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Board opens public hearing and introduces ordinance updating multiple planning, building and environmental health fees
Summary
The board opened and closed a public hearing and introduced an ordinance to update and add fees to Lassen County Code sections covering planning, building, surveying and environmental health services; notable changes include a $95 annual permit category for charitable food-bank feeding and new CalARP fee tiers for hazardous facilities.
The Lassen County Board of Supervisors held a public hearing and introduced an ordinance that revises multiple county fee schedules for planning, building and environmental health services (Lassen County Code §§3.18.020, 3.18.090, 3.18.130; repeals/replaces §3.18.120). The board voted to introduce the ordinance and waive further reading.
Planning and Building Services staff said the proposed fees address infrequent application types that previously caused unrecovered county program costs and that the schedules incorporate state surcharges that are forwarded to state agencies. Staff provided a block-rate worksheet showing how rates were calculated and estimated the general-fund savings at roughly $5,000 per year for infrequent application types. Sarah Chandler, Environmental Health Division Manager, explained that a new "food bank charitable feeding" permit would be an annual $95 category intended to reduce a previous, higher retail food facility charge; "If Doyle gets their food pantry off the ground... they're now going to have to pay a $95 annual fee to get a permit to be able to operate," Chandler said.
Other fee changes discussed include updated surveyor-review caps, mileage and inspection averages for staff travel across the large county, and CalARP (California Accidental Release Prevention) tiering for hazardous-facility permits; staff noted the county presently has two level-1 CalARP facilities and does not anticipate level-2 or -3 facilities in the near term. After a brief public hearing with no public speakers, the board introduced the ordinance by motion and approved it on a roll-call vote.
What happens next: Staff will prepare final ordinance language for adoption at a later meeting and will provide any required state surcharge reporting as fees are collected.
