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1 Ordinance No. 3120
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3 ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 3-41, 3-42, 3-43 AND 3-44 OF THE
BUTTE COUNTY CODE REGARDING CERTAIN FEES CHARGEABLE BY THE
4 BUILDING, LAND DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING DIVISIONS OF THE
DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT FOR PROCESSING APPLICATIONS
5 FOR LAND USE ENTITLEMENTS
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The Berard of Supervisors of the County of Butte ordains as
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follows;
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Section 1. Subsection 10 of Section 4-41, entitled "Building
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Division Fee Schedule", of the Butte County Code, is amended to
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read as follows:
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"10. Penalty Fees.
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When any work for which a permit is required by the
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Butte County Code is commenced prior to obtaining said permit,
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the permit fees specified in this Article IV shall be tripled.
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The payment of such triple fee shall not relieve any person
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from fully complying with the requirements of the Butte County
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Cade in the execution of the work, nor from other penalties
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prescribed therein. The Building Official may waive this
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penalty provision on written request by the
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applicant/permittee showing that circumstances beyond the
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control of the applicant/permittee have prevented him/her from
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obtaining said permit. This penalty provision shall not apply
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to emergency work when it shall be proved to the satisfaction
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of the Building Official that such work was urgently necessary
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and that is was not practical to obtain a permit therefor
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before the commencement of work. In all such cases, a permit
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1 must be obtained as soon as it is practical to do so, and if
2 there be an unreasonable delay in obtaining such a permit, a
3 triple fee as herein provided shall be charged."
4 Section 2. Section 3-42 of the Butte County Code is amended to
5 read as follows:
6 '}Section 3-42. Land Development Division Fee Schedule.
7 Filing Fees:
8 Subdivision Map: (1-49 lots) $400.00 + $5.00 per lot
9 Subdivision Map: (50+ lots), Actual time billing/$650.00
10 deposit.
11 Parcel Map: $400.00 + $20.00 per lot
12 Revised Map: $380.00
13 Preliminary Subdivision: $410.00
14 Boundary Line Modification: $150.00
15 App. for Determination/Cert. of Compliance; $450.00
16 Waiver Application: $460.00
17 Reversion to Acreage: $440.00
18 App. for Cert. of Merger: $280.00 + $20.00 per resulting
1g lot.
20 Miscellaneous Fees:
21 Extension of Time for filing of Final Map: $280.00
22 Research Letter: $75.00/1 hour with $75.00 minimum fee,
23 Flood & Drainage Letters/Public Report Soil Letters:
24 $170.00
25 Notice to Tenants - Condo. Conversions: $20.00 per
26 notice.
27 Appeals: Actual time billing/$250.00 deposit
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~. Road Bonding Charge; $100.00
2 Checking Fees•
3 Final Subdivision Map: $490.00 + $15.Q0 per lot
4 Final Parcel Map: $490.00 + $20.00 per lot
5 Record of Survey: Actual time billing/$300.00 deposit
6 Boundary Line Modification by Map, Deed or Plat: $450.00
7 Waiver Applications by Deeds: $450.00
8 Private Road Inspection: $350.40
g Subdivision & Site Improvement Construction Plan
10 Checking:
11 1 1/2% of estimated construction cost, $150.00 min
12 Subdivision & Site Improvement Construction Inspection:
13 Actual time billing/initial deposit of 3% of
14 estimated construction cost.
15 Assessment District Construction Plan Checking:
16 1 1/2% of estimated construction cost, $150.00 min
17 Assessment District Construction Inspection:
lg 6% of estimated construction cast
19 Checking Temporary Leach Trench for Storm Drainage:
20 $105.00
21 REVIEWING FEES:
22 Use Permit: $150.04
23 Administrative Use Permit:. $150.00
24 Variance: $150.00
25 Administrative Variance: $150.00
26 Rezone: $150.00
27 Planned Unit Development: $325.00"
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1 Section 3. Section 3-43 of the Butte County Code is amended to
2 read as follows:
3 "Section 3-43. Planning Division Fee Schedule.
4 Appeals: Actual time billing/$250.00 deposit
5 Boundary Line Modification: $330.00
6 Determinations: $330.00
7 Development Agreement. Actual time billing/$2,200
g deposit
9 General Plan Amendment: Actual time billing/$2000.00
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11 Mining & Reclamation: Actual time billing/$1,500.40
12 deposit
13 Parcel Map: Actual time billing/$1,000.00 deposit
14 Certificate of Merger: $110.00
15 Rezone: Actual time billing/$2,000.00 deposit
16 Planned Unit Development: Actual time billing/$2,000.00
17 deposit
18 Specific Plan: Actual time billing/$2,000.00 deposit
19 Subdivision Map: Actual time billing/$1,000.00 deposit
20 Use Permit: Actual time billing/$1,000.00 deposit
21 Use Permit, Administrative: $322.00
22 Variance: $1,100.00
23 Variance, Administrative: $580.00
24 Waiver: Actual time billing/$1,000.00 deposit
25 Right-of-Way Abandonment; $212,00
26 Predevelopment Conference: $250.00 per meeting
27 Re-Application Within One Year: $150.00
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1 Second Unit ("Aunt Minnie") Renewal: $50.00
2 Conformance Report: $50.OQ
3 Temporary Trailer: $50.00
4 Land Conservation Agreement/Inclusion: $25 0.D0
5 Land Conservation Agreement/Withdrawal: Actual time
6 billing/$1,000.00 deposit.
7 Counter/Telephone Research Fee & Written Response:
g $59.00/Hourly with $30.00 minimum fee.
9 Long Range Planning: -0-
10 Airport Land Use Commission: -0-
11 County Initiated and Special Project: -0-
12 County Initiated Code or Zoning Amendment: -0-"
13 Section 4. Section 3-44 of the Butte County Code is amended to
14 read as follows:
15 "Section 3-44. Hourly Fees/Deposits/Billing Procedures
16 1. Hourly fees for the Department of Development
1'7 Services are set as follows:
18 Building D_ivisivn
19 Building Inspector/Plan Checker $46.00/hr.
2p Planning Division
21 Planner $59.00/hr.
22 Administrative Services Assistant $45.00/hr.
23 Office Assistant $34.00/hr.
24 Land Development Division
25 Civil Engineer Supervisor $75.00/hr.
26 Associate Civil Engineer $60.00/hr.
27 Assistant Civil Engineer $55.00/hr.
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1 2. The applicant shall deposit with Butte County the
2 sum set forth herein far each application up to a
3 maximum of $3,400.44 for concurrent applications,
4 with the exception of subdivision and site
5 improvement at construction inspection, which
6 requires a 3% deposit of estimated construction
7 costs.
8 3. When the initial deposited funds are depleted to an
9 amount equal to 25% of the original deposit, no
10 additional processing of the application will occur
11 until the applicant deposits with Butte County
12 sufficient funds to restore a balance equal to the
13 amount of the initial deposit, unless a lesser
14 amount is approved by the Director of Development
15 Services or his designee, or except far additional
16 deposits for Subdivision and Site Improvement
17 Inspections which shall be 1/3 of the original
18 deposit. In the event the applicant does not
19 provide sufficient funds to continue processing an
20 application, the application will be denied.
21 4. Funds shall be maintained in a separate budget
22 control account.
23 5. After final action of the appropriate legislative
24 body, any funds remaining in the account shall be
25 returned to the applicant.
26 6. Applicant will be notified to deposit the estimated
27 publication costs of zoning ordinances or
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1 development agreements. If the actual costs for
2 County employees' time and publishing are less than
3 the amount deposited, the remaining amount of the
4 money shall. be returned. If the casts are greater
5 than the estimate, the applicant shall pay the
6 additional amount. In the event that payment is
7 not received for the additional amounts within 30
8 days notice by the Clerk of the Board, by
9 registered mail, the Clerk of the Board will
10 immediately notify the Central Collections."
11 Section 5. Authority. This ordinance is enacted pursuant to
12 Government Code Section 66017(a), Article I, Section 1 of the Butte
13 County Charter, and Article XI, Section 7 of the California
14 Constitution.
15 Section 6. Findin s. The Board of Supervisors hereby finds that
16 the fees as amended by this ordinance do not exceed the estimated
17 reasonable cost of providing the service for which each such fee is
18 to be charged.
19 Section 7. Effective Date of Amended Fees.
20 The fees as amended hereby shall be effective 60 days after the
21 date of enactment of this ordinance.
22 Section 8. Severabilit .
23 Tf any part of this ordinance shall be held void by a court of
24 competent jurisdiction, such part shall be deemed severable, and
25 the invalidity thereof shall not affect the remaining parts of this
26 ordinance.
27 Section 9. Effective Date of Ordinance• Publication. This
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1 Ordinance shall be and it is hereby declared to be in full force
2 and effect fro~[t and after thirty ( 30 ) days after the date of its
3 passage, and before the expiration of fifteen (15) days after its
4 passage, this Ordinance shall be published once with the names of
5 the members of the Board of Supervisors voting for and against it
6 in the Chico Enterprise Record a newspaper published in
7 the County of Butte, State of California.
$ PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Supervisors of the County
9 of Butte, State of California, on the 22nd day of February
1Q , 1994, by the following vote:
1 1 AYES: Supervisors Meyer, Dolan, Houx, Thomas and Chair McLaughlin
12 NOES : None
13 ABSENT: None
14 NOT VOTING: None ,., n ~ C
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ED MCLAUGHLIN, Char of the
16 Butte County Board of Supervisors
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ATTEST:
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JOHN BLACKLOCK
19 Officer a d Clerk of the Board
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