(a) Beginning with fiscal year 2025-2026, the Controller shall each year adjust the surcharges set in Section 10G.1 without further action by the Board of Supervisors to reflect changes in the relevant Consumer Price Index, and to produce revenues sufficient to support the costs of providing the services for which the surcharges are assessed, but which will not produce revenue which is significantly more than the cost of providing services for which the surcharges are assessed.
(b) Not later than January 31 of each year, the Board of Appeals shall submit to the Controller data showing the allocation by department of origin for permits heard by the Board of Appeals during the previous fiscal year, as well as any other information that the Controller determines appropriate to the performance of the Controller’s duties set forth in this Section 10G.2.
(c) No later than April 15 of each year, each department authorized to collect the surcharge pursuant to this Chapter 10G shall submit its current surcharge schedule and, if applicable, the number of appealable permits filed during the prior fiscal year to the Controller, as well as any other information that the Controller determines appropriate for the performance of the Controller’s duties set forth in this Section 10G.2. The Controller shall apply the price index adjustment, and if necessary, adjust the surcharges upward or downward for the upcoming fiscal year as appropriate to ensure that costs of providing the services are recovered without producing revenue which is significantly more than such costs, to produce a new fee schedule for the following fiscal year. In no event may the adjustment authorized by this Section cause the surcharge authorized by this Chapter to exceed the department’s allocable share of Board of Appeals costs.
(d) No later than May 15 of each year, the Controller shall file a report with the Board of Supervisors reporting the new surcharges and certifying that: (1) each surcharge produces sufficient revenue to support each fee category’s allocable share of Board of Appeals costs, and (2) each surcharge does not produce revenue which is projected to materially exceed each fee category’s allocable share of Board of Appeals costs. The adjusted surcharges shall become operative on July 1 of each year.
(Added by Ord. 185-03, File No. 030916, App. 7/25/2003; amended by Ord. 127-24, File No. 240456, App. 6/21/2024, Eff. 7/22/2024)