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Consider approving an ordinance pertaining to buildings, construction and housing by amending Section 6-1-1-113, Division 6-1-1, Article 6-1, Chapter 6, Lawton City Code, 2015, by removing the permit types of multi-family dwellings and institutional/assembly permit types, adding language to allow for a fee to be charged to the applicants that utilize the third party plan review, providing for severability, establishing an effective date and allowing for floor amendments.
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INITIATOR: Charlotte Brown, Community Services Director
STAFF INFORMATION SOURCE: Charlotte Brown, Community Services Director
BACKGROUND: During a recent review of City Code and Council Policy 6-1, staff determined that a few changes needed to be made to Section 6-1-1-113. This ordinance will add the language that applicants have the opportunity to request a third party plan review and also adds the language to allow for an additional fee to be charged to the applicant for utilizing the third-party plan review.
This ordinance also removes the language that a multi-family dwelling containing two or more dwelling units building permit fees shall be calculated differently from the other residential and commercial building permits fees. The multi-family dwelling permit fees are not very easy to calculate and can also be a hardship on the citizens/applicants when they apply for the building permits. This ordinance also removes the language that the institutional and assembly use building permits shall be calculated differently from the general commercial permits. The institutional and assembly use building permits were slightly higher than the general commercial permit fees but would also cause a hardship if the applicant didn't know which permit type to choose when applying for the permit in the online portal. Staff would then have to spend additional time to change everything, which sometimes included creating a brand new permit.
This ordinance will be in conforman...
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