HomeMy WebLinkAbout2025-02 - Beekeeping Permit User FeeRESOLUTION N0. 2025-02
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA,
CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING THE AMOUNT OF THE APPLICATION AND
RENEWAL FEE FOR BEEKEEPING PERMIT PURSUANT TO SECTION 3-18.4 (b)
(APPLICATION FEE FOR BEEKEEPING PERMIT) OF TITLE 3 (ANIMAL
REGuLATIONS) OF THE COSTA MESA MUNICIPAL CODE OF CHAPTER I (IN
GENERAL) AND ADDING THE BEEKEEPING APPLICATION/RENEWAL FEE TO
THE CITY'S CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF USER AND REGULATORY FEES.
THE CITY' COUNCIL OF THE CITY' OF COSTA MESA HEREBY FINDS,
DETERMINES AND DECLARES AS FOLLOWS:
WHEREAS, on November 19, 2024, the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa
introduced forfirst reading Ordinance No. 2025-01, which among otherthings, will amend
Article 3 of Chapter I and Chapter Vl of the Costa Mesa Municipal Code establishing
rules and regulations relating to beekeeping and permit requirements consistent with the
City's health, safety and welfare requirements; and
WHEREAS, subsection (b) of Section 3-18.4 of Article 3 of Chapter 1 of Title 3,
once adopted, provides that each application and renewal for a beekeeping permit shall
be accompanied by an application/renewal fee as established by resolution of the City
Council; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of the California Constitution and the laws
of the State of California, the City is authorized to adopt and implement rates, fees, and/or
charges which do not exceed the estimated reasonable cost of providing such services;
and
WHEREAS City staff conducted a fee study to determine optimal pricing for
the City to recover operating expenses for the processing of permits for keeping of
domesticated bees; and
WHEREAS based upon the fee study, a fee of $150 would be permissible, but the
City Council has determined to set the permit fee at $75 for the initial permit, which will
last two years, and $75 for permit renewal fee; and
WHEREAS the City Council conducted a duly noticed public hearing at its regular
meeting on January 21, 2025, to consider the proposed fees for keeping of domesticated
bees; and
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WHEREAS, the City Council desires to establish the amount of the application and
renewal fee for a beekeeping permit as forth herein; and
WHEREAS, the proposed application and renewal fee will allow the City to recover
a portion of the reasonable costs incurred by the City in processing a beekeeping permit
application and renewal application without unduly burdening beekeeping in the
community; and
WHEREAS all legal prerequisites to the adoption of this Resolution have occurred.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Costa
Mesa as follows:
Section 1. That the recitals contained in this Resolution are true and correct and
incorporated herein.
Section 2. The City Council hereby finds and determines, based upon the data,
information, analysis, and oral and written documentation presented to the City Council
concerning the proposed application/renewal fee for the beekeeping permit applications,
that the proposed application/renewal fee does not exceed the reasonable costs of
processing said applications.
Section 3. Both the application and renewal fee for a beekeeping permit shall be
Seventy Five Dollars ($75.00) per application and per each subsequent renewal
application.
Section 4. The Beekeeping application and renewal fee shall be added to the City's
Consolidated Schedule of User and Regulatory Fees.
Section 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this
Resolution and shall enter it into the book of original resolutions.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED this 21s' day of January, 2025.
ATTEST:
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Ki rly Ha Barlow, City Attorney
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE )
CITYOFCOSTAMESA )
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I, BRENDA GREEN, City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa, DO HEREBY CERTIFY
that the above and foregoing is the original of Resolution No. 2025-02 and was duly
passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa at a regular meeting
held on the 21s' day of January, 2025, by the following roll call vote, to wit:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: BULEY,
CHAVEZ,
GAMEROS, MARR, PETTIS, REYNOLDS,
AND STEPHENS.
NOES:COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE.
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereby set my hand and affixed the seal of the
City of Costa Mesa this 22nd day of January, 2025.
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