Mountain House Municipal Code Ch. 9 Fees

The intent of this Chapter is to establish fees necessary to offset the City's cost to administer applications required by this Title.

(Ord. 2024-18, § 1(Exh. A), 2024)

The City Council shall, by Resolution, adopt a fee schedule for the development applications required by this Title.

(Ord. 2024-18, § 1(Exh. A), 2024)

Fees shall be required, pursuant to this Chapter, of a municipal corporation, the State of California, political subdivisions of the State of California, or the United States of America.

(Ord. 2024-18, § 1(Exh. A), 2024)

All fees shall be nonrefundable except:

(a) Lack of Jurisdiction. Where the City does not have jurisdiction to act on an application, a one hundred percent (100%) refund shall be given; or

(b) Lack of Notification. Where notification of the project is required and such notification has not been served, a refund, not to exceed fifty percent (50%), may be given.

(Ord. 2024-18, § 1(Exh. A), 2024)

The fee required for a Preapplication Conference for Mountain House development applications shall be a separate fee, paid in addition to the fee required for the parent application.

(Ord. 2024-18, § 1(Exh. A), 2024)

The fee required for a Notice of Preparation shall be deducted from the Environmental Impact Report Fee.

(Ord. 2024-18, § 1(Exh. A), 2024)

The fee required for a Specific Plan, Environmental Impact Report, or Monitoring and Reporting Plan may be paid by means of a schedule of payments agreed to by the Director and the applicant.

(Ord. 2024-18, § 1(Exh. A), 2024)

In addition to the fees specified in this code, the following penalty fees shall be required for projects subject to enforcement proceedings:

(a) Whenever an application is made to correct a violation where a citation has been issued, or two (2) weeks notice has been given, the cost of the application shall be two (2) times the application fee normally charged for the application, up to a maximum of five hundred dollars ($500) over the application fee normally charged.

(b) Whenever a change of use or occupancy occurs within eighteen (18) months of its approval, and subsequent approval(s) as required by this Code have not been obtained, fees shall be nine (9) times the application fee(s) normally required to bring the use or occupancy into compliance with this Code.

(Ord. 2024-18, § 1(Exh. A), 2024)

Whenever more than one (1) legislative application type is required for a single project and the applications are processed concurrently, the total fee shall be the sum of the most expensive project application type plus one-half (½) the required fee(s) for any remaining project application type(s).

(Ord. 2024-18, § 1(Exh. A), 2024)

At the discretion of the Director of Community Development Department or Director of Public Works, the fee for a project application may be based on the actual County cost of processing the application. The decision to use actual cost of processing shall be based on the extraordinary amount of staff time estimated to process the application. The decision must be made within thirty (30) business days after the application is declared complete. Actual cost shall include employee salaries and benefits, overhead, and materials.

(Ord. 2024-18, § 1(Exh. A), 2024)

The County may use professional services as follows:

(a) When special expertise is required,

(b) To relieve workload peaks,

(c) At the request of an applicant, or

(d) For any other reason deemed appropriate by the Director.

The consultant shall be selected by the Director with the applicant being responsible for the cost of the professional services plus an administrative fee as set by resolution by the City Council.

(Ord. 2024-18, § 1(Exh. A), 2024)

At the discretion of the Director, an application that has been withdrawn may be reinitiated with no fee requirements if the following requirements are met:

(a) Substantially Same. The new application is substantially the same as the withdrawn application;

(b) Processing. Processing of the new application will generally proceed from the point the withdrawn application stopped;

(c) Elapsed Time. Less than eighteen (18) months have elapsed since the application was withdrawn; and

(d) Consistency. The application is consistent with current provisions of this Title.

(Ord. 2024-18, § 1(Exh. A), 2024)

The application processing fee for any permit required to enable an existing use to become a nonconforming use shall be the fee in effect at the time the application is filed plus fifteen percent (15%) of said fee.

(Ord. 2024-18, § 1(Exh. A), 2024)