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Orange County

Orange County. Economic Incentive Plan. March 17, 2009. Board of County Commissioners. Outline. Background County Initiatives Potential Legislative Actions Interim Procedures Requested Board Action. Outline. Background County Initiatives Potential Legislative Actions

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Orange County

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  1. Orange County Economic Incentive Plan March 17, 2009 Board of County Commissioners

  2. Outline • Background • County Initiatives • Potential Legislative Actions • Interim Procedures • Requested Board Action

  3. Outline • Background • County Initiatives • Potential Legislative Actions • Interim Procedures • Requested Board Action

  4. Background Residential Permitting Activity

  5. Background Commercial Permitting Activity

  6. Background • Budget reductions in Building Safety Division: • Deleted 23 vacancies • Reduced workweek to 36 hours • Shifted 28 employees to other Departments • Reduced non-critical expenditures • Continue to track activity and expenditures

  7. Outline • Background • County Initiatives • Potential Legislative Actions • Interim Procedures • Requested Board Action

  8. County Initiatives • Presentation made to BCC 1/6/09 on Mayor’s proposed Economic Incentive Plan • Extend all building permits to 12 months • Reduction of impact fees by 25% • Defer impact fee payment until C/O • Suspend indexed impact fee increases • Delay scheduled updates to impact fees • Extend concurrency encumbrances to one year and capacity reservations to five years

  9. County Initiatives • Changes to the proposed Economic Incentive Plan since the presentation made on 1/6/09 • Extend building permits to 12 months • Reduction of impact fees by 25% • Waive increased impact fees for use changes • Defer impact fee payment until C/O • Suspend indexed impact fee increases • Delay scheduled updates to impact fees • Extend concurrency encumbrances to one year and capacity reservations to five years

  10. Outline • Background • County Initiatives • Potential Legislative Actions • Interim Procedures • Requested Board Action

  11. Potential Legislative Actions • Elimination of transportation concurrency requirements • Creation of transportation concurrency exception areas • Moratorium on collection of Impact Fees

  12. Potential Legislative Actions • Extensions of certain construction permits, operating permits, and development orders • Senate Bills 360, 630, 730, 1306, 2026, 2148, and House Bill 1019

  13. Outline • Background • County Initiatives • Potential Legislative Actions • Interim Procedures • Requested Board Action

  14. Interim Procedures • Since last fall, staff has been working with applicants to • provide temporary extensions for Capacity Encumbrance Letters and Capacity Reservation Certificates • extend permits that are expiring The recent economic downturn has caused many applicants to lose funding for projects

  15. Outline • Background • County Initiatives • Potential Legislative Actions • Interim Procedures • Requested Board Action

  16. Requested Board Action REQUESTED ACTION: Approve the interim procedures until such time as the Board approves the Economic Incentive Ordinance or October 1st, whichever is earlier The temporary extension of Capacity Encumbrance Letters and Capacity Reservation Certificates, and The waiver of payment of increased impact fees on Change in Use permits for existing structures, and The temporary extension of building permits from 6 months to one year.

  17. Orange County Economic Incentive Plan March 17, 2009 Board of County Commissioners

  18. Concurrency Application Process Applications Submitted Determination Letter Issued Agency Review Reservation Encumbrance Approved

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