Planning Departments Proposed Fee Increases

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Planning Departments Proposed Fee Increases

• City Council
• August 28, 2007

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Planning Department Today
Director
Planning Technician
Planning Division
Planning Manager
Planning Technician
Planner
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Staffing Issues

• Present Planning Division staff is spread too
  thin
• BRAC, Kia, Aflac developments
• Zoning Cases
• Subdivision Review
• Comprehensive Plan
• Special Projects (overlay zones, surveys, etc.)

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Staffing Issues

• No reserve in Planning Division staff
• If we lose one team member, the division is
  basically shutdown
• Zoning and subdivision review timelines are
  delayed

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Staffing Proposal

• Planning Departments Strategic Action Plan
• Proposed maintaining a professional staff
• Adding three new positions
• Reorganizing the Planning Division into four
  divisions
• Comprehensive Planning
• Transportation Planning
• Historic Environmental Planning
• Development Services

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Reality Check

• Proposal was submitted for consideration during
  last budget review
• Determined that general fund could not support
  this request
• Planning Department then proposed an increase in
  certain development fees to fund proposal

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Proposal

• Increase development fees for various operations
• Only rezoning applications are charged a fee
• Subdivision review, variances, Board of Historic
  Architectural Review do not have a fee
• Additional fees would help maintain and expand
  the planning staff as proposed under the
  departments Strategic Action Plan
• Fees are based upon staff costs and materials
  needed for review

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Planning Department Fee Proposals
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Planning Departments Fee Proposals
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Projected Revenue

• Total Anticipated Revenue
• 175,330
• This figure has been determined by
• The number of actual cases in 2006
• The cost per hour for staff to review
• The materials needed to provide the reports

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Implementation

• Homebuilders/Developers have been informed and
  recommend approval of these fees
• Want to see fees collected dedicated to new
  staffing efforts
• Want to make sure present department funding is
  not reduced because of this action

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Implementation

• Fees would be put into place by October 1, 2007
• Hiring of new staff members would only occur when
  the funding is made available