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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
A RESOLUTION APPROVING PLANS REVIEW FEES
FOR COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS
WHEREAS, the North Carolina State Building Code, Volume 1-A,
Administration and Enforcement, requires along with the duties of code compliance
and code enforcement, that the Inspections Division, during the process of issuing a
Commercial permit, shall review plans for Code Compliance to the North Carolina
State Building Code; and
WHEREAS, on average, 84 commercial plans are reviewed per year with an
average time of six hours per review; and
WHEREAS, the Insurance Services Office (ISO) provides recommendations
for local residential insurance ratings through measurement of resources and support
made available and applied to local building code enforcement; and
WHEREAS, in order to participate in the ISO Building Code Effectiveness
Grading Schedule (BCEGS), residential plans review is required of the local Building
Division; and
WHEREAS, in order to maintain compliance, the Orange County Building
Division instituted procedures for Residential Plans review this past spring; and
WHEREAS, on average, 895 residential plans (including new single family,
additions, renovations and accessory buildings) will be reviewed per year with an
average time of 0.75 hours per review; and
WHEREAS, the Orange County Building Division provides inspection services
to the Town of Hillsborough at 90% cost recovery; and
WHEREAS, an additional 10% fee charged on all permits for plans review
within the Town of Hillsborough would provide a 100% cost recovery for inspection
services provided within that jurisdiction;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Orange County Board of
Commissioners that commercial and residential plans review fees are approved as
follows, effective December 16, 2002:
Commercial Plans Review:
•$0.025 per square foot for projects <5,000 square feet ($75.00 minimum)
•$0.020 per square foot for projects 5,000 to 20,000 square feet
•$0.015 per square foot for projects 20,000 to 150,000 square feet
•$0.010 per square foot for projects >150,000 square feet
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Residential Plans Review: $0.015 per square foot ($10.00 minimum)
10% recompense added to all permits within Town of Hillsborough jurisdiction to
provide 100% cost recovery for inspection services provided within their jurisdiction.
Upon motion of Commissioner , seconded by Commissioner
, the foregoing resotution was adopted this the day of
, 2002.
I, Donna Baker, Clerk to the Board of Commissioners for the County of Orange,
North Carolina, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing is a true copy of so much
of the proceedings of said Board at a meeting held on October 30, 2002 as relates in
any way to the adoption of the foregoing and that said proceedings are recorded in
the minutes of said Board.
WITNESS my hand and the seal of said County, this day of
2002.
Clerk to the Board of Commissioners