Did the issuing authority and the Code Enforcement office perform any cost studies on residential, office, industrial and commercial applications to determine the impact to new development?
The enforcement policy resulted from existing codes and standards, and as previously stated was an effort to conform to reasonable compliance with them. Not being a new code change the cost study associated with NC State Code changes was not done. 17. Most of these questions are in response to a rising swell of regulation that is enveloping the (re)development industry in a cross-fire of rising costs and decreasing building envelopes (area of a site that we can put rentable SF on – vs. transformer containment pads, undisturbed buffers, 7′ wide sidewalks and the like). If the trend continues, the result will be a permanent reduction in permit revenues because fewer projects will be economically feasible – even after economic strength returns. While not intended as a negative force, the reality of safety standards inevitably will contribute to costs factors. We are trying as much as possible to inform all parties of the situation and dangers, and to have everyone understand that it is a
