HomeMy WebLinkAbout24350 RESOLUTION NO. 24350
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, MODIFYING USER FEES
FOR ANNUAL VACANT COMMERCIAL BUILDING
MONITORING AND AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE
FEE SCHEDULE ADOPTED BY RESOLUTION NO. 23854.
WHEREAS, the City, under various statutory provisions under California
Government Code, may set and collect fees for the costs of providing a particular
service; and
WHEREAS, the City Council on July 15, 2015, adopted Resolution No. 23854
approving a user fee study and approving the Comprehensive Fee Schedule; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to adopt an Annual Vacant Commercial
Building Monitoring fee to reflect the reasonable costs of administering a program for
identifying and monitoring the maintenance of all vacant commercial buildings in the
City.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS FINDS, DETERMINES,
AND RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
A. City staff has reasonably analyzed the fee for an Annual Vacant
Commercial Building Monitoring program. The City Council has adopted a new vacant
commercial building monitoring program, and has determined owners of affected
properties should be subject to a fee to cover the City's administration costs for
administering the program.
B. The Annual Vacant Commercial Building Monitoring fee shall be adopted
to cover some of the City's costs and expenses associated with administering the
vacant commercial building monitoring program.
C. The cost of such services should be borne by those who are the special
beneficiaries rather than the citizenry at large.
D. There is a reasonable relationship between the amount of the fee and the
estimated probable cost of providing the type of service for which the fee is imposed.
E. The fees do not exceed the estimated reasonable cost of providing the
service for which the fee is charged.
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SECTION 2. FEES IMPOSED.
A. The City Council hereby adopts and imposes a new fee for Annual Vacant
Commercial Building Monitoring. The Comprehensive Fee Schedule, identifying
Building Department Fees, as shown on Page 10, relating to Vacant Buildings shall be
revised to include the following new fee:
VACANT BUILDINGS
Annual Vacant Commercial Building Monitoring $1,900.00
B. Each person required to comply with the provisions of Chapter 8.80.150 of
the Palm Springs Municipal Code shall pay the fee at the time they file either annual
registration or renewal.
C. On July 1 st of each year, the fee for a Mural Permit shall be automatically
adjusted in the same manner as the other fees and charges identified in the
Comprehensive Fee Schedule.
SECTION 3. SEVERABILITY.
Each component of the fees and all portions of this Resolution are severable.
Should any individual component of the fee or other provision of this Resolution be
adjudged to be as invalid, the remaining provisions shall be fully effective, and the fee
shall be fully effective except as to that portion that has been judged to be invalid.
SECTION 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The fee for the Annual Vacant Commercial Building Monitoring adopted by this
Resolution shall be effective upon adoption of this Resolution.
SECTION 5. COMPREHENSIVE FEE SCHEDULE.
The Director of Finance is hereby authorized and directed to incorporated said
modifications and fees into the Comprehensive Fee Schedule, adopted by Resolution
No. 23854.
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PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED BY THE PALM SPRINGS CITY
COUNCIL THIS 3RD DAY OF JANUARY, 2018.
David H. Ready, Esq.,
City Manager
ATTEST:
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hony J. M ji ,
City Clerk
CERTIFICATION
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss.
CITY OF PALM SPRINGS )
I, ANTHONY J. MEJIA, City Clerk of the City of Palm Springs, hereby certify that
Resolution No. 24350 is a full, true and correct copy, and was duly adopted at a regular
meeting of the City Council of the City of Palm Springs on the 3`d day of January, 2018,
by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Holstege, Kors, Middleton, Mayor Pro Tern Roberts, and
Mayor Moon
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of
the City of Palm Springs, California, this 2. day of
thony J.
City Clerk