A.
It is
the purpose of this chapter to establish procedures for imposing fees
to pay for the costs of providing administrative services.
B.
A "fee
for providing an administrative service" is a fee which does not exceed
the estimated reasonable cost of providing the service for which the
fee is charged.
C.
This
chapter does not apply to fees which are imposed as an exaction upon
development of land.
D.
Fees
for producing copies of public records.
|
Type of Record
|
Fee
|
|---|---|
|
Photo copy - per page
|
$0.10
|
|
City Clerk's certification
|
|
|
1st page
|
$1.00
|
|
2nd page
|
$0.50
|
|
Add'l pages
|
$0.10
|
|
Audio/video cassette and CDs
|
|
|
1st tape
|
$15.00
|
|
Add'l tapes
|
$5.00 ea.
|
|
Search for subject matter when document not identified (subject
to available time and resources)
|
Hourly rate of employee plus applicable city overhead rate
|
|
Transmit FAX copies
|
|
|
1st page
|
$1.00
|
|
Add'l pages
|
$0.20
|
|
Copying by commercial firm (actual cost plus administrative
fee)
|
$5.00
|
|
Blueline reproduction
|
$5.00
|
|
Citywide zoning map ("E" size 34″x 44″)
|
$20.00
|
|
Special map requests
|
Hourly rate of employee plus applicable City overhead rate plus
cost of printing map
|
(Ord. 87-15; Ord. 2002-16; Ord. 2003-06)
This chapter applies to the levying of new fees and to the increasing
of existing fees for administering the following:
A.
Prior
to levying a new fee or service charge, or prior to approving an increase
in an existing fee or service charge, a local agency shall hold at
least one public meeting, at which oral or written presentations can
be made, as part of a regularly scheduled meeting.
B.
At least
14 days prior to the hearing, notice shall be sent in response to
written requests.
C.
Notice
shall be published twice in a newspaper of general circulation within
the City at least 10 days prior to the hearing with at least five
days intervening between the dates of first and last publication.
D.
At least
10 days prior to the hearing, the City shall make available to the
public data indicating the amount of the cost, or estimated cost,
required to provide the service for which the fee is charged and the
revenue sources anticipated to provide this service, including general
fund revenues.
(Ord. 91-30)
If the proposed fee will exceed the estimated costs required
to provide the service for which the fee is levied, the City Council
may:
A.
A flat
fee may be charged for a request or application which is within established
criteria defining a standard request or application.
B.
If the
department providing the service initially determines that the request
or application exceeds the criteria for a standard request or application,
or if such department determines during the course of the processing
of a request or application that the matter will exceed the criteria
defining a standard request or application, then the department may
require the applicant to deposit with the City an amount sufficient
to reimburse the City for the time and expense actually incurred in
providing the service. During the course of providing the service,
additional deposits may be required. At the completion of providing
the service or upon the termination of the process by the applicant,
any unused amount remaining on deposit shall be returned to the applicant.
A.
Except
as otherwise provided, the fee shall be effective 30 days after the
adoption of the ordinance imposing the fee.
B.
An ordinance
increasing a fee upon single-family or multifamily development will
be effective 60 days following its adoption. However, the City Council
may adopt an urgency measure imposing the fee immediately for an interim
period.
