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9-3-91
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aIE. SEPTEMBER 3, 1991
TO: WILLIAM A. HUSTON, CITY MANAGER
FROM: COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
SUBJECT: FEE WAIVER/REFUND
RECOMMENDATION
Pleasure of the City Council.
DISCUSSION
Planning Division application fees are presently in effect as a result of the
City Council's adoption of Resolution No. 87-27. A waiver or refund of these
fees is subject to the approval of the City Manager, or can be deferred to
the City Council for a decision.
The co -applicants, Mr. Stephen Paquette and Mr. Henry Kumagai, are requesting
at the Council refund the application fees for Conditional Use Permit 91-
J, Design Review 91-07 and Amendment to Conditional Use Permit 89-25(see
Attachment A). These applications are related to the discretionary actions
required for improvements to the properties located at 135 South Prospect
Avenue and 240 East First Street. The co -applicants are also requesting a
waiver of the appeal fees, also set by City Council Resolution No. 87-27,
which is calculated as half the original application fees. A summary of
these amounts is listed below:
APPLICATION FEE
Conditional Use Permit 91-10 $ 525.00
Design Review 91-07 275.00
Amendment to CUP 89-25 525.00
Subtotal $1,325.00
Appeal of Original Applications 662.50
Total $1,987.50
Please note that the above fees are intended to recover the City's incurred
costs for processing discretionary applications. The City keeps an audit
-,counting form in each application file and accounts for all time spent on
application. Based on a review of Department records, the following costs
-r'ity Council Report
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.,eptember 3, 1991
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have been incurred by the City in the course of processing the subject
applications:
PERSONNEL HOURS HOURLY RATE BENEFITS PERSONNEL COST
COST
Clerical
12.75
$ 12.95 $
3.50
$ 16.45
$ 209.74
Assistant Planner
39.75
17.94
4.84
22.78
905.51
Senior Planner
7.50
27.98
7.55
35.53
266.48
Director
3.75
43.34
11.70
55.04
206.40
City Attorney
3.00
135.00
N/A
N/A
405.00
Personnel Cost Subtotal
$1,993.13
City
Administrative Overhead
279.04
(14%
of total personnel
costs)
Cost
of Public Hearing
Notice
Mailings
21.46
Total $2,293.63
^'i.th the above information in mind, the City Council maintains the discretion
waive or refund all or a portion of the total amount. However, the
applicant is not a non-profit organization and fee revenues are what
partially finance Community Development Department operations.
(Aat2.:6Bonner Christine A. Shingle
Associate Planner Assistant City Manag r
Community Development
Attachment: Applicant's Request
July 24, 1991
Ms. Anne Bonner
City of Tustin Planning Department
15222 Del Almo Avenue
Tustin, CA 92680
RE: 91-10, DR 91-07 and C.U.P. 89-25
Dear Anne:
We are hereby requesting an appeal for the above three mentioned cases.
Also, we would at the same time request a fee waiver for the appeals.
In addition, we are requesting a retroactive waiver of fees for C.U.P.
91-10 and DR 91-07. We expect this appeal to be heard on August 19,
1991 as per our phone conversation.
We look forward to representing our case to the City Council. In addition
we would like to have the signage issue brouht to the Council at the
same meeting so that all related issues can be resolved at that time.
Sincerely,
Stephen D. i�aquette
Henry K gai