Chapter 3.45
MASTER FEE SCHEDULE

Sections:

3.45.010    Established – Purpose.

3.45.010 Established – Purpose.

A. The City Council shall adopt, by resolution, a master fee schedule, indicating therein the fees for all services, administrative acts and other legally required fees, which resolution may be amended from time to time and shall be effective upon first reading and approval; provided, however, such resolutions may specify therein their applicability, if any, to applications currently in the process of review.

B. A copy of the master fee schedule shall be maintained in the office of the City Clerk and in each department of the City.

C. The fees set forth in the master fee schedule may be waived by the waiving authority, as defined in subsection (D) of this section, in accordance with the following procedures:

1. Any person requesting an abatement of a fee herein charged shall request said abatement in writing, addressed to the waiving authority, and shall set forth herein, with specificity, the reasons for requesting said abatement of all or any portion of the fees.

2. The waiving authority shall conduct a public hearing, notice of which is not required to be published. Notice of said public hearing shall be given to the applicant and to any party or parties requesting notice of same.

3. Prior to abating all or any portion of a fee established in the master fee schedule, the waiving authority shall find a peculiar economic hardship or other injustice would result to the applicant which outweighs, when balanced against, the need of the City revenue and the need for a uniform method of recovering same from those against whom it is imposed.

D. “Waiving authority,” as the term is used herein, shall mean the City Manager, or his designee, if the amount of such waiver is less than or equal to the greater of (1) $2,500 or (2) 25 percent of the fee imposed by the master fee schedule. If the amount of the waiver is greater than the greater of $2,500 or 25 percent of the original fee imposed by the master fee schedule, the “waiving authority,” as used herein, shall mean the City Council.

E. If the waiving authority in a particular fee waiver matter is the City Manager, or his designee,

the decision of the city manager, or his designee, may be appealed to the city council by any person, including, but not limited to, the members of the city council. If the waiving authority is not the city council, then the waiving authority shall provide notice of his decision to waive the fee set forth in the master fee schedule by distributing a copy of said notice of decision to each member of the city council and to the city clerk. Said notice of decision shall be deemed a public record. (Ord. 2506 § 1, 1992; Ord. 2375 § 1, 1990; Ord. 2373 § 1, 1990; Ord. 2066 § 1, 1984; Ord. 1818 § 1, 1978).