HomeMy WebLinkAbout94-04 Amending Sections of Code Relating to Existing FeesORDINANCE NO. 94-.4
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTIONS
9-122, 9-129, 9-168, 9-186, 9-188, 9-235(d),
9-252, 9-255, 9-274, 11-160, 11-172, 13-
743(1),, 15-65 AND 2-450 OF THE COSTA MESA
MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO EXISTING FEES.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF -THE CITY OF COSTA MESA DOES HEREBY ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 9-122 of the Costa Mesa Municipal Code is
hereby amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 9-122. Permit Fees.
Unless otherwise stated in this Title, the fee for
filing an applicationfora permit 'pursuant to this
Chapter shall 'be payable in advance and set by resolution
of City Council. Permit fee is nonrefundable except.when
paid in duplicate or erroneously _collected,. and is in
addition to any business tax which may be required of the
permittee."
Section 2. Section 9-129 of the Costa Mesa Municipal Code
is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 9-129. Businesses Where,Fire Chief
May Issue Permits.
All businesses that -require a permit from the Fire
Chief, as provided in.Title.7 of this Code, shall pay a
permit fee as set by resolution -of City Council."
Section 3. Section 9-168 of the Costa Mesa Municipal Code
is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 9-168. Duration of Permit; deposit.
Prior to the granting of.the permit, the applicant
shall post with the Director of Finance of the City of
Costa Mesa, a cash deposit in a sum set by resolution of
City Council which shall be forfeited to the City in the
event that the permittee does not thoroughly clean the
premises and remove all trees, rubbish and debris
therefrom on or before January 2nd following the issuance
of the permit. If such premises are thoroughly cleaned,
all trees, rubbish and debris so removed, as aforesaid,
the said cash deposit shall be returned to the
permittee."
Section 4. Section 9-186 of the Costa Mesa Municipal Code
is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 9-186 Permit Fee.
The fee for the issuance of.the permit required by
this Chapter shall be set by resolution of City Council."
Section 5. Section 9-188 of the Costa Mesa Municipal Code
is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 9-188. Bond to Ensure Removal.
Prior to the erection of any temporary stand for the
display and sale of fireworks, the permittee shall post
with the city a cash deposit in a sum set by resolution
of City Council to be forfeited to the City in the event
the permittee does not remove said stand, equipment and
rubbish from the premises upon which the stand is located
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before midnight of July 7, of. the year for which .said
permit is granted. -The Fire Department shall make an
inspection and, if all equipment, rubbish and debris are.
removed by the permittee as aforesaid, it shall notify
the Director.of Finance -and the cash bond shall thereupon
be returned to the permittee."
Section 6. Subsection (d) of Section 9-235 of, the Costa
Mesa Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:.
"(d) -Fee: For filing such application the applicant
shall pay a fee set by resolution of City Council."
Section 7. The, first paragraph of Section 2-252'of the
Costa Mesa Municipal Code -is hereby amended .to'read as follows:
"Sec. 9-252. Driver's -Permit -Requirements.
No person shall drive or operate a. taxicab in the
City without first obtaining a"permit in writing to.do so
-.from the. Chief of.Police. Any person desiring to -obtain
such driver's permit shall make a written application
therefor to the Chief of Police accompanied by a fee set
by resolution of City.Council. No permit shall be issued
to -any person under the age of eighteen (18) years, or to
any person who. -has been convicted of a felony or to any
person who, within a period of two (2) years immediately
preceding such application, has been 'convicted. of
reckless driving or., driving a vehicle upon a highway
while, -under the influence of .intoxicating liquors. or
drugs, or convicted of any .of, the provisions of the
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alcoholic. beverage : control act of the State 'of
California,. or to ,any person who is for any reason
whatsoever unable or incompetent to safely handle such.
automobile.- Any falsification on'the application for
said permit will be grounds for the -refusal of the said
permit."
Section 8.. Section 9-255 of the Costa Mesa Municipal Code
is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 9-255.. Filing Fee.
An application as required by this -Chapter shall be
accompanied by a filing fee :set by resolution of City
Council for each taxicab which applicant proposes to
operate within the City to cover the administrative cost
to the City of processing the application."
Section 9. Section 9-274 of the Costa Mesa Municipal Code.
is hereby amended.to read as follows:
"Seca 9-274. Towing Service Certificate
Application Filing.Fee.
An application as required by Section 9-273 shall be
accompanied by a filing fee set by resolution of City
Council for each tow unit which applicant proposes .to
operate within the City.to cover -the administrative cost
to the City for processing the application."
Section 10. Section 11-160 of the Costa Mesa Municipal Code
is hereby amended to read as follows:
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"Sec. 11-160. .False Alarm Service Charge.
A service charge shall be paid to the City of Costa
Mesa by alarm users for each false alarm upon the third
response and for each subsequent police response or
second response for each subsequent fire response to the
location of the alarm system during a twelve-month period
in accordance with the fee schedule set by resolution of
City Council.
New alarm systems shall be exempt during the first
thirty (30) days of operation."
Section 11. Subsections (a) and (b) of Section 11-172 of
the Costa Mesa Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
(a) The police services fee shall include the cost
of personnel and.equipment but shall not exceed a fee set
by resolution of City Council.
(b) The City does not hereby waive its right to
seek reimbursement for actual costs exceeding five
hundred dollars ($500.00) and such fee will be set by
resolution of City Council."
Section 12. Subsection (1) of Section 13-743 of the Costa
Mesa Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
11(1) A single permit fee set by resolution of City
Council shall be paid for each home occupation permit
applied for. Thereafter, fees due, if any, shall be
under the business license provisions of this Code."
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"Seca 15-65. Drainage Fees Established..
There is hereby established a drainage fee set by
resolution of City Council being developed as set forth.
in this chapter on a. prorated basis. The funds collected
hereunder shall be deposited in a separate fund which
shall be known as the "Drainage Fee Fund." Said fee
shall be collected, deposited and expended in the case of
subdivisions and parcel maps in accordance with Section
11543.5 of the Business and Professions Code, State of
California, and all other applicable laws of the State.
All fees collected {in cases 'other than the case of
subdivisions and parcels subject to parcel maps shall be
paid in and deposited in accordance with rules. and
regulations,as set forth by the Director of Finance for
the City."
Section 14. Subsections (6) through (27) are added'to
Section 2-450 of the Costa Mesa Municipal Code to read as follows:
(6) Development Agreement Annual Review
(7) Continued Public Hearing
(8) Zoning Administrator Time Extension
(9) Planning Action Time Extension
(10) Conditional Use Permit,-Renewal
(11) Zoning Administrator Appeal'
.(12) Rehearing, City Council
(13) Research Fee
(14) Street Banner Permit
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(13) Research Fee
(14) Street Banner Permit
(15) Street Closure Permit
(16) Video Tape Copying
(17) Certificate of Public Convenience of Necessity,
Renewal
(18) Temporary Vendor Permit
(19) Registrant, Drug or Sex Offender
(20) Correction Citation
(21) Vehicle Impound Storage, Public and Private
(22) Paramedic, Non-resident, Basic and Advanced
(23) Fire Clearance Inspection
(24) Vacation or Abandonment of Right -of -Way
(25) Public Right -of -Way Inspection
(26) Job Center Processing Fee
Section 15. Publication.
This Ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and
effect thirty (30) days from and after its passage and, before the
expiration of fifteen (15) days after its passage, shall be
published once in the NEWPORT BEACH -COSTA MESA 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 adoption of this
Ordinance, and within fifteen (15 ) days after adoption, the City
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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 day of 0 1994.
ATTEST:
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Deputy ty Clerk
of the ity of Costa Mesa
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Mayor of the City of -Costa Mesa
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Attorney
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
I, Mary T. Elliott, Deputy City Clerk and ex -officio clerk of.
the City Council of the. City of .Costa Mesa, hereby certify that the
above and foregoing Ordinance No. 94-_ was introduced and
considered section by section at a regular meeting of said City
Council held on the ;ZA day of 1994, and
thereafter passed and adopted as a whole at a reg ar meeting of
said City Council held on the day ofCA _ 1994, by
the following roll call vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Guiss� 4U M ARKV� t10P 2u C14L9 u F 54
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NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: jJD /JE"
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: �Jpn/i5
IN..WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the
Seal of'the City of Costa Mesa this day of �4ja,4 1994.
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Deputy C ty Clerk and ex -officio
Clerk of he City Council of the
City of Costa Mesa
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