R-10058
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City Council Meeting 7-12-05
Santa Monica, California
RESOLUTION NUMBER 10058
( CCS)
(City Council Series)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA SETTING FEES FOR PLANNING DIVISION
REVIEW OF APPLICATIONS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE AND DISCRETIONARY
HEDGEIW ALL/FENCE HEIGHT MODIFICATIONS
WHEREAS, on July 12, 2005. the City Council introduced for first reading an
interim ordinance that, in part, will establish new administrative and discretionary height
modification application and review procedures for owners of fences, wall, and hedges;
and,
WHEREAS, Ordinance Number 1754 (CCS) (the "Ordinance") adopted July 12,
1994, governs the setting of the amount of user fees or fees for services provided to or
for the benefit of particular individuals rather than for the general public; and
WHEREAS, the Ordinance allows such user fees or fees for services to be set by
ordinance, by a resolution adopted by the City Council or by any other means
authorized by law; and
WHEREAS, it is the policy of the City of Santa Monica to charge for the full costs
of services proVided by City Staff when such services benefit individual users rather
than members of the community as a whole; and
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WHEREAS, City staff has prepared an analysis of the estimated reasonable
costs and proposed fees related to these applications; and
WHEREAS, a copy of this analysis and the proposed fees was made available
on July 1, 2005 at the City Clerk's Office; and
WHEREAS, notice of this public hearing and the analysis was published in the
California Section of the Los Angeles Times on June 30. 2005 and July 6. 2005,
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The following application filing fees for Planning Division review of
administrative and discretionary modification to increase fence, wall, and hedge heights
are hereby adopted:
Item Fee
1. Review of Administrative Modification $100.00
Application to Hedge/FencelWall Height
2. Review of Discretionary Modification $200.00
Application to Hedge/FencelWall Height
SECTION 2. Commencing upon July 1, 2006 and on July 1 of each fiscal year
thereafter, all fees established by this resolution shall be administratively revised
annually by a factor equal to the difference in the Los Angeles-Orange-Riverside
Consumer Price Index for Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) for the twelve
(12) month period April through April of the prior fiscal year. No later than July 1, 2010
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and at least five (5) year intervals thereafter, the City will conduct a comprehensive
study of all fees set by this resolution to determine if the fees are adequately recovering
City costs for these services and the results of the comprehensive study shall be
reported to the Council.
SECTION 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution, and
thenceforth and thereafter the same shall be in full force and effect sixty (60) days from
the date of adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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City Attorney
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Adopted and approved this 12th day of July, 2005.
I, Maria Stewart, City Clerk of the City of Santa Monica, do hereby certify
that the foregoing Resolution No. 10058 (CCS) was duly adopted at a meeting of
the Santa Monica City Council held on the 12th day of July, 2005, by the
following vote:
Ayes:
Council members: Mayor O'Connor, Mayor Pro Tem Katz, Bloom,
Genser, Holbrook, McKeown, Shriver
Noes:
Council members: None
Abstain:
Council members: None
Absent:
Council members: None
ATTEST:
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Maria M. Stewart, ity Clerk
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