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t <br /> 1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No =X_ <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: May 14, 1996 <br /> SUBJECT: Fire Inspection Program Fee Schedule <br /> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- <br /> DEPARTMENT Emergency Management/ PUBLIC HEARING YES NO x <br /> County Manager ------------------------------- <br /> BUDGET AMENDMENT <br /> REQUIRED YES NO x <br /> -------------------------------- ------------------------------- <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) INFORMATION CONTACT <br /> 5/9/96 Staff Report Nick Waters, ext 3030 <br /> Proposed Fee Schedule Rod Visser, ext 2300 <br /> Current Fee Schedule TELEPHONE NUMBER <br /> Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br /> Mebane 227-2031 <br /> Durham 688-7331 <br /> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- <br /> PURPOSE: To consider revising the current Orange County fee schedule <br /> for State-mandated fire inspections. <br /> BACKGROUND: At the March 6, 1996 regular meeting of the Orange <br /> County Board of Commissioners, staff presented a report to the Board on <br /> the current fee schedule associated with the County' s State-mandated <br /> fire inspection program. The Board' s direction to staff was to develop <br /> a revised fee schedule that is more fair than the existing schedule, <br /> while maintaining a structure that will recoup the costs of the fire <br /> inspection program. The accompanying report describes the process <br /> staff followed in preparing a revised fire inspection fee schedule <br /> proposed for implementation for 1996-97. <br /> Staff and the County Attorney are also working on a proposed Fire <br /> Prevention Ordinance which would adopt the State fire code for Orange <br /> County, address Board concerns about open burning, and provide for the <br /> permitting of hazardous activities such as fireworks, blasting, and <br /> flammable liquid storage tanks (both above and below ground) . Staff <br /> expects that this ordinance can be presented for initial Board review <br /> in the near future. <br /> RECOMMENDATION: The Manager recommends that the Board of Commissioners <br /> consider the proposed fire inspection fee schedule and adopt it to take <br /> effect July 1, 1996 . <br />