DATE:
May 4, 2021 and May 18, 2021
04
TO:
Board of Supervisors
SUBJECT
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ADMINISTRATIVE ITEM:
SECOND CONSIDERATION AND ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE:
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, ARTICLE XX, RELATING TO SAN DIEGO COUNTY FIRE CHARGES AND FEES (DISTRICTS: ALL)
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OVERVIEW
On May 04, 2021 (01), the Board of Supervisors took action to further consider and adopt the Ordinance on May 18, 2021.
To promote fire safety within the region, San Diego County Fire (County Fire) reviews residential and commercial projects to ensure compliance with the County Fire Code and California Fire Code. County Fire assesses charges and fees to recover its costs for this work, which are approved by the County Board of Supervisors (Board). The levies are charged to individuals or agencies applying for new residential and commercial building permits, tenant improvement permits, gate and grading permits, and special event permits. The Board last approved revisions to the fees and rates in Article XX of the San Diego County Administrative Code on December 3, 2013 (1).
County Fire recently conducted a review of fees and rates to ensure compliance with Board Policy B-29 (Fees, Grants, and Revenue Contracts - Department Responsibility for Cost Recovery), which requires County departments to recover the costs to provide services to agencies or individuals. As a result, County Fire is proposing actions that support the cost of providing County Fire services, while ensuring fee levels that are fair and equitable for customers and the public. A total of 20 County Fire fees and two rates, and associated costs, were reviewed, resulting in a proposed increase in 14 fees, a proposed increase in one rate, a proposed decrease in six fees, and the deletion of one rate. The Auditor and Controller reviewed and approved the supporting documentation and the methodology for establishing the fees in this proposal for Fiscal Year 2021-22.
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