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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024-076 Fee Schedule UpdateRESOLUTION NO. 2024-76 A RESOLUTION AMENDING THE 2024 CITY OF COLUMBIA HEIGHTS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FEE SCHEDULE BE IT RESOLVED BY the City Council (the "Council") for the City of Columbia Heights, Minnesota (the "City) as follows: WHEREAS, the Community Development department of the City oversees business licensing and conducts inspections to ensure code compliance and the maintenance of health and safety standards within the community; and WHEREAS, the certain fees are associated with various action items within regard to business licensing and administrative citations; and WHEREAS, the City Council has established an administrative citation program to promote code compliance in a more timely and effective manner as well as setting a licensing procedure for cannabis businesses; and WHEREAS, the new licensing establishes a process for approval including setting a licensing fee and the new enforcement program sets a rate for a Hearing Examiner to be compensated on per case basis along with creating a tier or level structure for administrative citations to progressively increase, not to exceed $1,000.00 per citation; and WHEREAS, fee pricing is evaluated and established based on comparable area rates as well as staff time used for hearing cases, processing licenses and conducting enforcement inspections; and WHEREAS, the passage of this Resolution will establish the required Administrative Citation fees to reflect the staff time associated with the code enforcement program and the fees associated with the staff time and resources necessary to process licensing applications. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council authorizes the passage of Resolution No. 2024-7, amending 2024 Community Development Fee Schedule as referenced in the attached. ORDER OF COUNCIL Passed this 14th day of October, 2024. Offered by: Jacobs Seconded by: James Roll Call: All Ayes AAda zmulMAa, ayor Attest: Sara Ion, City Clerk/Council Secretary