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Council Meeting: April 14, 1992
TO: Mayor and city Council
FROM: City staff
SUBJECT: Adoption of Resolution Modifying planning, Zoning and
Land Use Fees
Introduction
This report recommends that the City Council adopt the attached
resolution eliminating planning processing fees for affordable
housing projects. The fee waiver was approved in concept by the
City Council on April 7, 1992.
BACKGROUND
At the April 7, 1992 Council meeting, the council approved a
motion that included a provision to waive planning processing
fees
for
affordable
housing
projects
which
are
100%
deed-restricted for occupancy by lOw- and moderate-income
residents. The attached resolution accomplishes this objective.
Qualified pending projects which have not yet been approved, as
well as future projects, would be entitled to the fee waiver.
BUDGET/FINANCIAL IMPACT
The elimination of planning processing fees for affordable
housing developments would have a minimal fiscal impact. Due to
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the low numbers of such projects,
such impact would not be
significant, likely amounting to less than $10,000 per year.
RECOMMENDATION
It is respectfully recommended that the city council adopt the
attached resolution amending Planning fee requirements for
affordable housing developments.
Prepared by: D. Kenyon Webster
Paul Berlant, LOTH Director
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city Council Meeting 4-14-92
Santa Monica, California
RESOLUTION NUMBER 8384(CCS)
(City Council Series)
AN RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SANTA MONICA MODIFYING
PLANNING, ZONING AND LAND USE FEES
WHEREAS, the Santa Monica Task Force On Homelessness ("Task
Force") has recommended that the City Council adopt measures to
promote the development of affordable housing in Santa Monica;
and
WHEREAS, the Task Force has found that the city's planning
and zoning restrictions and implementation make it difficult to
develop affordable housing within the city limits, and has
recommended the modification or elimination of current zoning
regulations which slow down or prohibit the development of a
range of housing opportunities for the homeless and special needs
populations; and
WHEREAS, Mun~cipal Code Section 9210 authorizes the setting
of planning, zoning, and land use fees by resolution, and
WHEREAS, the city Council has adopted Resol ution Number
7607 (CCS) and Resolution Number 8082 (CCS) setting planning,
zoning and land use fees, and
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WHEREAS, it is necessary to amend these fees with respect
to affordable housing in order to encourage the development of
such housing in the City,
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA
MONICA DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Residential housing projects in which 100% of
the dwelling units are restricted for occupancy by low or
moderate income households shall be exempt from the fees
established by Resolution No. 7607 (CCS) and 8082 (CCS).
SECTION 2 .
Residential housing projects meeting the
requirements of section 1 of this Resolution for which
applications have been submitted but which have not yet been
approved shall be entitled to a refund of any fees from which
they would otherwise be exempt pursuant to this Resolution.
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.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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City Attorney
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Adopted and approved this l4th day of April, 1992.
I hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 8384(CCS)
was duly adopted by the City council of the City of Santa Monica
at a meeting thereof held on April 14 r 1992 by the following
Council vote:
Ayes: Councilmembers: Abdo , Genser, Holbrook, Katz,
Olsen, Vazquez, Zane
Noes: councilmembers: None
Abstain: Councilmembers: None
Absent: Councilmembers: None
ATTEST:
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