July 2016
On Monday, June 13th, City Council approved the Fiscal Year 2017 (FY17) user fees for the development services groups of Engineering Land Development, Planning and CDOT. For Engineering’s Land Development FY17 User Fee Schedule Fee click here.
Commercial plans submitted to Engineering Land Development for the initial review must pass the gateway review by 5:00pm on Thursday, June 30th to be eligible to remain at the FY16 fee schedule. The FY17 fees will apply to all new projects submitted after the close of business on Thursday, June 30, 2016.
PLEASE NOTE: On Thursday, June 30th at noon, we will be converting to the FY17 fee schedule. The
fees that might be showing on the fee estimation page for any new submittal
Thursday afternoon might not reflect the FY16 fee schedule. Staff
will contact you to confirm the appropriate fees. Sorry for any
inconvenience.
Effective July 1, 2016, Charlotte Water will begin
implementing fees for backflow prevention reviews, backflow prevention
inspections, subdivision project initiation, subdivision plan reviews, and
subdivision inspections. The City of Charlotte adopted a fully allocated cost
recovery rate of 100% for regulatory user fees. These fees recoup the
costs associated with providing special regulatory services, including plan
review fees. Charlotte Water will start collecting fees, in phased approach,
beginning July 1, 2016 (Fiscal Year 2017). The
schedule for the collection process is as follows:
- Fiscal Year 2017 – 50% cost recovery
- Fiscal Year 2018 – 75% cost recovery
- Fiscal Year 2019 – 100% cost recovery
The fees for FY 2017 (July 1, 2016
– June 30, 2017) can be found here.
Charlotte’s Tree Canopy is one of our most valuable assets. How do we ensure that it is maintained and protected for future generations? Take the City of Charlotte’s Community Trees 5-minute online survey at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/9RDW6TB.
Your input will guide the development of a plan for the maintenance and protection of our community trees for years to come. The survey closes on 07/30/16.
Openings are available for the Soil Erosion and Sedimentation
Control overview seminar and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Certified Site Inspector
(CMCSI) certification preparation on Thursday, August 25, 2016. Please note, the Summer Seminar will
be held at the Mecklenburg County Offices at 2145 Suttle Avenue, 4th
Floor, Charlotte, NC.
To register and pay online for the August 25th CMCSI Seminar,
log on Citizen Access at https://aca.accela.com/charlotte/Default.aspx.
Persons who do not wish to register and pay
online may complete and submit a paper application.
Applications can be downloaded from our website at http://cmcsi.charmeck.org.
If you have any questions regarding the CMCSI Training Seminar,
please contact Jeff Bock at 704-560-9798.
All meetings are open to the public.
DEVELOPMENT SERVICES TECHNICAL ADVISORY (DSTAC) COMMITTEE: Meetings
are typically held on the second Wednesday of each month in Room 136 of the
Charlotte Mecklenburg Government Center (600 East Fourth Street, Charlotte, NC)
from 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm.
STORM WATER ADVISORY COMMISSION (SWAC) MEETING:
Meetings are typically held on the third Thursday of each month at 4:30 pm at
the Mecklenburg County Offices at 2145 Suttle Avenue, Charlotte, NC.
TREE ADVISORY COMMISSION: Meetings are typically
held on the third Tuesday of every month at the Charlotte Mecklenburg
Government Center (600 East Fourth Street, Charlotte, NC) beginning at 5:00 pm.
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