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MINUTES OF THE HOUSING, PLANNING& DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE September 26, 2022 Auditorium Present: Councilmembers Bullock, Shachner, Kepple Also Present: Chief Assistant Law Director Swallow, Commissioner Parmelee, Clerk Bach, and Council staff taking minutes. Call to Order: 7:16 p.m. Approval of the minutes of the September 19, 2022 meeting of the Housing, Planning, & Development Committee. Motion by Councilmember Bullock, seconded by Councilmember Kepple to approve the minutes of the September 19, 2022 Meeting of the Housing, Planning, & Development Committee. All members voted in favor. Motion passed. The minutes were approved. ORDINANCE 31-2022 -AN ORDINANCE to take effect immediately provided it receives the affirmative vote of at least two thirds of the members of Council, or otherwise to take effect and be in force at the earliest period allowed by law, amending Section 1309.09 Combined Permit Fee of the Lakewood Codified Ordinances to increase the threshold for issuing a combined permit and to increase the fee. (11t read& referred to HPD 09/19/22) Commissioner Parmelee briefed the committee about the Combination Permit that allows a homeowner to receive one permit rather than multiple permits for each modification done to the home as part of a large project. He explained that the current threshold on the value of the work performed $5,000 to obtain this permit. The current permit fee is $50.00. In order to account for price increases, he suggested an increase to the threshold as well as an increase for the fee to cover inspection costs. Councilmember Bullock spoke in favor of Ordinance 31-2022 and explained that the threshold had not been updated since 2006. He suggested that because prices have increased since then, the threshold may need to be higher than the original $10,000 proposal. Commissioner Parmelee agreed that the threshold should increase to $15,000 to accommodate bigger projects in the home and would save the homeowner money with the combination permit. Councilmember Kepple mentioned that the building inspector's time will likely cost more than the proposed fee of$100 but acknowledged the need to maintain affordable fees for homeowners. She asked about available data that may show how much these projects in the home have costed. Commissioner Parmelee explained that the department maintains data on all permitted projects. He mentioned that there were approximately 2,900 permits issued for home projects last year and only around 100 of them were combination permits. While the combination permits are a small percentage of all permits issued, they can be time consuming. Because the cost of building