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Reference Section: Permit Services
<br />Definitions
<br />CPM 101 Annual Report: FY 2011 Permit Services / 111
<br />• Building permits: Building permits are written governmental permission for the construction or
<br />alteration of an improvement and must showing compliance with building codes and zoning
<br />ordinances. Include are permits for detached structures and additions such as sheds, pools, radio
<br />towers, etc.; permits issued over the counter; permits requiring inspections for various construction
<br />stages (e.g., footings, foundation, framing, heating, insulation, final interior, final exterior, etc.);
<br />ministerial permitting; issuance of a building permit upon presentation of an application that meets
<br />the specific requirements of any given permit category such as accessory buildings, decks, fences,
<br />multiple - family dwellings, residential new /additions, residential interior only, signs (ground, pole,
<br />and wall) and tenant improvements (major and minor) and; electrical, plumbing, mechanical, and
<br />demolition permits (subcategory).
<br />• Permitting services expenditures: This includes actual expenditures for salaries, benefits, supplies,
<br />materials acquisition, and contracted services related to the collection of materials from residential
<br />accounts. It does not include overtime hours worked by employees who do not qualify for overtime
<br />pay (e.g., FLSA exempt employees) or expenditures for overhead activities (management staff not
<br />directly involved in supervision of refuse and recycling personnel or activities, facilities management
<br />(custodial /repair, bldg. depreciation, all utilities), finance /payroll, fleet management (and all fuel),
<br />purchasing, information technology (and all telephone calls and system administration), human
<br />resources, risk management (and all workers compensation), and capital improvements and
<br />facility /land acquisition).
<br />• Permitting services hours paid: This includes hours paid to supervisory and non - supervisory staff;
<br />full -time, part -time, and seasonal personnel, regardless of funding source; and all staff members
<br />that provide code enforcement services in your jurisdiction, regardless of the department to which
<br />they are assigned. All types of hours paid — regular; overtime; sick, vacation, and other paid leave;
<br />and any other hours paid. All hours paid for all code enforcement activities, regardless of whether or
<br />not staff is centralized in the code enforcement division or department. It does not include overtime
<br />hours worked by employees who do not qualify for overtime pay (e.g., FLSA exempt employees) or
<br />expenditures for overhead activities (management staff not directly involved in supervision of refuse
<br />and recycling personnel or activities, facilities management (custodial /repair, bldg. depreciation, all
<br />utilities), finance /payroll, fleet management (and all fuel), purchasing, information technology (and
<br />all telephone calls and system administration), human resources, risk management (and all workers
<br />compensation), and capital improvements and facility /land acquisition).
<br />• Processing time: Includes total time, in calendar days, from the jurisdiction's receipt of the
<br />completed permit application to the permit issuance. Your response to this question should be an
<br />average processing time for all of the residential building permits reported previously.
<br />• Valuation: Includes valuation of residential and commercial construction based on building permits.
<br />This includes the prevailing fair market value of the materials, labor, and equipment needed to
<br />complete the work. Residential includes detached one (1) and two (2) family dwellings and
<br />townhouses not more than three stories above -grade in height with a separate means of egress and
<br />their accessory structures (This definition is from the International Residential Code). Commercial
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