Title
2021 Land Use Fee Update
Public hearing to consider amending the Monterey County Fee Resolution relating to fees for processing applications for land-use permits and entitlements, including amending Article IX - RMA-Land Use to re-title to Article IX-Land Use and make minor adjustments to fees; amending Article XIX -Building Services to make minor adjustments to fees: and adopting Article X-Public Works.
Proposed CEQA Action: Statutorily Exempt per CEQA Guidelines section 15378(b)(4)
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors adopt a resolution (Attachment A) amending Monterey County Fee Resolution , effective August 21, 2021,to:
a. Amend Article IX - RMA-Land Use to re-title to Article IX--Land Use and to make minor adjustments to fees;
b. Amend Article XIX -Building Services to make minor adjustments to fees; and
c. Adopt Article X -- Public Works to update fees and align with revisions to Article IX.
SUMMARY:
Fees for processing applications for land use permits and entitlements are set forth in "articles" of the Monterey County Fee Resolution. In 2019, the Resource Management Agency (RMA) revised its land use fee articles into a consolidated, tiered format incorporating Article X-Public Works (Development Services) and Article XX-Environmental Services and Article IX-RMA Planning fees into a single Article IX and retitling it RMA-Land Use. The Board of Supervisors approved these fees on September 17, 2019. In September 2020, the Board of Supervisors approved splitting the RMA into two separate departments to create the Housing and Community Development (HCD) and Public Works, Facilities and Parks (PWFP) departments. The split of the RMA necessitates retitling and amending the previously consolidated Article IX -Land Use while concurrently adopting and retitling the previously rescinded and reserved Article X-Public Works.
Additionally, in December 2020 an audit of building and planning permits was conducted to deter...
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