HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Resolution 13612 (REST)RESOLUTION NO. 13612
RESOLUTION OF THE SAN RAFAEL CITY COUNCIL WAIVING PAYMENT OF
FEES FOR USE PERMIT APPLICATIONS FOR SAN RAFAEL CONGREGATIONS
PARTICIPATING IN THE ROTATING EMERGENCY SHELTER TEAM (REST)
PROGRAM DURING 2013
WHEREAS, The City's Zoning Code requires a conditional use permit for homeless
shelters in the majority of the City's zoning districts. The fee for a conditional use permit is
$4,305 per application; and
WHEREAS, City Council Resolution 11025 (policy for consideration of fee waiver requests
for planning and building permits) sets forth procedures for waiving planning application fees
from non-profit applicants providing services to low-income persons up to $2,000 and gives the
City Council discretion for granting fee waiver requests in excess of the $2,000 maximum; and
WHEREAS, In September 2009, the Vineyard Christian Fellowship Church, San Rafael
United Methodist Church, First Presbyterian Church, Unitarian Universalist Church of Marin and
Christ Presbyterian Church, submitted a letter requesting a fee waiver of all planning fees relating
to securing Use Permits to operate an open rotating shelter program for the homeless and the
Marin Community Foundation offered to fund all fees in excess of $4,000; and
WHEREAS, at its October 5, 2009 meeting the City Council unanimously supported the
waiver of planning application fees for use permit applications beyond the $4,000 offer made by
the Marin Community Foundation for each application, subject to requests being made to the
Foundation by the churches; and
WHEREAS, In 2010 and 2011 no San Rafael congregations participated in the REST
program and only First Presbyterian Church participated in 2012; and
WHEREAS, San Rafael congregations, including First Presbyterian Church, plan to
participate in the REST program in future years. Each congregation will be applying for an
individual conditional use permit to cover a three year period with an annual report on the
program provided to the Planning Commission and City Council,
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of San Rafael hereby
waives all Use Permit application fees for San Rafael congregations that apply for conditional use
permits in 2013 to participate in the REST program; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this fee waiver is a one-time exception from
Resolution 11025 for Use Permit planning applications received from San Rafael congregations
for 2013.
I, ESTHER BEIRNE, Clerk of the City of San Rafael, hereby certify that the foregoing
Resolution was duly and regularly introduced and adopted at a regular meeting of the City
Council of the City of San Rafael, held on Monday the 16`' day of September 2013, by the
following vote, to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers: Colin, Connolly, Heller, McCullough & Mayor Phillips
NOES: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: None
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ESTHE,R BEIRNE, City Clerk