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Amending Chapter 61 of the Legislative Code pertaining to zoning fees.
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STATEMENT OF FINDINGS BY THE COUNCIL:
WHEREAS, Zoning Code Section 61.302, Application forms and fees, prescribes fees to defray the costs of zoning permits and approvals pursuant to MN Stat. ยงยง 462.351-364, which require fees to be fair, reasonable, and proportionate to the actual cost of the service for which the fee is imposed; require zoning fees to be prescribed by ordinance; and require Planning Commission review and recommendation for Zoning Code amendments; and
WHEREAS, it has been over five years since fees for zoning applications were reviewed by the Zoning Committee of the Planning Commission in 2010 and the Planning Commission recommended amendments to Zoning Code Section 61.302 to increase fees to more fully cover the cost of processing the applications, amendments that were adopted by the City Council in January 2011; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Safety and Inspections (DSI) has proposed a 3% increase in all DSI permit and license fees as part of their 2016 budget, and has proposed an additional increase in fees for site plan and design review for one- and two- family dwellings to more fully cover the cost of this; and
WHEREAS, the costs to the City of various types of zoning reviews and applications, the inflation of these costs since the fees were last increased, and draft amendments to Zoning Code Section 61.302, Application forms and fees, to reflect these costs were reviewed by the Zoning Committee of the Planning Commission on November 24, 2015; and
WHEREAS, the full Planning Commission considered the recommendations of the Zoning Committee on December 4, 2015, and made its recommendations on amendments to Zoning Code Section 61.302, Application forms and fees, in Resolution 15-78 and forwarded them to the City Council; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has accepted the study, review and recommendations of the Planning Commission as the basis for th...
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