CC RES 2018-020 RESOLUTION NO. 2018-20
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
RANCHO PALOS VERDES AMENDING RESOLUTION
NO. 2010-77 TO AMEND THE MASTER SCHEDULE OF
FEES AND CHARGES FOR CITY SERVICES TO ADD A
NEW COMPLIANCE REVIEW FEE AND ASSOCIATED
TRUST DEPOSIT FOR CONSULTANT SERVICES.
WHEREAS, the City of Rancho Palos Verdes conducted an extensive analysis of its
services, the costs reasonably borne by the City in providing those services, the
beneficiaries of those services, and the revenues produced by those paying fees and
charges for services for fiscal year 2008-2009; and,
WHEREAS, after conducting a public hearing, the City adopted Resolution
No. 2010-77 thereby adopting a Master Schedule of Fees and Charges for City services;
and,
WHEREAS, on April 17, 2018, the City introduced Ordinance No. 606, Chapter
17.60 (Conditional Use Permit) of Title 17 (Zoning) of the Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal
Code to clarify a future or compliance review process for conditional use permits; and,
WHEREAS, the City's Planning Division currently processes compliance reviews of
conditional use permits at no cost to an applicant; and,
WHEREAS, on March 15, 2018 and March 29, 2018, a notice of public hearing to be
held on April 17, 2018 was published in the Palos Verdes Peninsula News; and,
WHEREAS, the proposed amendment to the Master Fee Schedule was made
available to the public ten days prior to the City Council's April 17, 2018 public hearing;
and,
WHEREAS, on April 17, 2018, the City Council conducted a duly noticed public
hearing for the proposed new Compliance Review fee; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council deems it necessary to amend the Master Fee
Schedule to add a new Compliance Review fee.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes does
hereby resolve as follows:
Section 1: The facts set forth in the recitals of this Resolution are true and correct
and are incorporated herein by references as though set forth in full.
Section 2: The City Council hereby finds that the adoption of this Resolution
amending Resolution No. 2010-77 to establish a new fee for Future Compliance Reviews is
exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (Public Resources Code Sections
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21080 et. seq.) pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21080(b)(8)(A).
Section 3: The City Council hereby finds that the new fee of $2,950, which is
based on an average estimate of up to 25 hours of Staff time at a fully-burden hourly rate
of approximately$118 for a Project Planner classification, does not exceed the cost to the
City of processing a Compliance Review application, and the requirement to establish a
trust deposit to cover staff time exceeding 25 hours, if applicable and the actual cost
associated with consultant services, such as, but not limited to, the City Attorney, City
Engineer, Traffic Engineer and other Consultants charged against a trust deposit.
Section 4: The City Council hereby approves and adopts the revisions to the
Master Fee Schedule and hereby amends the relevant provisions of Resolution No. 2010-
77 to incorporate the new Compliance Review fee into the Master Fee Schedule attached
hereto as Exhibit "A".
Section 5: Any person paying a given fee who feels that any fee, charge or rate
determined and set is in excess of the percentage of costs reasonably borne by the City
may appeal in writing to the City Council.
Section 6: The amended Master Fee Schedule specified in this Resolution Shall
become effective on June 16, 2018.
Section 7: The City Clerk shall certify to the passage, approval, and adoption of
this Resolution, and shall cause this Resolution and her certification to be entered in the
Book of Resolutions of the City Council.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 17th day of April 2018.
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I, Emily Colborn, City Clerk of the City of Rancho PI .s Verdes, do hereby certify that
the above Resolution No. 2018-20, was duly and re• larly passed and adopted by the
said City Council at a regular meeting thereof held on A pril 17, 2018.
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Exhibit A
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Proposed Compliance Review Fee
The fee for Compliance Review is hereby added as follows.
Permit Proposed Fee
Compliance Review Fee $2,950 (up to 25 hours of staff time) plus
establishing a trust deposit to cover staff time
exceeding 25 hours, if applicable; and the
actual cost for consultant services including, but
not limited to, the City Attorney, City Engineer,
Traffic Engineer and other Consultants.
Resolution No. 2018-20
Exhibit A
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