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Appropriations Committee advances proposed permit fee increases for RER, sends item to BCC without recommendation
Summary
Miami-Dade’s Regulatory and Economic Resources (RER) department asked the committee to approve a schedule of higher permitting fees to align with state law changes and keep the department solvent; committee forwarded the item to the Board of County Commissioners (BCC) without a recommendation after debate on homeowner impact and fee structure.
Miami-Dade County’s Appropriations Committee on Thursday forwarded to the full Board of County Commissioners a proposal from the Regulatory and Economic Resources (RER) department to adjust permitting and trade fees, citing recent changes in state law and long-outdated local rates.
The county presented the proposal as necessary to keep RER — which the presenters said operates largely as an enterprise fund — competitive with municipal peers and able to sustain digitization, timely plan review and inspections. RER Director Lourdes Gomez said many RER fees have not been raised in “7 to 17 years” and that state law narrowed how permitting fees can be adjusted, prompting the request now.
Gomez told commissioners the department reviewed comparable rates across Miami-Dade municipalities and that, even with the proposed increases, the county would remain “at or…
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