19-103 Schedule of Fees and Service Charges

Sec. 19-103. Schedule of Fees and Service Charges.

This section was recently amended by Ordinance 3676, codified in January 2024.

a.Unless otherwise specified by resolution, the fees and service charges listed in general categories below and in detail in the City’s “Master Fee Schedule” shall be automatically adjusted annually in July for Consumer Price Index (CPI) increase so as to recover the listed percentage of costs reasonably borne necessary to provide the listed regulation, product or service. The CPI increase shall be based on the published CPI for San Francisco Area (San Francisco – Oakland – San Jose) April Edition and rounded to the nearest 50 cents unless a different edition or rounding is otherwise specified by resolution. The City Manager, Finance Director and each City department head, under the direction of the City Manager, shall review the fees and services charges periodically and provide, if necessary, an adjusted fee or charge schedule to the City Council for its consideration, in place of or in addition to the automatic annual CPI increase. A full analysis of City costs reasonably borne, as defined in Section 19-102, shall be conducted not less than every five years.

	Regulation, Product or Service to Be Recovered	Percentage of Costs Reasonably Borne
I.	Community Development Department Services:
1.	Residential Property Inspection	100
2.	Zoning and Sign Ordinance Permits and Processes	100*
3.	Subdivision Ordinance Permits and Processes	100
4.	Environmental Analysis and Determination	100
5.	Tree Removal Permit	100
6.	Annexations	100
7.	Agreements and Report Review	100
8.	Stormwater Erosion Control Plan	100
9.	Administrative Fee for Notification to Obtain a Necessary Permit	100
10.	Maintenance of General Plan and Other Planning and Policy Documents	100
11.	Appeals	100
12.	Permit Extensions, Amendments and Reconsiderations	100
13.	Plan Check	100
14.	Building Permits	100
15.	Encroachment Permits	100
16.	Street Opening Permit	100
17.	Street Patch Charge	100
18.	Driveway, Curb, Gutter, and Sidewalk Permit	100
19.	Public Improvement Design, Plan Check, Inspection	100
20.	Parking Adjustments	fees set by resolution
21.	Illegal Construction	200
22.	Traffic Control Plan Approval	100
23.	Lease Administration	100
24.	Storm Water Plan Administration	100
25.	Sanitary Sewer Rates	fees set by resolution, not subject to CPI adjustment
26.	Sewer Connection Fee	fees set by resolution
27.	Historic Rezone, Mills Act, Historic Permits, Historic Survey Review, Historic Report Review	100
28.	Sewer Lateral Review Fee	100
29.	Sidewalk Vendor Permit	100
30.	Cannabis Business Applications	100
31.	Cannabis Business Zone Clearance	100
32.	Cannabis Business Permit Modifications	100
33.	Rental Inventory Ordinance	100
A separate penalty fee, for any development projects initiated without an appropriate application fee shall be charged in amount equal to 200% of subject application fee.
*Zoning permit fees associated with solar installations, cisterns and safe parking shall be waived.

II.	Public Safety Services

1.	Crime Report Copying	75%
2.	Accident Report Compilation/Copying	20%
3.	Vehicle Equipment Citation Inspection/Vehicle Identification Verification	100%
4.	Animal Impound, Temporary Shelter, Release	50%
5.	Private Fingerprint Processing	100%
6.	Records Check/Clearance Letters	100%
7.	Taxicab Owner/Driver Permit Application Review	100%
8.	Massage Parlor Regulation	100%
9.	Registration of Sex/Drug Offenders	100%
10.	Police Background Check	100%
11.	Security Alarm Permit Application	100%
12.	Police False Alarm Response	20%
13.	Party Disturbance Response	100%
14.	Special Event Standby (Fire)	100%
15.	Water System Improvement Analysis	100%
16.	Engine Company Inspections	100%
17.	Fire Prevention Bureau Inspections	100%
18.	Air Bottle Refilling	100%
19.	Fire False Alarm Response	20%
20.	Fire Incident Report Service	65%
21.	Hazardous Materials Response	100%
22.	Underground Tank Installation/Removal	100%
23.	Underground Tank Monitoring	100%
24.	Hazardous Materials Registration/Monitoring	100%
25.	Medical Aid Calls	0%
26.	Fire Hydrant Flow Tests	70%
27.	Mobile Food Vending Permit	100%
28.	Pedicab Owner/Driver Permit Application Review	100%
29.	Sidewalk Vendor Regulation	0%

III.	Human Services:

	(Percentages to be established by future amendment to this Article or set by resolution)

IV.	Utility and Enterprise Services:

1.	Conference Center	fees set by resolution
2.	Outer Harbor Moorings	fees set by resolution
3.	Marina	fees set by resolution
4.	Parking Program	fees set by resolution
5.	El Encinal Cemetery	100%

V.	Maintenance Services:

	(Percentages to be established by future amendment to this Article or set by resolution)

VI.	Administrative Services:

1.	Special Refuse Billing	100%
2.	Photocopy Services	100%
3.	Returned Check Processing	fees set by resolution
4.	Records Research (after first half hour)	100%
5.	Agenda/Minutes Mailing Service (Postage only)	100%
6.	Certification of Documents	10%
7.	Notary Service	fees set by resolution
8.	Municipal Code and Update Service	100%
9.	Audio Tape Reproduction	25%
10.	Transparency Reproduction	fees set by resolution
11.	FAX Service	fees set by resolution
12.	Maps and Documents	fees set by resolution
13.	Appeals staffed by City Attorney’s Office	100%

b.The services listed in subsection (a) of this section shall be as defined in that certain document entitled “Cost Control System for the City of Monterey” dated April, 1991, as produced by Management Services Institute, Inc., of Anaheim, California.

c.The fees and charges set pursuant to this Article shall take effect immediately upon the passage of a resolution by the City Council setting forth said specific fee amounts, with the exception of Development Project fees which, pursuant to Government Code Section 66017, may not become effective until 60 days after passage of the resolution adopting same; and with the exception of the annual automatic CPI adjustment, which shall take effect every July 1 and shall not require passage of a resolution by the City Council.

d.The schedule of frequency of rate adjustments may be varied by the City Manager to adjust revenues sufficient to meet debt service coverage requirements of any bond, certificate, ordinance, resolution, indenture, contract, or action under which securities have been issued by the City which contain any coverage factor requirement.

1.Notwithstanding the percentage of costs reasonably borne set forth in subsection (a) of this section, any person who intends to file an appeal, the cost for which is to be recovered under subsection (a)(I)(11) of this section, Development Services, Appeals; or subsection (a)(VI)(13) of this section, Administrative Services, Appeals staffed by City Attorney’s Office, and who is financially unable to pay the fee as required by the Master Fee Schedule, may file a request for a fee waiver which shall include an affidavit as described in subsection (e)(3) of this section.

2.The request shall be filed with the Finance Department on a fee waiver application form, available from the Finance Department, on or before the deadline to file the appeal. Submission of a fee waiver application does not extend the deadline to file an appeal under Section 38-207 for Community Development Department appeals or any applicable deadline to appeal to the Appeals Hearing Board, the Building and Housing Appeals Board, or the Disabled Access Appeals Board. Failure to submit either a fee waiver application form or the appeal fee on or before the deadline to file the appeal shall mean that the appeal is untimely.

3.The City may waive the appeal fee if, in advance of the deadline to file the appeal, the appellant submits to the City a fee waiver application form, signed under penalty of perjury, together with any supporting documents or materials, demonstrating the person’s actual financial inability to pay the fee.

4.An application for the advance deposit hardship waiver shall be granted under any of the following criteria:

i.The applicant is receiving public benefits under one or more of the following programs:

(1)Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and State Supplementary Payment (SSP).

(2)California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids Act (CalWORKs) or a federal Tribal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (Tribal TANF) grant program.

(3)Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or the California Food Assistance Program.

(4)County Relief, General Relief (GR), or General Assistance (GA).

(5)Cash Assistance Program for Aged, Blind, and Disabled Legal Immigrants (CAPI).

(6)In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS).

(7)Medi-Cal.

(8)California Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC Program).

(9)Unemployment compensation.

ii.The applicant’s monthly income is two hundred (200) percent or less of the current poverty guidelines updated periodically in the Federal Register by the United States Department of Health and Human Services.

iii.An applicant does not have enough income to pay for household basic needs and the advance deposit. This is verified through additional documentation regarding the person’s income, household income, money, and monthly deductions and expenses.

5.An applicant that owns or has an interest in real property in Monterey County is ineligible for a waiver under this subsection.

6.If the City decides to deny the advance deposit hardship waiver application, a written determination listing the reasons for said denial shall be issued. The written determination to deny the waiver shall be final.

7.The written determination of the City’s denial of the advance deposit hardship waiver shall be served by mail upon the person who applied for the waiver. (Ord. 3676 § 3, 2023; Ord. 3662 § 3, 2023; Ord. 3661 §§ 3, 4, 2023; Ord. 3606 §§ 6, 7, 2019; Ord. 3596 § 3, 2019; Ord. 3584 § 1, 2018; Ord. 3561 § 2, 2017; Ord. 3553 §§ 2, 3, 5, 2016; Ord. 3515 § 2, 2015; Ord. 3502 § 2, 2014; Ord. 3464 § 6, 2011; Ord. 3462 § 2, 2011; Ord. 3427 § 2, 2009; Ord. 3310, 2002)