Lake County Municipal Code Art. XXVIII Master Fee Schedule

The intent of having a Lake County Master Fee Schedule is to provide the public and others in the County with one (1) document that has all fees for services authorized by the Board of Supervisors.

The purpose is to facilitate review and update of the Master Fee Schedule at reasonable and timely intervals, and to provide for ease of use and access to fees for services, charges, and to promote a better understanding by the public of all fees charged by the County of Lake. Such fees shall in no case exceed the actual cost of providing the service in compliance with Article XIIB, Section 8(c) of the California Constitution.

(Ord. No. 3056, § 1, 1-10-2017)

The Master Fee Schedule shall contain the County of Lake and State approved fees for permits, services, and other such legal instruments which grant permission or authority to conduct specific activities or to exercise a certain privilege.

(Ord. No. 3056, § 1, 1-10-2017)

The Master Fee Schedule including, but not limited to, fee type, fee amount and the department providing the service, may be adopted and amended by a Resolution of the Board of Supervisors by majority vote, noticed pursuant to Government Code Section 66016 et seq., during the annual budget process, and at other times of the fiscal year as necessary, provided, however, such resolutions may specify therein their applicability, if any, to applications currently in the process of review.

To the extent allowed by law or regulation, fees shall be annually amended to reflect increases in the cost of providing the service including, but not limited to, increases resulting from changes in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) calculated using the United States Department of Labor's Consumer Price Index for All Urban Customers in the San Francisco/Oakland/San Jose, CA. metropolitan area. Notwithstanding CPI increases, fee increases shall be based upon and supported by cost studies that provide reasonable substantiation of the cost of providing the service.

Portions of fees and charges in the Master Fee Schedule which are mandated by State or Federal law may be automatically adjusted without benefit of an amending resolution when it is necessary to timely apply adjustments to said fees and charges in order to maintain compliance with State or Federal law. Individual fees and charges or portions thereof may be waived by the State or Federal government if in the public interest.

(Ord. No. 3056, § 1, 1-10-2017)

The amount of any fee listed in the Master Fee Schedule shall be a debt to the County of Lake if services are received. Any person failing to pay a fee shall be liable to an action in the name of the County in any court of competent jurisdiction for the amount of the fee and the penalty imposed on such non-payment.

(Ord. No. 3056, § 1, 1-10-2017)