To: Board of Directors
From: Lewis Broschard, Chief, Contra Costa County Fire Protection District
Report Title: HEARING to consider adopting Ordinance No. 2026-07, to revise and increase fees for fire prevention services including fire safety inspections, permitting of specific operations, and plan review services within the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District.
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
Hold a HEARING to consider adopting Contra Costa County Fire Protection District Ordinance No. 2026-07 to establish fees for permits, inspections, plan reviews, and other services performed by the District.
1. OPEN the public hearing to consider adopting Contra Costa County Fire Protection District Ordinance No. 2026-07, to establish fees for permits, inspections, plan reviews, or other services performed by the District; CLOSE the public hearing; and CONSIDER staff's presentation, all public comments and testimony, including all written comments, and all objections received prior to the close of the public hearing.
2. DETERMINE that the fees established by Ordinance No. 2026-07 are calculated to recover, and do not exceed, the District's reasonable costs for performing the services and activities for which the fees will be charged.
3. ADOPT Ordinance No. 2026-07.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Adoption of this Ordinance will update the District's Fire Prevention Bureau fees so that they more accurately reflect the reasonable cost of providing plan review, inspection, permitting, and regulatory services.
The 2026 User Fee Study determined that the District currently recovers approximately $3.7 million annually in Fire Prevention fees, representing about 45% of the estimated $8.3 million cost of providing these services. Adoption of the revised fee schedule will improve the District's cost recovery and better align fee revenues with the costs incurred in providing these services.
Revenue generated from the revise...
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