HomeMy WebLinkAbout89-18 Establish Regulatory Fees Not Covered by California Statutes or Other Provisions of CM CodeORDINANCE NO. 89-18
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING TITLE 2 OF THE
MUNICIPAL CODE TO ESTABLISH REGULATORY FEES NOT
COVERED BY THE CALIFORNIA STATUTES OR OTHER
PROVISIONS OF THE COSTA MESA MUNICIPAL CODE.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City Council finds and declares -that:
1. Under its police power, the City is given the authority to charge
fees for regulatory services provided to the public if the fee does not
exceed the cost of providing the service.
2. The City has been providing a number of such services, paid for
from general tax revenues. However, because of changes in State law, the
general tax revenues available for funding regulatory services have not
kept pace with the cost of providing those services; therefore, it is
necessary to charge fees for those services.
ACCORDINGLY, the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa hereby amends
Title 2 of the Municipal Code as set forth below.
SECTION 2.
1. Add Chapter XI, Section 2-450 to Title 2 of the Costa Mesa Munici-
pal Code as follows:
"Section 2-450. Additional Regulatory Fees
In addition to such other fees as are currently established by statute
and by other provisions of this Code, the following additional regula-
tory fees shall be set by City Council resolution in keeping with the
City's police power authority:
1. Animal Control Fees
- Boarding fees
- Impound fees
- Vaccination fees
2. Fees for investigating complaints regarding bad checks
3. Fees charged to driver causing DUI accidents including police
patrol and response, fire response and control, and support
for foregoing
4. Emergency Medical Aid
5. Jail booking fees"
SECTION 3. This Ordinance shall take effect arra be in full force
thirty (30) days from and after the passage thereof, and prior to the
expiration of fifteen (15) days from its passage shall be published once in
the ORANGE CCAST DAILY PILOT, a newspaper of general circulation, printed
and published in the City of Costa Mesa or, in the alternative, the City
Clerk may cause to be published a summary of this Ordinance and a certified
copy of the text of this Ordinance shall be posted in the office of the
City Clerk five (5) days prior to the date of adaption of this Ordinance,
and within fifteen (15) days after adoption, the City Clerk shall cause to
be published the aforementioned summary and shall post in the office of
the City Clerk a certified copy of this Ordinance together with the names
of the members of the City Council voting for and against the same.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 17th day of July, 1989.
ATTEST:
City Clerk of the City of Cost Mesa Mayor of the City osta Mesa
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
I, EILEEN P. PHINNEY, City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk -of the City
Council of the City of Costa Mesa, hereby certify that the above and fore-
going Ordinance No. 89-18 was introduced and considered section by section
at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 5th day of June, 1989,
and thereafter passed and adopted as a whole at a regular meeting of the
City Council held on the 17th day of July, 1989, by the following roll call
vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Buffa, Hornbuckle, Amburgey, Glasgow, Genis
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal
of the City of Costa Mesa this 18th day of July, 1989.
City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk the
City Council of the City of Cos Mesa
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