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HomeMy WebLinkAbout24138 RESOLUTION NO. 24138 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, MODIFYING USER FEES FOR VACATION RENTAL REGISTRATION AND RENEWAL FEES 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, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 23854 approving a user fee study and approving the Comprehensive Fess Schedule; and WHEREAS, the City Council desires to adopt Vacation Rental Registration and Renewal Fees to reflect the reasonable costs of the vacation rental administration program. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS DOES HEREBY FIND, DETERMINE AND RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. FINDINGS. a. City staff has completed an analysis of fees for Vacation Rental Registration and Renewal Fees. b. The Vacation Rental Registration and Renewal fees shall be adopted to cover some the City's costs and expenses associated with providing administration of the Vacation Rental 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 reasonable cost of providing the type of service for which the fee is imposed. e. The fees do not exceed estimated reasonable cost of providing the service for which the fee is charged. SECTION 2. FEES IMPOSED. a. The City Council adopted and imposes Vacation Rental Registration and Renewal fees as provided in Exhibit A, attached hereto and incorporated by reference. Resolution No. 24138 Page 2 b. Each person requesting to receive either a new registration or a registration renewal on a vacation rental home shall pay the fee at the time they apply for either registration or renewal. C. On July 1st of each year, the fees and charges shall be automatically adjusted by an amount equal to the percentage of increase or decrease in total employee compensation for the current fiscal year's adopted budget versus the new fiscal year's adopt budget as last computed at the budget public hearing, to reflect the cost-of-living changes and to ensure that changing economic conditions do no impair the real value of the fees and charges. 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 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 fees imposed by Section 2 of this Resolution shall be effective on December 1, 2016 for new registration applications, and shall be effective on January 1, 2017 for renewals. SECTION 5. COMPREHENSIVE FEE SCHEDULE. The Director of Finance is hereby authorized and directed to incorporate said modifications and fees into the Comprehensive Fee Schedule, adopted by Resolution No. 23854. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED BY THE PALM SPRINGS CITY COUNCIL THIS 30TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2016. DAVID H. READY, C NAGER ATTEST: MES THOMPSON, CITY CLERK Resolution No. 24138 Page 3 CERTIFICATION STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss. CITY OF PALM SPRINGS ) 1, JAMES THOMPSON, City Clerk of the City of Palm Springs, hereby certify that Resolution No. 24138 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 30t' day of November, 2016, by the following vote: AYES: Councilmember Kors, Councilmember Roberts, and Mayor Moon. NOES: Councilmember Foat. ABSENT: Mayor Pro Tern Mills. ABSTAIN: None. ES THOMPSON, CITY CLERK City of Palm Springs, California IZ/o it Zo t Resolution No. 24138 Page 4 EXHIBIT A VACATION RENTAL REGISTRATION AND RENEWAL FEES Vacation Rental Fees: New Registration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 900. Renewal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 900.