Montgomery County Maryland Operating Budget

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Program Description

Residential Construction & Fire Code Compliance

The Residential Construction staff is responsible for ensuring public safety through the effective application of residential building, structural, electrical, mechanical, and energy conservation codes. This is accomplished through technical plan review and inspection processes.

The Fire Code Compliance staff is responsible for ensuring compliance with adopted National Fire Codes and Standards, the Montgomery County Fire Code, and the Maryland State Fire Prevention Codes in existing buildings. This is accomplished through reviews and preventive inspection processes for businesses, schools, multi-family buildings, healthcare facilities, places of worship, and all other commercial buildings or occupancies.

The Division staff respond to and investigate code violations and aid in recovery during disasters and other incidents.

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Program Contacts

Contact Barbara Suter of the Department of Permitting Services at 240-777-6244 or Anita Aryeetey of the Office of Management and Budget at 240-777-2784 for more information regarding this department's operating budget.

Program Performance Measures

Program Performance Measures	Actual FY23	Actual FY24	Estimated FY25	Target FY26	Target FY27
Percent of service requests completed within 3 business days	95%	95%	95%	95%	95%
Percent of commercial establishments in compliance with the Fire Code	86.3%	82.0%	80.0%	80.0%	80.0%
Number of inspections performed by Residential and Fire Code Compliance FCC inspectors	66,171	81,673	80,000	80,000	80,000
Number of residential plan reviews performed	9,761	9,268	9,500	9,500	9,500
Residential Permits - Percent of inspections completed on the scheduled day	99.1%	99.0%	99.0%	99.0%	99.0%

Program Budget Changes

FY26 Recommended Changes	Expenditures	FTEs
FY25 Approved	7224873	47.00
Multi-program adjustments, including negotiated compensation changes, employee benefit changes, changes due to staff turnover, reorganizations, and other budget changes affecting multiple programs.	689369	0.00
FY26 Recommended	7914242	47.00