Resolution - 9289RESOLUTION NO. 9289
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, SETTING
AND INCREASING CERTAIN FEES.
WHEREAS, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 1939 on August 16, 1994,
establishing its policy as to the recovery of costs and more particularly the percentage of costs
reasonably borne to be recovered from users of City services and directing staff as to the
methodology for implementing that Ordinance; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Government Code Section 66018 the specific fees to be
charged for services must be adopted by the City Council by resolution, after providing notice
and holding a public hearing; and
WHEREAS, notice and publicly available data has been provided per Government
Code Sections 66016 and 6062 (a), and, the required public hearing held and which oral and
written presentations had been made and received; and
WHEREAS, staff has developed a revised schedule of fees and charges based on
certain new or increased costs for operating expenses;
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of West Covina does resolve,
determine and order as follows:
Section 1. Fee Schedule Adoption. The following schedule of fees and charges shall
be computed and applied by the various City departments, and be collected by the City
Finance Department for the listed services when provided by the City or its designated
contractors.
Section 2. Separate Fee for Each Pose. All fees set by this Resolution are for each
identified process. Where fees are indicated on a per unit of measurement basis the fee is for
each identified unit or portion thereof within the indicated ranges of such units.
A. Added Fees. Additional fees shall be required for each additional process
or service that is requested or required including where the requestor's delay increases costs,
or if the original fee charged was, too low and in error.
B. Refunds. Unless otherwise provided in the West Covina Municipal Code
or State Law, in the event the person requesting the service withdraws his/her/its application
or otherwise terminates the request for service before completion of the provision of the
service, or if an error is made in calculating the fee, the City shall determine if any refund is
owing, based on whether all costs reasonably borne have been incurred or committed, as well
as the cost of refunding the fee. Any amount not spent or committed shall be refunded, minus
the cost of refunding. Any extra amount charged in error shall be refunded without deduction.
Notwithstanding, refund amounts of $20 or less shall be refunded only upon request of the fee
payor.
C. Interpretation of Fee Schedule. Administrative. interpretations of this
resolution, including but not limited to provisions for waiver and appeal, shall be determined
by the City Manager as set out in West Covina Municipal Code Section 2-407.
Section 3. Fee Schedule. The fees set out in Exhibit A, attached and incorporated
here, are hereby approved and adopted.
Section 4. Reasonable Cost Finding. The City Council specifically finds that based on
the data made available to the public, the fees and charges adopted do not exceed the
reasonable cost of the service provided as determined by the MSI Study and Ordinance 1939
adopting Chapter 2, Article IX of the West Covina Municipal Code.
Section 5. CEOA. The adoption of this resolution is statutorily exempt from CEQA
as it sets fees only for operating expenses. `(15273 of the Guidelines).
Section 6. Reoealer. This resolution specifically supersedes the prior taxicab license
and planning fees set by Resolution No. 9121. All other fees set by that Resolution remain in
place.
Section 7. Severability. If any portion of this Resolution is found to be
unconstitutional or invalid the City Council hereby declares that it would have enacted the
remainder of this Chapter regardless of the absence of any such invalid part.
Section 8. Effective Date. This Resolution shall be effective immediately.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED +' 20thday of Februa IP96.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
I hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted by the City Council of the City
of West Covina at a regular meeting thereof held on the 20th day of February , 1996, by
the following vote of the Council:
AYES: Manners, McFadden, Touhey, Wong, Herfert
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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City orney
MSIUPD
EXHIBIT `A'
FIRE DEPARTMENT:
The 1994 edition of the "Uniform Fire Code" which was adopted by the Council and
became effective January 1, 1996, includes two additional permits that are not included
in the current fee schedule. They are for carnivals and for asbestos removal operations.
Based on an analysis of the costs to apply code requirements, staff recommends the
following amounts be adopted:
Asbestos Removal:
Up to 20,000 square foot building
(4 person -hours at $45 per hour) $ 180
Buildings over 20,000 square feet
(5 person -hours at $ 45 per hour) $ 225
Carnivals:
Under 10 concession stands, no mechanical equipment
(2 person -hours at $45 per hour) 90
Over 10 concession stands, no mechanical equipment
(3 person -hours at $45 per hour) 135
These fees may be waived for non-profit groups pursuant to policies developed
by the Fire Chief.
Liquid or gas fueled vehicles and/or equipment
(6 person -hours at $45 per hour) 270
POLICE DEPARTMENT:
On May 10, 1982, the Council established a fee of $5 for taxi cab driver permits. This
no longer covers the cost of a police officer preparing and processing the application, a
jailer fingerprinting the applicant and an officer issuing the permit upon approval. The
cost of -these functions is:
Police officer, 0.75 hours @ $26.47 per hour = $20
Jailer, 0.25 hours @ $14.28 per hour = 3
Total $23
Thus, staff is recommending that the fee for this service be increased to $23.00.
PLANNING DEPARTMENT:
Costs to provide their services have increased with the 2.2 % cost of of living allowance
granted to General employees commencing July 1, 1995. Thus the following fees will be
impacted:
Precise plan of design
Development plan
Conditional use review
Zone change (map) review
Area plan amendment
General Plan amendment
Minor variance review
Variance review - other
Tentative tract map 7 other
Tenative parcel map processing
Conceptual plan review
The current fee structure of a flat non-refundable $75 filing fee plus $56.50 per hour for
staff time will be increased to reflect a new charge for staff time of $58. The flat fee of
$75 will remain unchanged.
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