12.          2007 ANNUAL REPORT ON BUILDING PERMIT FEES

 

RAPPORT ANNUEL DE 2007 SUR LES DROITS DE PERMIS DE CONSTRUCTION

 

 

 

Committee recommendation

 

That Council receive the 2007 Annual Report on Building Permit Fees, as outlined in Document 1.

 

 

Recommandation du Comité

 

Que le Conseil prenne connaissance du rapport annuel de 2007 sur les droits de permis de construction, qui fait l’objet du document 1.

 

 

 

 

 

Documentation

 

1.   Deputy City Manager, Planning, Transit and the Environment report dated 30 July 2008 (ACS2008-PTE-BLD-0029).

 

 


Report to/Rapport au :

 

Planning and Environment Committee

Comité de l'urbanisme et de l'environnement

 

30 July 2008 / le 30 juillet 2008

 

Submitted by/Soumis par : Nancy Schepers, Deputy City Manager

Directrice municipale adjointe,

Planning, Transit and the Environment

Urbanisme, Transport en commun et Environnement

 

Contact Person/Personne ressource : Arlene Gregoire, Director/Directrice,

Building Code Services Branch/Direction des services du code du bâtiment

(613) 580-2424 x 41425, arlene.gregoire@ottawa.ca

 

City Wide/à l'échelle de la Ville

Ref N°: ACS2008-PTE-BLD-0029

 

 

SUBJECT:

2007 ANNUAL REPORT ON BUILDING PERMIT FEES

 

 

OBJET :

Rapport Annuel de 2007 sur les Droits de Permis de Construction

 

 

REPORT RECOMMENDATION

 

That the Planning and the Environment Committee recommend that Council receive the 2007 Annual Report on Building Permit Fees, as outlined in Document 1.

 

RECOMMANDATION DU RAPPORT

 

Que le Comité de l’urbanisme et de l’environnement recommande au Conseil de prendre connaissance du rapport annuel de 2007 sur les droits de permis de construction, qui fait l’objet du document 1.

 

 

BACKGROUND

 

Pursuant to Section 7.(4) of the Building Code act, the City is required to prepare a report, every 12 months, containing information on the building permit fees collected, as well as the costs of servicing building permits and enforcing the Building Code act and Building Code.  Regulation Division C Part 1 (1.9.1.1) further directs the municipality to distinguish between direct and indirect costs, as well as to include in the report the balance of the reserve(s) at year end, where such have been established. 

 

CONSULTATION

 

The City is required to report annually on the status of building permit revenues, costs of servicing building permits and enforcing the Building Code act and Building Code, and the reserve funds and to make the report available upon request.  Accordingly, consultation was not undertaken.

 

 

FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS

 

There are no financial implications associated with this Report.

 

 

SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION

 

Document 1:  2007 Annual Report on Building Code Fees

 

 

DISPOSITION

 

The Annual Report will be posted on the City’s website and distributed upon request.

 

 


2007 ANNUAL REPORT ON BUILDING CODE FEES                                     DOCUMENT 1

 

2007 Annual Report on Building Code Fees

 

 

Pursuant to Section 7.(4) of the Building Code Act, the following constitutes the 2007 Annual Report for Building Code Services Branch.

 

 

Actual 2007

$000

Building Permit Revenues

 

$26,059

 

Less:

Expenditures

 

 

 

 

Direct Costs

 

$(11,042)

 

 

Indirect Costs

 

 

 

$(  3,958)

 

 

 

 

 

Transfer to Building Code Enforcement Reserves

$11,059

 

 

In 2007, the building permit fee rates were set at $13.50 per $1,000 in construction value for all buildings and structures and $9.45 per $1,000 in construction value for farm buildings, as assessed.   

 

Building Code Enforcement Reserve Funds

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue Stabilization (810076)

Insurance    (810075)

Capital Contribution (810070)

Total

 

Reserve Fund Ceilings

15,460,000

6,000,000

5,000,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

Opening balance (01/01/07)

6,499,922

597,259

2,631,776

9,728,957

 

2007 Contributions

136,000

136,000

408,000

680,000

 

2007 Interest

174,000

54,000

151,000

379000

 

2007 Capital program contributions

 

 

-1,336,000

(1,336,000)

 

2007 year End Contributions

8,650,000

1,729,092

 

10,379,092

 

Opening balance (01/01/08)

15,459,922

2,516,351

1,772,696

19,748,969