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HomeMy WebLinkAboutcoa.lu.ca.A012-01 ,-;, CASE NUMBER PARCEL ID # CASE NAME PROJECT ADDRESS PLANNER CASE TYPE OWNER/APPLICANT REPRESENTATIVE DATE OF FINAL ACTION CITY COUNCIL ACTION PZ ACTION ADMIN ACTION BOA ACTION DATE CLOSED BY i"""" A012-01 Fee Ordinance Amendment- Zoning Fees James Lindt/Julie Ann Woods Fee Ordinance Amendment Community Development Department 4/9/01 Ord. 12-2001 Approved 6/1/01 J. Lindt !""",, - , 1"'"'\ ..-, "I 8- MEMORANDUM TO: The Mayor and City Council THRU: Steve Barwick, City Manager FROM: Julie Ann Woods, Community Development Director RE: Amendment to Zoning Fees in Approved 2001 Fee Ordinance DATE: February 12,2001 SUMMARY: The Community Development Director has identified an error in the calculation of zoning fees as was approved in City Council Ordinance 57, series of 2000. An amendment to the approved fee ordinance is required in order to correct the zoning fee scale. City Council has the authority to approve an amendment to the City of Aspen Fees. Staff recommends that City Council approve the requested amendment to the City of Aspen Zoning Fees. APPLICANT: City of Aspen Community Development Department. BACKGROUND: Ordinance 57, series of 2000 approved new building plan check fees by zoning. It was brought to the attention of the Community Development Director that the new fees were in error. The zoning fees .are based on the square footage of a proposed structure that is being reviewed for a building permit. It was found that the new fees that were approved were incorrect in that as the square footage increased over certain thresholds on the fee scale, the fees would decrease rather than increase. The Community Development Staff wishes to correct the zoning fee scale so that as the square footage of a proposed building increases, the fee will as well. Staff also recommends an amendment to include a zoning fee of $25.00 and a plan check fee of $25.00 to pay for the cost of reviewing bear trash containers as is required pursuant to Ordinance 30, Series of 1999. STAFF COMMENTS: A fee ordinance amendment is necessary to correct an error in the zoning plan check fees for building permits. The proposed zoning plan check fees are attached in Exhibit A. The current zoning plan check fees are attached as Exhibit B.Staff offers the following example to illustrate the problem in the current fee schedule. We compare a 3,500 square foot house to a 3,501 square foot house. Pursuant to the approved fees the 3,500 square foot structure would be $890.00 and the fee for the 3,501 square foot structure would be $490.00. The proposed zoning plan check fees would correct this error. The fee ordinance amendment to include a zoning and building plan check fee for bear proof trash containers will help staff pay for the cost of reviewing building permits required for bear proof trash containers. f""", , f""", RECOMMENDATION: The Community Development Department recommends that Council approve the amendment to fee ordinance to allow for the correction of zoning plan check fees as proposed in Exhibit A. RECOMMENDED MOTION: "I move to approve Ordinance No. l~, Series of 2001, allowing the fee ordinance to be amended to cOrrect the zoning plan check fee scale and to include a building and zoning plan check fee for the review of building permits applications for bear proof trash containers". CITY MANAGER'S COMMENTS: EXHIBITS: Exhibit A: Proposed Zoning Plan Check Fees Exhibit B: Approved 2001 Fee Ordinance 2