Certificate of Use and Occupancy - Regulations

Use and Occupancy Certificate fees must be paid at time of application.

1. The fee for use and occupancy certificates for all buildings or portions of buildings, or uses is $75 plus $0.003 per square foot of area exceeding 5000 square feet. Maximum fee is $750.

2. The use and occupancy certificate fee for lots or parcels without buildings/structures on them is $75.

3. The fee for a temporary use and occupancy certificate is $75.

1. Applications for public information will be charged a fee based on the cost of duplication and the labor cost of locating duplications and assembling the requested material. Each application for public information must be accompanied by a minimum handling fee of $3.00 plus the cost of duplication as identified below.

Labor costs will be assessed when more than 15 minutes of staff time is spent locating, duplicating, and assembling the requested material. The staff time will be charged at $0.25 per minute ($15/hour).

2. The fees must be paid before the material is released.

3. Cost of duplications:

a. photocopy of file materials of letter and legal size documents - $0.10 per page.

b. photocopy of site plans/house location/wall checks - $1.00 per page.

c. microfiche/microfilm documents - $1.00 per frame.

d. computer file copies, related to Use and Occupancy - $5.00 per page.

This Executive Regulation becomes effective 30 calendar days after the County Council’s approval or 90 calendar days after Council receipt of the Regulation if Council takes no action within 60 days of receipt.