Permit and Inspection Utilization Report

In compliance with Florida Statute FS553.80, Orange County Division of Building Safety has prepared the Building Permit and Inspection Utilization Report. The following information is based on the latest audited financial statements and reports generated internally from the permitting software system used by the Division of Building Safety for the County’s Fiscal Year 2019 (October 1, 2018 to September 30, 2019). All information is believed to be correct at the time of publication.

(1) Direct and Indirect Costs

Section	Item	Total
(a)	Personal Services costs, including salary and related employees’ benefits costs incurred by the local government to enforce the Florida Building Code:	$13,311,064
(b)	Operating expenditures and expenses:	$5,006,346

(2) Permit and Inspection Utilization Information

Section	Item	Total
(a)	Number of building permit applications submitted:	82,863
(b)	Number of building permits issued or approved:	80,503
(c)	Number of building inspections and reinspections requested:	376,651
(d)	Number of building inspections and reinspections conducted:	332,756
(e)	Private provide data reporting is somewhat limited for Fiscal Year 2019, therefore, Fiscal Year 2020 data is used to report private provider activity as indicated in the statutory language. Reporting for building inspections conducted by private providers is not available as the inspections are conducted by a private entity for these projects. The private provider, however, has the duty to notify the building official of an upcoming inspection. For Fiscal Year 2020 - Private Provider inspection notifications:	2,208
(f)	Private provide data reporting is somewhat limited for Fiscal Year 2019, therefore, Fiscal Year 2020 data is used to report audit activity of private providers as indicated in the statutory language. For Fiscal Year 2020 – Private Provider audits conducted:	-0-
(g)	The number of personnel dedicated by the local government to enforce the Florida Building Code, issue building permits, and conduct inspections (based on the payroll of September 30, 2019):	139
(h)	Other Permissible activities for enforcing the Florida Building Code as described in subparagraph (a)1:	-0-

(3) Revenue Information

Section	Item	Total
(a)	Revenue derived from fees pursuant to paragraph (a):	$26,000,874
(b)	Revenue derived from fines pursuant to paragraph (a):	$143,083
(c)	Investment earnings of revenue derived from the local government’s Investment of fees and fines pursuant to paragraph (a):	$1,487,677
(d)	Balances carried forward by the local government pursuant to paragraph (a):	$9,346,919
(e)	Balances refunded by the local government pursuant to paragraph (a):	$-0-
(f)	Revenue derived from other sources, including local government general revenue:	$37,521