El Centro Municipal Code Art. II Fees

(a) Processing fees. The city council shall adopt a processing fee schedule by resolution for the following:

(1) Tentative maps.

(2) Final maps.

(3) Parcel maps.

(4) Reversions to acreage.

(5) Adjustment plats.

(6) Certificates of compliance.

(7) Environmental review of applications pursuant to this chapter.

(b) Sanitary sewer and water fee. The city has prepared, adopted and approved a master sewer and water operations plan. This master sewer and water plan outlines a projection of needs to provide for future growth and development in the city. To implement and provide for the necessary additions to the plan and systems, the following program is necessary. A fee schedule will be set by resolution adopted by the city council based upon equivalent dwelling unit (EDU).

The developer/owner shall, at the time of obtaining building permit, pay to the city the above-referenced fees in full. Upon request, the developer/owner may enter into an agreement with the city which is recordable, is binding on successors in interest, and is approved by resolution of the city council to pay the fee with interest at the prime rate as published in the Wall Street Journal plus two (2) percent over a two-year period; provided that the fee to be paid is five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) or more. The city council may authorize the city manager and/or city finance director to execute any agreements or other documents for, and on behalf of the city, which agreements or documents shall be approved as to form by the city attorney. No building permit shall be issued until such fee is paid in full or until the developer/owner enters into an approved agreement to pay the fee over a two-year period as provided in this subsection.

These fees shall also be paid before a building permit will be issued for any building or addition that creates an intensified use of the property over that which was previously existing on the building site. The city engineer is authorized, when substantiating documentation is submitted by the developer/owner of prior number of bedrooms and/or square footage of building for commercial or industrial development, to credit the developer or owner for that prior usage against this sanitary sewer and water fee. Said intensified use is applicable to the scheduled fees and said intensified use is defined as a development for which a building permit must be issued and which will result in a net increase in occupancy and/or impact to the sewer and water system. The fees paid pursuant to this section shall be accounted for and used as provided in section 66483 of the Government Code.

(1) Notwithstanding, when the city has adopted by resolution a policy to address sanitary sewer and water fee payments for specific residential areas of the city, and based upon findings of public health, safety and welfare, the basis for and amount of the fee, timing and payment terms shall be governed by the resolution adopted containing such a policy. Notwithstanding, in no event shall the time for payment be longer than five (5) years.

(c) Drainage fee. The subdivider shall, at the time of submitting a final map, pay to the city a drainage fee as set by resolution adopted by the city council. No final map or parcel map shall be approved by the city until the drainage fee has been paid in full. Fees collected hereunder shall be segregated and deposited into a drainage facilities fund of the city. This fund and the interest accruing thereto shall be expended solely for the design and construction of the city's drainage facilities.

(d) Parks and recreation fee. The subdivider shall dedicate land to the city for park and recreational purposes or pay a fee in lieu thereof, or both, as provided in article V of this chapter.

(Ord. No. 08-10, § 1; Ord. No. 13-21, § 1; Ord. No. 22-05, § 2, 9-20-22)