Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government - File #: 0563-19

• File #: 0563-19
• Version: 1
• Name: Building Permit Fee Schedule
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Approved
• File created: 5/15/2019
• In control: Urban County Council
• On agenda: 6/20/2019
• Final action: 6/20/2019
• Enactment date: 6/20/2019
• Enactment #: O-040-2019
• Title: An Ordinance amending Section 5-29 of the Code of Ordinances related to the fee schedule for building permits as follows: amending Section 5-29(1) related to the construction of residential buildings to delete the existing fee of one tenth (00.1) of one (1) percent of the cost of construction, with the cost to be based on twenty dollars ($20.00) per square foot, with a minimum fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for single family residences of one thousand five hundred (1,500) square feet or less and fifty dollars ($50.00) for other residential buildings, and replace it with a fee of $0.10 per square foot, with a minimum fee of one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00); amending Section 5-29(3) related to remodeling projects to delete the existing fee of one tenth (00.1) of one (1) percent of the estimated cost of remodeling, with a minimum fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) for residential remodeling and two hundred dollars ($200.00) for commercial remodeling, and replace it with a fee of $0.10 ...
• Code sections: Sec. 5-29. - Fee schedule., Sec. 5-29.1. - Additional building permit fee., Sec. 5-29.2. - Commercial construction plan review fee., Sec. 5-29.3. - Additional fees.

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
6/20/2019	1	Urban County Council	Approved	Pass
6/6/2019	1	Urban County Council	Received First Reading
6/4/2019	1	Urban County Council Work Session	Approved and Referred to Docket	Pass

Title
An Ordinance amending Section 5-29 of the Code of Ordinances related to the fee schedule for building permits as follows: amending Section 5-29(1) related to the construction of residential buildings to delete the existing fee of one tenth (00.1) of one (1) percent of the cost of construction, with the cost to be based on twenty dollars ($20.00) per square foot, with a minimum fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for single family residences of one thousand five hundred (1,500) square feet or less and fifty dollars ($50.00) for other residential buildings, and replace it with a fee of $0.10 per square foot, with a minimum fee of one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00); amending Section 5-29(3) related to remodeling projects to delete the existing fee of one tenth (00.1) of one (1) percent of the estimated cost of remodeling, with a minimum fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) for residential remodeling and two hundred dollars ($200.00) for commercial remodeling, and replace it with a fee of $0.10 per square foot, with a minimum fee of one hundred and fifty dollars ($150.00) for residential remodeling and two hundred and fifty dollars ($250.00) for commercial remodeling; amending Section 5-29(4) related to the construction of residential accessory buildings to delete the existing fee of one tenth (00.1) of one (1) percent of the cost of the accessory building, with the cost to be based on ten dollars ($10.00) per square foot, with a minimum fee of fifty dollars ($50.00), and replace it with a fee of $0.10 per square foot of the project, with a minimum fee of one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00); amending section 5-29(5) related to swimming pools to delete the existing fee of sixty cents ($0.60) per hundred cubic feet, with a minimum fee of fifty dollars ($50.00), for residential swimming pools, and replace it with a fee of one hundred dollars ($100.00) for residential swimming pools, and to delete the existing fee of sixty cents ($0.60) per hundred cubic feet, with a min...