Costa Mesa Municipal Code § 5-107 Application requirements

A written application shall be made to the Costa Mesa Planning Commission upon forms furnished for same and shall set forth such information as may reasonably be required to carry out the purpose of this chapter. Every building or structure to be relocated shall require a separate application unless the director of planning finds that one application is sufficient to comply with the intent herein as to each legally approved building site.

Each application shall be submitted with the following:

(a) An eight-inch by ten-inch photograph of all sides of the buildings or structures.

(b) An eight-and-one-half-inch by eleven-inch acetate transparency of plot plan.

(c) Ten plot plans, two elevations and two floor plans setting forth the following:

(1) Existing and proposed buildings;

(2) Streets and names;

(3) Distances between centerlines of streets and structures, between property lines and structures on right and left side and rear;

(4) Distances between structures;

(5) Off-street parking spaces (numbered);

(6) Traffic access and driveways;

(7) Landscaping;

(8) Type of fencing, if any;

(9) Enclosed trash areas.

(d) Three elevations of all signs and one colored rendering of all signs.

(e) Draft environmental impact report, negative declaration of exemption declaration as required by the City of Costa Mesa environmental evaluator or planning director.

(f) The sum of money necessary to cover applicable fees and deposits.

(g) Completed work sheet.

(h) Said application shall be signed by the owner(s) of the building site involved or their legal representative and the developer or contractor, if any, other than said owners applying for said permit.

(Ord. No. 75-45, § 2, 9-16-75)

Before the city may act upon any application for a relocation permit the applicant shall submit the following fees and deposit:

(a) Application fees: For each main building or structure $250. For each accessory building with a gross floor area in excess of 600 square feet, $250.

For each accessory building with less than 600 square feet floor area, $100.

(b) Deposit for mileage and inspection fees: Each application shall be accompanied by a deposit of money sufficient to cover the following fees, as determined by the city staff:

(1) Inspection fees charged at the rate of $10 per hour per inspector, minimum of $25 per application, including travel time.

(2) Mileage fees to inspect a building or structure to be moved into the city but which is presently located outside the City of Costa Mesa shall be charged at the rate of twenty cents ($0.20) per mile.

(c) Definitions: For purposes of this section the terms "main building or structure" and "accessory building" shall have the meanings ascribed to them by the zoning ordinance of the City of Costa Mesa.

(d) Identification, liability of participants: The owner(s) of the real property where relocated, the owner(s) of the building or structure being relocated or the persons doing the actual moving shall be sufficiently identified and are liable, jointly and severally, for the payment of all fees due herein.

(Ord. No. 75-45, § 2, 9-16-75)