TO: Honorable Mayor & Members of the North Port Commission
FROM: A. Jerome Fletcher II, City Manager
TITLE: An Ordinance of the City of North Port. Florida, Amending the Code of the City of North Port, Florida, Appendix A - City Fee Structure, Section D. Building Fees; Repealing Ordinance No. 2020-28; Providing for Severability; Providing for Conflicts; Providing for Codification; and Providing an Effective Date.
Recommended Action
Continue Ordinance No. 2022-05 to second reading on May 10, 2022.
Recommended Action for Second Reading
Approve Ordinance No. 2022-05 as presented.
Background Information
In response to the Novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, and consistent with Governor Ron DeSantis' Executive Order Number 20-112, local governments play an important role in re-opening Florida through supporting the highest practicable level of business operation while maintaining public health and safety, so that City residents and local businesses can return to work, and the economy can recover.
On May 15, 2020, the City Manager executed Emergency Order No. 2020-10, reducing certain building permit fees found in the City Fee Structure, Appendix A, Section D of the Code of the City of North Port, Florida by twenty-five percent (25%) to assist with the re-opening and economic recovery of City residents and local businesses.
City Commission at a duly advertised public hearing held on July 2, 2020, adopted Ordinance No. 2020-28, which put into effect the 25% reduction to all Building Department permits fees in the City Fee Structure, Appendix A, Section of the Code of the City of North Port.
At the January 11, 2022, City Commission Regular Meeting discussion took place regarding restoring the permitting fees to the level that was set prior to the adoption of Ordinance 2020-28. Commissioner McDowell restated her motion to read, "direct the City Manager and City Attorney to restore the Building Department permitting fees to the pre-Covid level...
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