebLinkAbout4055 Ordinance ORDINANCE NO. yb53— AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PASCO, WASHINGTON AMENDING TITLE 16 OF THE PASCO MUNICIPAL CODE, REGARDING PLAN REVIEW FEES FOR R-3 OCCUPANCIES. WHEREAS, Title 16 of the Pasco Municipal Code adopts certain provisions of the International Building Code regarding fees for construction plan review; and WHEREAS, Review of construction plans for R-3 occupancies involve city staff from several departments and an approximate review timeframe of one and one-half hours; and WHEREAS, Review of construction plans for R-3 occupancies require electronic and paper record keeping and monitoring, including review of revisions and corrections to submitted applications: and WHEREAS, A plan review application fee will minimize expenditure of city resources for plan reviews that are not likely to come to fruition, thereby decreasing processing time for those reviews that are likely to result in issuance of a permit; NOW,THEREFORE THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PASCO, WASHINGTON, DO HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. That Chapter 16.04.030 of the Pasco Municipal Code shall be and the same is hereby created and shall read as follows: 16.04.035 ADDITION OF IBC SECTION 109.2.1. Section 109.2.1 of the International Building Code shall be added and shall read as follows: Sec. 109.2.1 Plan Review Fees. When the valuation of the proposed construction exceeds ten thousand dollars ($10,000) and a plan is required to be submitted; a plan-review fee of sixty-five percent (65%) of the construction permit fee shall be paid to the Building Official at the time of submitting plans and specifications for checking. EXCEPTION: Building permit applications for construction of new R-3 occupancies require only a twenty five dollar ($25) fifty dollar ($50)plan-review fee. Plan-review fees for all buildings, other than group R-3 Occupancies, shall be sixty-five percent(65%)of the building permit fees. Where plans are incomplete, or changed so as to require additional plan-review, an additional plan-review fee shall be charged at a rate established by the Building Official not to exceed 65% of the value of the building permit fee. (Ord. 3964, 2010; Ord. 3859, 2008; Ord. 3670 Sec. 2, 2004; Ord. 3133 Sec 5, 1996; Ord. 2153 Sec.4, 1980; Ord. 1853 Sec. 1 (part), 1977.) Section 2. This Ordinance shall take full force and effect 5 days after approval, passage and publication as required by law. PASSED by the City Council of the City of Pasco this? day of `j, 2012. zjr Matt Wat ins,Mayor AT ES : (/) De;Tie Clark, City Clerk Leland B. Kerr,City Attorney