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Commissioner Brown – Building & Development Services – To Amend the Current Gaston County Fee Schedule to Adjust Building and Development Services Fees
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STAFF CONTACT
Emily King – Building & Development Services – 704-866-3081
BUDGET IMPACT
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BACKGROUND
The current Gaston County fees adopted for the Building Inspections Department need to be amended to bring clarity to how fees are assessed based on project type. In addition to this, the proposed fee schedule changes will allow our office to begin charging State-mandated fees that are set to take effect on January 1, 2027 as follow:
Page 2: Building Permit wording could not be read due to the placement of the valuation table; added clarity to what permit types the valuation would be applied to
Page 3: Single Trade Permits: wording was added to be specific to project type (i.e. Commercial vs Residential)
Page 3: Fire Alarm and/or Sprinkler: removed from the ‘Single Trade’ section in adopted fee schedule & made to be subject to valuation table for permit costs
Page 3: Appliance Installation and/or Change-out: new permit type proposed to be in-line with approved Legislation regarding permitting requirements for appliance change-outs and installs
Page 3: Strike through to remove Electronic Plan Review Fee since it is no longer applicable
Page 3: Removed verbiage regarding demolition exception from Technology Fee
Page 3: Moved Houses – matching minimum fee for new house at $990
Page 3: Currently charged fees for State Licensure Inspections; just made it’s own sub-section
Page 4: Made Remodel permit charges be the same for residential and commercial structures; removed ‘per trip’ wording since the intent behind the fee was to be per inspection (is currently listed on adopted fee schedule, but is just ambiguous as to how it applies)
Residential Accessory Structures: amended sub-trade to be applied per inspection vs per trade
Page 4: New fee added for Commercial Change in Use permit fee
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