DEPARTMENT OF BUILDING AND SAFETY BUILDING PERMIT ENTERPRISE FUND

Los Angeles Administrative Code div. 5, ch. 6, art. 9

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Los Angeles Administrative Code § 5.121.8 Creation and Administration of Fund.

Sec. 5.121.8. Creation and Administration of Fund. (a) There is created and established a special revenue fund within the Treasury of the City of Los Angeles to be known as the Department of Building and Safety Building Permit Enterprise Fund (“Fund”). (b) For purposes of this Article, certain words and phrases are defined as follows: BUILDING PERMIT shall mean Building, Grading, Demolition, Elevator, Boiler and Pressure Vessel, Electrical, Plumbing and Mechanical applications and permits processed by the Department of Building and Safety. DEPARTMENT OF BUILDING AND SAFETY (“DEPARTMENT”) shall mean a Department within the City of Los Angeles described in Section 22.12 of this Code. (c) All monies received by the Department from the following sources shall be deposited into the Fund: 1. Fees received related to the issuance of building permits, including but not limited to building permit fees, plan and report review fees, inspection and pre-inspection fees and fees for issuance of reports of residential property records. 2. Fees received related to support functions necessary for the issuance of the above-mentioned building permits, including but not limited to certification processing fees, product approval fees, fabricator approval fees, and building and property records research fees. 3. Fees received related to processing appeals to the Department or to the Board of Building and Safety Commissioners, Disabled Access Commission or other Boards established within the Department for purposes of appeals related to the above-mentioned functions. 4. Administrative fees collected for performing accounting functions for other agencies such as collecting School District Fees or Fire Hydrant Fees. 5. Fees received from the Special Accounts described in Section 5.121.8.1 of this Code shall be deposited into the Fund and each shall be fully managed as a separate account within the Fund. 6. Monies may also be contributed to the Fund by other City funds and by gifts, donations, or bequests from individuals or organizations. Any appropriation to this Fund by the City Council or the Mayor shall also be deposited into this Fund. (d) The Fund shall be administered by the General Manager of the Department of Building and Safety (“General Manager”). The General Manager shall report to the City Council and Mayor regarding receipts and expenditures of the Fund. The reporting shall be done on a periodic basis and cover at least one quarter of the fiscal year with the first quarter being July through September. A year-end report shall also be done which shall be submitted within 90 days after the close of said fiscal year. Unencumbered funds remaining in this Fund at the end of any fiscal year shall not revert to the Reserve Fund. (e) The Fund shall be used to purchase or pay for expenses, equipment, materials, and services in support of the building permit related functions, and shall also be used to repay cash advances received from any other fund established by the City and used for these purposes. The Fund shall be used to reimburse budgetary salary, overtime, and related costs as appropriate, and to draw demands for printing, travel, equipment, computer equipment and software and other services and expenses as appropriate to support building permit related functions described in Subsection (c) of this section and Section 5.121.8.1 of this Code. Appropriations will be established by an expenditure plan through the annual budget process. (f) The Department shall be responsible for maintaining the records relating to the Fund. (g) All interest or other earnings attributable to money in the Fund shall be credited to the Fund and shall be devoted to the purposes set forth in this article. (h) No expenditure may be made from this Fund without the prior approval of the General Manager or a duly authorized representative. (i) The General Manager is authorized to establish appropriate procedures to carry out the provisions of this article. (j) The Mayor is authorized to transfer money among accounts that may be established within the Fund in an amount not to exceed $50,000 per account per purpose in any one fiscal year. SECTION HISTORY Article and Section Added by Ord. No. 176,604, Eff. 6-5-05, Oper. 7-1-05.

Los Angeles Administrative Code § 5.121.8.1 Special Accounts.

Sec. 5.121.8.1. Special Accounts. (a) Building and Safety Systems Development Account. The Building and Safety Systems Development Account shall be used for the following purposes: 1. To finance the design, acquisition, development, implementation and maintenance of automated systems for existing programs and activities of the Department including but not limited to, employee costs related to employees engaged in systems development or maintenance, purchase of computers and related equipment, software, firmware, technical services and consulting services necessary for the design and implementation of the automated systems; incidental expenses associated with the automated systems such as employee training, data conversion, computer communications, facility renovations and support related to the system, and computer system security measures. 2. Design, acquisition, development and implementation of automated systems to support new programs of the Department of Building and Safety, related to the support, processing and inspection of permits, appeals and enforcement of the City’s building and land use regulations, including but not limited to, employee costs related to employees engaged in systems development or maintenance, purchase of computers and related equipment, software, firmware, technical services and consulting services necessary for the design and implementation of the automated systems; incidental expenses associated with the automated systems such as employee training, data conversion, computer communications, facility renovations and support related to the systems, and computer system security measures. 3. The Building and Safety Systems Development Account shall also be used to repay cash advances received from any other fund established by the City and used for the development of automated systems used by the department. (b) Building and Safety Special Services Account. The Building and Safety Special Services Account shall be used to reimburse budgetary salary and overtime accounts as appropriate and to draw demands for travel, printing, equipment and inspection expenses in connection with the following activities where the expenses are in excess of monies budgeted in the General Fund, or not provided for in the monies budgeted in the General Fund. This Account shall also be used by the Department to repay cash advances received from any other fund established by the City and used for any of the following purposes. 1. Monies received as provided for in Los Angeles Municipal Code Section 98.0406 for the performance of inspections at other than normal working hours. 2. Monies received as provided for in Los Angeles Municipal Code Section 98.0422 for the performance of expedited plan check and other services as requested by the applicant and authorized by the Department at other than normal working hours. 3. Monies received for the performance of inspections and for the conduct of special examinations relating to licensing, fabricators, and testing agencies at facilities located more than 60 miles from Los Angeles City Hall. 4. Monies received from the conducting of specialized training seminars on technical subjects for the instruction and training of persons other than personnel of the Department. 5. Monies received pursuant to State and Federal laws for conducting training seminars for personnel of the Department to improve their competency in engineering, inspection and damage mitigation technology. 6. Monies received from short term or special purposes as approved by the Mayor and City Council. SECTION HISTORY Article and Section Added by Ord. No. 176,604, Eff. 6-5-05, Oper. 7-1-05. Amended by: Ord. No. 178,883, Eff. 7-26-07.

Source: City of Los Angeles, Charter and Codes (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/los_angeles/latest/laac/0-0-0-62395Fetched: 10/24/2026