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Page 2 and "T". The Uniform Building Code Appendix, Chapter 15, regarding re- roofing, assists building inspectors in the inspecting process on all re- roofing . projects and gives them a guideline for work being completed. This chapter was in the 1988 Building Code, but was under Chapter 25 and not an appendix chapter. Since it is now an appendix chapter, it must be adopted with the city codes. The Uniform Building Code Appendix, Chapter 33, for excavation and grading, assists the building inspector for recognizing hazardous excavating regarding cutting of soils for foundations and recommendations for protection of these excavated sites. It also assists in the recommendations for soil engineering reports and engineered grading requirements, erosion control, and all necessary inspections for this type of activity. Once again, this chapter was in the 1988 Uniform Building Code but was not an appendix chapter. One of the major changes with the adoption of the 1994 Uniform Building Code is Table 1A, for building permit fees. With the elimination of the 1991 Uniform Building Code, we have not seen a change in building fees for approximately five years. With the adoption of this new code there has been a dramatic change in the permit fees. Provided for you is a scenario of the changes. Assuming a residential structure at $100,000 valuation, the 1988 Uniform Building Code permit price out of table 3A (which is our current • permit pricing schedule) would be a total price of $1,105.50. This does not include a septic permit fee of $65.00 or a SAC charge of $1300. The same house with a valuation of $100,000 using table lA from the 1994 Uniform Building Code would be $1,527. This would be an increase of $421.50. Again, this price includes permit fee, plan check fee, and state surcharge and does not include a $1300 SAC charge or a $65.00 septic charge. Staff feels that this may be a fee that would be a very heavy burden on homeowners and contractors. A gradual increase may be better at this time. Staff is proposing to leave the permit fee the same as what we have in Table 3A until the end of 1995 and start January 1, 1996 with commercial and industrial permit fees based out of Table lA of the 1994 Uniform Building Code. All residential projects would also have their permit prices based out of Table 1A of the 1994 Uniform Building Code, but instead of a 65% plan check fee for residential, it would be a 35% plan check fee. The permit price using the same scenario of $100,000 would be $1,258. This would be a $152.50 increase from the 1988 Uniform Building Code permit fee schedule. We would then go to a 65% plan check fee January 1, 1997. This will allow us to give all residential contractors a notice of price changing on permit fees and will give them the opportunity to put these price changes into their bid prices. In addition, notice will be given to all commercial and industrial . contractors of the January 1, 1996, price change. io- iscsroZ