HomeMy WebLinkAboutordinance.council.082-81FORM lo C.F. HOECKEL B. B, ~ I. cO.
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ORDINANCE NO.
(Series of 19~81)
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE LAND ~.U~SE APPLICATION FEES
CHARGED BY THE ASPEN-PITKIN PLANNING OFFICE
WHEREAS, the Aspen City Council has adopted a policy of
reviewing the City's fee structures to bring them more into line
with the increasing costs of service provision; and
WHEREAS, the ~pen-Pitkin Planning Office has determined that
the current fee structure for the processing of Land Use Applica-
tions, which is found in Sections 20-20, 2~-3.3, 24-8.27 and 24-
12.5 of the Aspen Municipal Code does not accurately reflect the
current costs of providing the necessary level of services asso-
ciated with the land use code administration function; and
WHEREAS, the ~pen City Council wishes to revise the current
land use application fee structure over a two year period whereby
during 1982 the fees offset 50~ of the total cost of the land use
code administration function, while in 1983 and thereafter, the
fees will offset 100% of the total cost of the land use code
administration function; and
WHEREAS, the various land use applications which may be sub-
mitted to the Planning Office, based on various provisions of the
Municipal Code, can be categorized into the following review pro-
cesses;
I.
II.
and,
III ·
IV.
GMP/Subd iv is ion/PUD
1. Conceptual Submission
2. Preliminary Plat
3. Final Plat
Subd ivis ion/PUD
1. Conceptual Submission
2. Preliminary Plat
3. Final Plat
Except ion/Exemption/Re zoning
Special Review
WHEREAS, the Planning Office has determined the total cost of
the City's land use code administration function, which includes
the cost of processing land use applications, responding to
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routine public inquiry and initiating routine code amendments,
and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that a "Base Fee"
should be established for each type of review process which when
considered in relation to the number of applications expected
during the forthcoming year, and will have the effect of off-
setting 50% of the total cost of the land use administration func-
tion at this time, and
WHEREAS, the Planning Office has reviewed the averge time
historically required to process land use applications and has
identified that numDer of hours on the table below, and
WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to provide for "Additional
Billings" to cover the additional costs incurred by the City when
the processing of a Land Use Application by the Planning Office
takes more time than is covered in the base fee structure.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ASPEN, COLORADO:
Section 1
That the categories of review processes, base fees and
Planning Office averge time requirements for the processing of
Land Use Applications are established as follows:
Planning Office
Category
I. GMP/Subd iv is ion/PUD
1. Conceptual Submission 20
2. Preliminary Plat 12
3. Final Plat 6
II. Subdivision/PUD
1. Conceptual Submission 14
2. Preliminary Plat 9
3. Final Plat 6
III. Except ion/Exempt ion/Re zoning ii
IV. Special Review 5
Hours Base Fee
$ 850.00
525.00
275.00
625.00
400.00
275.00
475.00
225.00
Section 2
That the Planning Office staff be required to keep an accu-
rate record of the actual time required for the processing of each
Land Use Application and that "Additional Billings" will occur
commensurate with the additional costs incurred by the City when
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the processing of an Application takes more time that is covered
in the base fee.
Section 3
That the following guidelines for the administration of the
fee structure hereinabove are established:
(1) In no case will the fee charged be less than the appli-
cable "Base Fee", and
(2) Fees charged for the processing of applications which
fall into more than one category shall be cumulative,
while the fees charged for the processing of applica-
tions within the same category shall not be cumulative,
and
(3) "Additional Billings" will be based solely on processing
time spent by members of the Planning Office in the pro-
cessing of an application, and
(4) "Additional billing" will be computed at the rate of
$45.00 per hour of additional Planning Office staff time
required, and
(5) The Planning Office shall establish appropriate
guidelines for the collection of "Additional Billings"
as required, and
(6) This fee structure shall be reviewed annually in Decem-'
bet of each year and adjusted appropriately, such
adjustments to take effect on January 1.
Section 4
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or
portion of this ordinance is for any reason held invalid or
unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, such
portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct and independent
provision and such holding shall not affect the validity of the
remaining portions thereof.
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Section 5
A public nearin~ on the ordinance shall be held on the J~
day of ~-~-~/~~/ , 1981, at 5:00 P.M. in
the City Council Chambers, Aspen City Hall, Aspen, Colorado.
INTRODUCED, READ AND ORDERED Published as provided by law by
the City Council of the City of Aspen on the /~ay of
~ , 1981.
'-~; Herman Edel, Mayor
ATTEST:
FINALLY adopted, passed and approved on this
~ , 1981.
Herman Edel, Mayor
day of
G'i-t y Clerk
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STATE OF COLORADO )
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COUNTY OF PITKIN )
CERTIFICATE
I, Kathryn S. Koch, City Clerk of Aspen, Colorado,
do hereby certify that the above and foregoing ordinance was
introduced,~ read in full., and passed on ~~'
reading at a regular meeting of the City Council of the
City of Aspen on ~/~, 19 ~< and published
in the Aspen Times a weekly newspaper of general circul-
ation, published in the City of Aspen, Colorado, in its
issue of ~~F~,~ /~ _, 19 ~, and was finally adopted
and approved at a regular meeting of the City CoUncil on
.~ ~ , 19 ~, and ordered published as
Ordinance No. f~ , Series of 19~, of said City, as
provided by law.
IN
the seal of said City of Aspen7 Colorado, this
day of~~. , 19 ~/..
SEAL
I have hereunto set my hand and
Deputy City clerk