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City Council Meeting 6-15-04 Santa Monica, California
RESOLUTION NUMBER 9952 (CCS)
(City Council Series)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
AMENDING THE FEE PROVISIONS RELATING TO ANNUAL INSPECTION OF
MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENCES AND NON-HIGH RISE COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS
BY THE SANTA MONICA FIRE DEPARTMENT
WHEREAS, on June 17,2003 the City Council of the City of Santa Monica adopted
Resolution Number 9858 setting various fees for services provided by the Police
Department, Fire Department and Records and Election Services Department, and
WHEREAS, among the fees set by said Resolution Number 9858 (CCS) was the
fee for annual inspection of multi-family residences and non-high rise commercial buildings
by the Fire Department at the rate of sixty dollars ($60.00) per inspection ("Fire Inspection
Fee"); and
WHEREAS, the Fire Department performs these annual inspections and then bills
the respective property owners for payment of the Fire Inspection Fee; and
WHEREAS, in order to encourage timely payment of the Fire Inspection Fee and
assure that the City recovers the costs of performing the inspections, the City desires to
add a provision to the Fire Inspection Fee to allow the City to charge a late payment charge
and interest on any portion of the unpaid Fire Inspection Fee,
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NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. If a property owner fails to pay the Fire Inspection Fee amount in full
within thirty (30) days from the date of the billing invoice sent by the City, an additional late
payment charge ("Late Payment Charge") shall be due and payable by the property owner.
The Late Payment Charge will be equal to ten percent (10%) of any outstanding balance
due for the Fire Inspection Fee. In addition, interest will accrue and be due on the
remaining balance from the date the Fire Inspection Fee is delinquent. The interest will be
in the amount determined by the Director of Finance as equal to the average rate of return
on the City's pooled investment portfolio.
SECTION 2. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution, and
thenceforth and thereafter the same shall be in full force and effect.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Adopted and approved this 15th day of June, 2004.
-&~Yor
I, Maria Stewart, City Clerk of the City of Santa Monica, do hereby certify
that the foregoing Resolution No. 9952 (CCS) was duly adopted at a meeting of
the Santa Monica City Council held on the 15th day of June, 2004, by the
following vote:
Ayes:
Council members: Mayor Bloom, Mayor Pro Tem McKeown,
Genser, Feinstein, Katz, Holbrook, O'Connor
Noes:
Council members: None
Abstain:
Council members: None
Absent:
Councilmembeffi: None
ATTEST:
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Maria M. Stewart, ity Clerk
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