HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 1851 (Cost Comparison System)CLERK'S CERTIFICATE
I, JEANNE M. LEONCINI, Clerk of the City of San Rafael, and Ex -Officio Clerk of the
Council of said City, do hereby certify that the foregoing Charter Ordinance No. 1851 entitled:
"AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN RAFAEL AMENDING
CHAPTER 3.34 OF THE SAN RAFAEL MUNICIPAL CODE ESTABLISHING A FEE AND
SERVICE CHARGE REVENUE / COST COMPARISON SYSTEM, BY REVISING SECTION
3.34.040"
is a true and correct copy of an Ordinance of said City and was introduced at a REGULAR
meeting of the City Council of the City of San Rafael, held on the 4th day of June, 2007,
a SUMMARY of Ordinance No. 1851 was published as required by City Charter in the MARIN
INDEPENDENT JOURNAL, a newspaper published in the City of San Rafael, and passed and
adopted as an Ordinance of said City at a REGULAR meeting of the City Council of said City,
held on the 18th day of June, 2007, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: Heller, Miller, Phillips and Vice -Mayor Cohen
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSTAINING: COUNCILMEMBERS: Mayor Boro, due to absence from meeting
of 6/4/07
WITNESS my hand and the official
seal of the City of San Rafael this
22nd day of June, 2007
JLANNE M. L ONCI
City Clerk
ORDINANCE NO. 1851
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN
RAFAEL, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING CHAPTER 3.34 OF THE SAN
RAFAEL MUNICIPAL CODE ESTABLISHING A FEE AND SERVICE
CHARGE REVENUE/COST COMPARISON SYSTEM, BY REVISING
SECTION 3.34.040.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN RAFAEL DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
Division 1. Chapter 3.34, Section 3.34.040, of the San Rafael Municipal Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Section 3.34.040: Schedule of Fees and Service Charqes
(a) The City Manager, Finance Director and each City department head, under the
direction of the City Manager, shall review periodically the fees and service charges
listed following, and prepare a proposed "MASTER FEE SCHEDULE" for adoption by
the City Council, as originally proposed or as modified in the form of a resolution, so as
to recover the listed percentage of costs reasonably borne necessary to provide the
listed regulation, product or service.
Reference No. Product or Service
General Services
T-01.01.10
NSF Check Processing
T-01.02.10
Business Application Review
T-01.02.12
Regulatory License Processing
T-01.02.13
Business License Renewal Processing
T-01.02.14
Business Improvement District Support
T-01.02.15
Business License Listing
T-01.03.10
Agenda Subscription Service
T-01.03.20
Minutes Subscription Service
T-01.04.20
Reproduction Work/Copies
T-01.04.30
Bound Reports
T-01.04.40
Annual Budget/CAFR /Audit
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% of cost
Recovery Footnote
100%
100%
100%
100%
0%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
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% of cost
Reference No.
Product or Service
Recovery
T-01.04.50
Microfilming Copies
100%
T-01.05.10
Municipal Code Book
100%
T-01.05.20
Certification of Documents
100%
T-01.05.22
Animal Control Fees
0%
T-01.06.10 - 20
Public Use of Council Chambers
100%
T-01.06.30
Downtown Banner Hanging
100%
T-01.06.40
Special Events Permit
100%
T-01.06.41
Special Events Cleaning Deposit
100%
T-01.06.42
Film Location Site Survey
100%
T-01.06.43
Event Planning & Coordination
100%
Development Services
T-05.01.00
Construction Plan Check
100%
T-05.02.00
Construction Inspection
100%
T-05.06.10
Residential Inspection
100%
T-10.01.10
Lot Line Adjustment
100%
T-10.01.20
Small Subdivision Map
100%
T-10.01.30
Tentative Map
100%
T-10.01.50
Rev. to Acreage/Map Amend + Extension
100%
T-10.01.60
Certificate of Compliance
100%
T-10.02.30
Annexation of Property
100%
T-10.02.40
Development Agreement
100%
T-10.03.10
Use Permit (Administrative/Animal)
100%
T-10.03.30
Use Permit (ZA)
100%
T-10.03.40
Use Permit (PC)
100%
T-10.04.10
Variance (ZA)
100%
T-10.04.20
Variance (PC)
100%
T-10.05.20
Design Review STD (Staff/Admin.)
100%
T-10.05.22
Design Review — OTC (Staff/Admin.)
100%
T-10.05.30
Design Review (ZA W/O DRB)
100%
T-10.05.40
Design Review (ZA W/DRB)
100%
T-10.05.50
Design Review SFR (PC)
100%
T-10.05.52
Design Review —All Others (PC)
100%
T-10.05.53
Reasonable Accommodation for Disabled
100%
T-10.06.10
Sign Review (STAFF)
100%
T-10.06.20
Sign Review (PC)
100%
T-10.07.00
Appeal to Planning Commission
100%
T-10.07.10
Appeal to City Council
100%
T-10.08.20
Negative Declaration
100%
T-10.08.30
Environmental Impact Review
100%
T-10.13.10
General Plan Amendment
100%
T-10.13.20
Rezoning
100%
T-10.13.30
Planned District
100%
T-10.13.40
General Plan Maintenance
60%
T-10.14.02
Pre -Application Meeting
55%
T-10.14.10
Project Selection Process
100%
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Footnote
% of cost
Reference No.
Product or Service Recovery
T-10.14.20
Licensing Agreement (outdoor dining)
100%
T-10.14.22
Certificate of Appropriateness
100%
T-10.14.42
Exception Request
100%
T-10.14.50
Certificate of Public Convenience & Necessity
100%
T-10.14.52
Pre -Application Neighborhood Meeting
100%
T-10.14.62
Planning Research
100%
T-10.14.72
Planning Division - Plan Check
100%
T-10.14.82
Archaeology Reference
100%
T-10.15.01
Hotel & Apt Inspection Program
100%
T-10.15.02
Hotel & Apt Second Re -inspection
100%
T-10.15.03
Hotel & Apt Final Inspection
100%
T-10.15.20
Temporary Banner Permit
100%
T-10.15.30
Mitigation/C.U.P. Monitoring
100%
T-10.15.40
Contract Planner/Consultant Admin.
100%
T-11.01.20 - 40
Encroachment Permit
100%
T-11.02.10
Abandonment Processing
100%
T-11.02.20
Baypoint Assessment District
100%
T-11.02.21
Loch Lomond Assessment District
100%
T-11.02.30
Parcel Map Plan Check
100%
T-11.02.40
Parcel Map Plan Check/Council & Agreement
100%
T-11.02.50
Final Map Plan Check & Agreement
100%
T-11.03.12
Improvement Plan Checking
100%
T-11.04.10
Improvement Inspections
100%
T-11.04.50
Curb, Gutter, Driveway Inspection
100%
T-11.06.10
Grading Plan Check
100%
T-11.07.10
Grading Inspection
100%
Engineering Services
T-01.04.60 - 65
T-05.03.00
T-05.04.00
T-11.05.10 - 20
T-11.08.10
T-11.08.20
T-11.09.11
T-11.09.12
T-11.09.20
Maintenance Services
T-13.03.00
Public Safety
T-03.01.10
T-03.01.20
Mapping Services
100%
Refuse Vehicle Impacts- Streets
100%
Construction Vehicle Impacts- Streets
100%
Street Cut Inspection (Utilities)
100%
Water Course Permit
100%
Tide Land Permit
100%
Flood Plain Letter Response
100%
Zoning Research Letter
100%
Property Information Requests
100%
Footnote
7
7
Sewer Service 100% 6
Fingerprinting- Non Criminal 100% 2
Fingerprinting- School Employees 100% 2
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Reference No. Product or Service
T-03.03.00
Concealed Weapon Application Review
T-03.03.20
Concealed Weapon Renewal Review
T-03.05.10
Oversize Load Review
T-03.07.10
Burglar Alarm Permit
T-03.07.12
Police False Alarm Response
T-03.08.10
DUI Restitution
T-03.10.10
Towing Operator Investigation
T-03.10.15
Admin. Towing Fees - Suspended Licenses
T-03.11.14
Parade Permit
T-03.11.18
Special Event Support
T-03.11.22
County Fair Support
T-03.12.10
Clearance Letter
T-03.12.20 - 21
Police Report Copy/Research
T-03.12.30
Photographs
T-03.14.20
Research Time - Subpoenas
T-03.14.30
Duplication Costs- Police Reports
T-03.14.40
Special Process Duplicating
T-03.14.50
Discovery Motions- Criminal
T-03.16.11
Massage Owner — Owner
T-03.16.12
Massage Owner — Owner/Practitioner
T-03.16.13
Massage Owner — Practitioner
T-03.17.00
Fortune Teller Permits
T-03.18.00
Solicitor Permits
T-03.19.00
Taxi Cab P C — Owner/Operator
T-06.01.00
Fire Code Permits
T-06.01.02
Liability for Fire Emergencies
T-06.01.03
Fire Inspection Outside Business Hours
T-06.01.04
Fire Watch
T-06.01.05
Nuisance Alarm
T-06.01.06
Consultative Services — Fire Inspections
T-06.02.01
Fire Code Related Hazardous Materials
Leisure & Cultural Services
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% of cost
Recovery
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
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100%
100%
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100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
Footnote
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Inspections
T-06.02.15
Hazardous Materials — Residential
T-06.02.16
Consultative Services — Hazardous Materials
T-06.03.00
Fire Report
T-06.04.00
Fire Engine Company Inspections
T-06.05.00
Fire Reinspection Services
T-06.07.00
Fire Protection Service to CSA #19
T-06.08.00
Emergency Medical Services
T-06.09.01
Fire and Life Safety Plan Check
T-06.09.02
Expedited Fire Plan Check
T-06.10.01
Fire/EMS Training and Education
Leisure & Cultural Services
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% of cost
Recovery
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
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Footnotes
1. Cost recovery for non -applicant residents is 9% for Planning Appeals and 10% for Council Appeals; all
others are 100%.
2. Maximum allowed by State law.
3. Subject to Statutory Limitation.
4. Cost recovery goal for paid rentals is 100%
5. Subject to Grant limitations
6. Subject to negotiations with contracted third parties involved in service delivery.
7. Subject to limitations of existing assessment district restrictions.
8. Cost is paid by general taxes; fees collected are remitted directly to Animal Services Agency.
9. Library services are a tax -supported program. Nominal fines and fees are established to assist in
management of services and materials.
(b) The hereinabove services as listed in this section shall be as defined in that certain
document entitled "Cost of Services Study for the City of San Rafael dated September,
1997", as produced by Management Services Institute, now known as Revenue &
Costs Specialists, LLC, of Fullerton, California, as amended, a copy of which is on file
with the City Clerk.
(c) The schedule of frequency of rate adjustments may be varied by the City Manager to
adjust revenues sufficient to meet debt service coverage requirements, of any bond,
certificate, or ordinance, resolution, indenture, contract, or action under which securities
have been issued by the City which contain any coverage factor requirement.
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% of cost
Reference No.
Product or Service
Recovery
Footnote
T-07.01.10- 07.05.30
Library Fines, Fees and Rentals
5%
9
T-07.07.10 - 40
Falkirk Rentals
100%
T-07.07.20
Falkirk Programs
100%
T-08.00.01
Adult Recreation Programs
75%
T-08.00.02
Youth Recreation Programs
75%
T-08.00.03
Senior Recreation Programs
30%
T-08.00.06
Recreation Facility Rentals
50%
4
T-08.06.10
Childcare Program
100%
T-08.06.11
Childcare—Latchkey
100%
5
T-08.06.12
Childcare—Pickleweed Grant
100%
5
Footnotes
1. Cost recovery for non -applicant residents is 9% for Planning Appeals and 10% for Council Appeals; all
others are 100%.
2. Maximum allowed by State law.
3. Subject to Statutory Limitation.
4. Cost recovery goal for paid rentals is 100%
5. Subject to Grant limitations
6. Subject to negotiations with contracted third parties involved in service delivery.
7. Subject to limitations of existing assessment district restrictions.
8. Cost is paid by general taxes; fees collected are remitted directly to Animal Services Agency.
9. Library services are a tax -supported program. Nominal fines and fees are established to assist in
management of services and materials.
(b) The hereinabove services as listed in this section shall be as defined in that certain
document entitled "Cost of Services Study for the City of San Rafael dated September,
1997", as produced by Management Services Institute, now known as Revenue &
Costs Specialists, LLC, of Fullerton, California, as amended, a copy of which is on file
with the City Clerk.
(c) The schedule of frequency of rate adjustments may be varied by the City Manager to
adjust revenues sufficient to meet debt service coverage requirements, of any bond,
certificate, or ordinance, resolution, indenture, contract, or action under which securities
have been issued by the City which contain any coverage factor requirement.
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The City Manager may vary the review schedule listed in this Section if, in the judgment
of the City Manager and a directly affected and requesting department head, a gross
inequity would be perpetrated by not revising the "MASTER FEE SCHEDULE".
Division 2.
The adoption of this Ordinance is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act
(Public Resources Code Section 21080 et seq.), because it improves and sets forth a
procedure for determining fees for purposes of meeting the operating expenses of city
departments, as set forth in Public Resources Code Section 21080(b)(8).
Division 3.
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance is for any
reason held to be invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of
this Ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would have adopted the Ordinance
and each section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that
any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared invalid.
Division 4.
A summary of this Ordinance shall be published and a certified copy of the full text of
this Ordinance shall be posted in the office of the City Clerk at least five (5) days prior to the
Council meeting at which it is adopted.
This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect thirty (30) days after its final passage,
and the summary of this Ordinance shall be published within fifteen (15) days after adoption,
together with the names of the Council members voting for or against same, in the Marin
Independent Journal, a newspaper of general circulation published and circulated in the City of
San Rafael, County of Marin, State of California.
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Within fifteen (15) days after adoption, the City Clerk shall also post in the office of the
City Clerk, a certified copy of the full text of this Ordinance along with the names of those
Council members voting for or against the Ordinance.
Paul M. Cohen, Vice -Mayor
Attest:
Jeanne M. Leoncini, City Clerk
The foregoing Ordinance Number 1851 was read and introduced at a regular meeting
of the City Council of the City of San Rafael on the 4t' day of June, 2007 and ordered passed
to print by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: Heller, Miller, Phillips and Vice -Mayor Cohen
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: Mayor Boro
and will come up for adoption as an ordinance of the City of San Rafael at a regular meeting
of the Council to be held on the 18th day of June, 2007.
r --,-,c Jeanne M. Leoncini, City Clerk
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