Title
Consider recommending to the Board of Supervisors adoption of a resolution to:
a. Find that modification of land use permit application fees is statutorily exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Sections 15273 and 15378(b)(4) of the CEQA Guidelines; and
b. Amend Article XVII of the Monterey County Fee Resolution relating to County Counsel land use permit application fees.
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Budget Committee recommend to the Board of Supervisors adoption of a resolution (Attachment A) to:
a. Find that modification of land use permit application fees is statutorily exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Sections 15273 and 15378(b)(4) of the CEQA Guidelines; and
b. Amend Article XVII of the Monterey County Fee Resolution relating to County Counsel land use permit application fees.
SUMMARY:
The Board of Supervisors has adopted application fees to cover a portion of the cost of County staff time spent processing applications for land use and building permits. The County Counsel component of these fees, set out in Article XVII of the Monterey County Fee Resolution, recovers a portion of the cost of County Counsel staff advising County departments on processing of land use permit applications and associated work. With one exception, these County Counsel fees have not been updated since 2019. The proposed amendment would update the fees to reflect County Counsel’s current hourly rate, align the fees with a modification to the fee structure already made by County Housing and Community Development (HCD), convert most “deposit” fees to flat fees to streamline fee collection, and make other minor adjustments, as more fully described below.
DISCUSSION:
Applicants for land use permits and entitlements and building permits pay application fees, which are the sum of several County departments’ fees to cover a portion of the cost of staff time spent ...
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