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ORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Action Agenda
Item No.=�$
ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: April 16. 1996
SUBJECT: Environmental Health Fee Re-structuring
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DEPARTMENT PUBLIC HEARING Yes_Nom
Health/Environmental BUDGET AMENDMENT
NEEDED Yes_Nom
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ATTACHMENT(S) INFORMATION CONTACT
No Health Director's Office X2411
TELEPHONE NUMBER
Hillsborough 732-8181
Chapel Hill 968-4501
Mebane 227-2031
Durham 688=7331
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PURPOSE: To re-structure fees in the on-site wastewater program to meet new requirements set
forth by the General Assembly in 1995
BACKGROUND: The Environmental Health Division currently charges fees for evaluations and
permit issuance in the on-site wastewater program at the following levels:
Soil/site evaluation(to test suitability) $120
Improvement permit(to install septic tank)
and final inspection IQ
Total $240
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During the 1995 legislative session, the General Assembly changed the law and now the improvement
permit is required to be issued at the time of the soil/site evaluation and a new step referred to as an
"authorization to construct" is now required as an additional step in the permit process. Because of
these changes,the staff now does more field work in the initial evaluation phase of development of a
property and is asking that the fees be re-structured to reflect the work done as follows:
Soil/site evaluation, layout and improvement permit $170
Authorization to construct and final inspection 70
Total $240
Based on these figures,the totals for the entire process will not change, but the different steps will
more accurately reflect the work done. The Board of Health has already approved this change.
RECOMMENDATION: Manager recommends that the Board approve the fee re-
structuring to reflect work done because of changes in the General Statutes.