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Amending Section 61.302, Application forms and fees, of the Saint Paul Legislative Code, pertaining to fees for zoning reviews and applications.
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WHEREAS, Fees for zoning applications have not been reviewed or increased since 2005; and
WHEREAS, The Saint Paul Planning Commission, in Resolution 10-74, initiated a study to review fees charged for zoning applications and zoning reviews to determine if the fees reflect the costs to the City of processing the applications and to determine if there are zoning reviews for which fees have not yet been established; and
WHEREAS, The completed study was reviewed by the Zoning Committee of the Planning Commission on October 14, 2010, and the full Planning Commission considered the study and approved it with revisions in Resolution 10-78 on October 22,2010, and forwarded it to the City Council; and
WHEREAS, The City Council has accepted the study as the basis for this ordinance and incorporates it herein by reference; and
WHEREAS, A public hearing before the City Council having been conducted on December 15, 2010, at which all interested parties were given an opportunity to be heard, the Council having considered all the facts and recommendations concerning the amendments; NOW, THEREFORE
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAINT PAUL DOES ORDAIN
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That Section 61.302. Application forms and fees be amended as follows.
(b) Fee schedule. Fees for the following zoning control applications shall be as follows:
(1) Site plan review:
a. One hundred ten dollars ($110.00)Two hundred dollars ($200.00) residential, one (1) to four (4)two (2) dwelling units.
b. Four hundred thirty-five dollars ($435.00)Five hundred dollars ($500.00) up to twenty-five thousand (25,000)ten thousand (10,000) square feet of land and eighty-five dollars ($85.00)two hundred dollars ($200.00) for each additional twenty-five thousand (25,000)ten thousand (10,000) square feet of land for all other uses, and an additional fee of two hundr...
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