Holden Beach Re-Inspection Fee On Hold
BY DOUG RITTER
A plan to charge Holdcn Bcach
'U! dcrs $25 lor each re-inspection
is on hold tor now, hut the proposal
Will likely come up again when
town officials consider the 1994.95
hudgct.
Commissioner Dwight Carroll
wants to impose the fee whenever a
under requests an inspection and it
lails. I he former building inspector
wants the town to collect the S25 be
fore re-inspections are done.
Last month, commissioners voted
3-2 in favor of drafting an ordinance
that would establish the fee for rc
?nspcctions. Carroll. Sid Swarts and
Jim fournier supported the plan.
However. Fournier changed his
vote when a draft was presented at
the Feb. 23 meeting. He joined Gay
Atkins and David Sandifer in oppos
ing the ordinance, which included
other building fees that the board
had not discussed.
An ordinance covering the re-in
spection fee only was considered
Monday night, but commissioners
did not vote on it. They decided to
take a look at all inspection fees dur
ing upcoming budget workshops.
Fournier said the board needs to
revise the "ridiculous figures" in the
existing ordinance, which he thinks
arc too low.
"The building inspection depart
ment should carry its own weight,"
Fournier said.
Carroll says establishing a re-in
spection fee would discourage buil
ders from using the town inspector
as a job foreman and help the
inspections department to become
self-sufficient.
Sandifer said he would like to see
Holden Beach's building inspector
visit each job site every day and
work with the builders and make
sure the work is being done right.
Holden Beach builder Jeff Ix-e
spoke in opposition to the proposed
tee Monday, saying it would ulti
mately impact the homeowner
"It is going to end up on the con
sumer. I'm going to add it to my
price," I^ee said.
Jim McSwain, a former Holden
Beach building inspector who is
now in the construction business,
said the re-inspection fee would add
paperwork to an already-over
worked department.
The re-inspection fee is not a new
concept at Holdcn Beach. Mayor
Wally Ausley said the town estab
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$10 in 1990 and got rid of the fee future.
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