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Committee discusses fees for repeat inspections; staff to analyze costs and returns
Summary
Committee discussed charging for repeated fire and code inspections when contractors or businesses are not ready at scheduled visits. Staff will analyze inspection frequency and cost recovery and return with recommendations.
The Public Safety Committee discussed whether Hendersonville should charge for repeated inspections when a contractor or business is not prepared at a scheduled fire or building inspection.
Committee members and staff said most inspections are completed successfully on the first visit but a minority require second or third trips, particularly for large commercial projects where reinspection consumes significant staff time. Staff proposed an administrative approach to allow a free first follow-up and then a cost-recovery fee for additional reinspections; they said fees should be calculated from average staff time and set as cost recovery rather than revenue generation.
The committee asked staff to pull two to three years of reinspection data, break out commercial versus residential cases and return with fee calculations and recommendations for consistent application across inspection types.
