REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION
SUBMITTED TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
SUBMITTED BY: Oliver Chi, City Manager
PREPARED BY: Ursula Luna-Reynosa, Director of Community Development
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Adopt Resolution No. 2021-17 (Supplemental Fee Resolution 12), establishing Fees and Charges for Use and Operator Permits for Group Homes and Sober Living Homes and Hourly Billing Rates for Code Enforcement Services
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Statement of Issue:
The City has established regulations, standards, and a permitting process for Group Homes and Sober Living Homes. The attached resolution establishes fees intended to offset the costs of permit processing and regulation of group homes and sober living homes. Additionally, a schedule of hourly billing rates for Code Enforcement services is proposed to be adopted and incorporated into the City's Master Fee Schedule.
Financial Impact:
The anticipated revenue impact of adopting fees for processing use permit and operator permit applications for group homes and sober living homes is:
* Initial Year: $400,000
* Future Years: $145,000
These figures represent a full cost recovery of the staff time expected to process each application received. Revenues will offset the costs of permit application review and processing, and are based on total staff hours for each application as identified in the Cost of Service Analysis (Attachment No. 2). Actual revenues will vary based on permit applications received. In the first year of implementation, staff anticipates receiving approximately 110 applications for a Special Use Permit (for facilities with 6 or fewer residents), and approximately 30 applications for a Conditional use Permit and Operator's Permit (for facilities with 7 or more residents), based on Code Enforcement figures of both known and suspected operating facilities.
Initial year revenue projections are anticipated to exceed future year revenue projections, because Special Use Permits, Conditional Use Permits,...
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