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Planning and building report healthy permit activity; staff seek ordinance changes for parking and code enforcement
Summary
Building and planning staff reported steady permit volumes and pipeline activity despite revenue swings from large prior-year projects; staff proposed moving parking fine revenue to the general fund, creating civil infractions for code enforcement, and implementing Tyler software for permitting and asset integration.
Robin, the community development presenter, told council that while building-permit revenue lags the exceptional year of large projects in FY24, permit volumes remain strong and the department expects to finish the year near prior averages. She said the building-safety budget was cut by roughly 12% on the building side and that the $500,000 previously invested in software implementation will carry some ongoing annual fees into FY27.
On parking and enforcement, staff explained the parking fund currently collects small amounts from violations and rentals (about $20,000/year) and recommended folding the revenues into the general fund and using a line-item to track revenues rather than maintaining a separate special revenue fund. Robin also outlined plans to move code-enforcement citations away from criminal misdemeanor citations into a civil infraction process and to add repeat-abatement fees to recover staff and contractor costs more quickly.
Robin and finance staff also noted a planned transition to Tyler Technologies for permitting, planning and building workflows that will improve digital plan review and integrate with mapping and asset-management systems. Mapping and engineering staff said the Tyler implementation will require additional GIS support during the transition and that consultants will be used when necessary.
Council asked for details on ordinance changes and the fee implications; staff said they would return with specific ordinance language and fee proposals when ready.
