Title
Ordinance Amending Appendix A.2 of Phoenix City Code Chapter 9 and Appendix A of Chapter 15 (Ordinance G-7465) - Citywide
Description
Request to amend Chapter 9, Building and Chapter 15, Fire Prevention to update the user fee schedules applicable to plan review, inspections services, and Hazardous Material Annual Assessments provided by the Planning and Development (PDD) and Phoenix Fire Departments (PFD).
Report
Summary
The PDD and PFD are essential partners in providing plan review and inspection services that protect the general public and emergency response personnel by ensuring adopted building-safety standards are upheld. The City’s plan review and inspection services are funded with user fees charged to customers that utilize these services. User fees are derived from a fully loaded average hourly rate that was set at $150 per hour in 2010 and 2013 for PDD and PFD, respectively. This proposal increases the hourly rate used for fee setting by PDD and PFD to $195 per hour, updates the Fire Prevention Code to include new fees associated with new permit requirements pursuant to the proposed 2024 Phoenix Fire Code, and increases the Hazardous Annual Assessment Program fees to provide sufficient resources to meet growing demands. The proposed fee increases are necessary to cover annual operating expenses at current service levels.
The Planning and Development Proposed Fee Schedule Amendment and Justification Report is available online at:
www.phoenix.gov/administration/departments/pdd/tools-resources/fees
The Fire Prevention Proposed Fee Schedule Amendment and Justification Report is available online at:
www.phoenix.gov/administration/departments/fire/safety-prevention
Previous Council Action
Recommended approval by the Transportation, Infrastructure and Planning Council Subcommittee on November 19, 2025.
Unanimous support from the Fire Safety Advisory Board on November 13, 2025.
Unanimous support from the Development Advisory Board on October 30, 2025.
Concurrence
This Ordinance is recommended concurrently with a Resolution adopting the 2024 International Fire Code with City of Phoenix Amendments.
Public Outreach
A 15-Day Notice of Intent (NOI) to consider this proposal was posted to the City's website on or before December 2, 2025.
A 60-Day NOI was posted to the City’s website on October 17, 2025 in accordance with 13 A.R.S. 9-499.15.
The 15-Day and 60-Day NOI postings are available online at:
www.phoenix.gov/administration/departments/communications/public-notice-tax-fee-changes
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Assistant City Manager Lori Bays, Deputy City Manager Alan Stephenson and the Fire and Planning and Development departments.