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HomeMy WebLinkAbout08-70 - Modifying Building and Construction Fees to Promote Residential Remodeling Incentive ProgramRESOLUTION NO. 08-70 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA, MODIFYING BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION FEES TO ESTABLISH AND PROMOTE A RESIDENTIAL REMODELING INCENTIVE-. PROGRAM. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA . MESA HEREBY: RESOLVES' AS FOLLOWS: WHEREAS, Section 5-1 .of Chapter 1, Title 5 of the Costa Mesa Municipal Code. authorizes the City Council to establish fees and fee schedules for permits, inspections, re -inspections and other activities relating to the regulation of building and construction activities in the City of Costa Mesa (hereinafter the "building and construction fees"); and WHEREAS, pursuant to the aforesaid authority, the City Council has heretofore adopted its Resolution No. 08-12 establishing building and construction fees for work and construction activities pursuant to the Costa Mesa Building Code, Costa Mesa Electrical Code, Costa Mesa Mechanical Code and Costa Mesa Plumbing Code (collectively referred to herein as the "Costa Mesa Building Codes"); and WHEREAS, the City Council hereby desires to establish and promote a program known as the "Residential Remodeling Incentive Program (RRIP)" for 2008 to encourage and facilitate certain home repairs, remodeling and additions in compliance with applicable requirements of the Costa Mesa Building Codes and Development Ordinances, and to waive collection of the building and construction fees, for such work as described in Section 1 below of this Resolution; and WHEREAS, the City Council hereby finds and determines that it is in the public's interest and general welfare to establish said RRIP as hereinafter set forth. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa as follows: 1. That Resolution No. 08-12 is amended to waive any building and construction fees imposed and required hereunder, including any penalty fees, during the effective period of the RRIP, for any alterations/additions to single family dwellings (attached or detached) five years or more old, which may include any new accessory structures thereto. 2. That the effective period of the RRIP, including the waiver of the fees specified in Section 1 of the Resolution, shall apply to any completed permit applications received by or permits issued by the Building Safety Division of the Development Services Department, on or after September. 17, 2008, and the effective period shall expire upon December 19, 2008. 3. Except as expressly set forth herein, nothing contained in this Resolution. .shall be deemed to waive any fees otherwise required by any other. provision of law (including but not limited to fees for City zoning entitlements, and/or fees collected by the City on behalf of any other public agency or entity), nor otherwise waive compliance with any other applicable provisions of the Costa Mesa Building Codes, . Grading Ordinances, Development Ordinances, or the Costa Mesa Zoning Code. PASSED AND ADOPTED this 16th day of September, 2008. ATTEST: J ie Folcik, City Clerk Eric R. Bever, Mayor APPROVED AS TO FORM: Kimberly Hall Barlow, City Attorney STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss CITY OF COSTA MESA . ) I, JULIE FOLCIK, City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa, DO HEREBY CERTIFY ; that the above and foregoing is the original of Resolution 'No. 08-70 and was duly passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa at a regular meeting held on the 16th 'day. of September, 2008,:by the following roll call vote, to, wit: AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: _ BEVER, MANSOOR, DIXON, FOLEY, LEECE 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 17th day of September, 2008. JUot FOLCIK, CITY CLERK (SEAL),