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5 '6 A~ 2 Policy Amendment The Cost Recovery Policy approved on September 27, 2004 only exempted stand-alone childcare facilities on sites of X acre or larger. The Revenue Sub-Committee members (Rosanne Foust, Jim Hartnett, Mayor Jeff Ira) who recommended this policy to the full Council indicate that it was their intent to also exempt the construction of sinole-familv homes and alterations/additions to existinQ sinQle-familv homes on lots of X acre or larQer. The staff report reflected the sub-committee's desire but it was not included in the attached resolution. Staff has accordingly made the attached amendments to the Cost Recovery Policy to implement the sub-committee's recommendation. , Review of Fees and Charges , The Planning Cost Recovery Policy only applies to parcels of X acre or larger, and operates on a deposit basis. The Cost Recovery Policy made .!1Q change in the rules governing lots of less than X acre. Lots of lessJhan X acre currently pay (and will continue to pay under this proposed revision) a fixed fee2. However, Redwood City has not adjusted any of its planning fees since 1990. Staff is collecting data to define our real costs for processing the various permits. We will be bringing this information back to you in the next six months. Alternatives 1. Leave the Cost Recovery Policy as-is, requiring a deposit of $5,000 for new single- family homes and alterations/ additions to existing single-family homes on lots equal to or greater than X acre. 2. Amend the Cost Recovery Policy to exempt remodels or additions to single-family homes on lots of X acre or larger but require people building entirely new homes to be subject to the deposit. Fiscal Impact The exemption of single family new homes and alterations/ additions will not have much impact on the amount of cost 'recovered' by the new Cost Recovery Policy. 97% or more of the residential lots in Redwood City are smaller than X acre. However, the current $50 fee for residential architectural permits does not cover the City's actual costs for review of such applications. Council will consider revisions to this and all other permit fees when staff presents the data on the City's actual costs for approving the various permits. Also note that the original hourly billing rate for Planning was estimated to be $149.70. However, staff has revised the hourly rate to $118.84 in order to accurately reflect the ba..Jloca~on Ih~e Planning slaff charges 10 I eneral Fund. _/- - ~ Michael Church 0 Patterson Planning Manager Community Development Services Director Attachments 1. Resolution Amending the Cost Recovery Policy 2. Staff Report and Attachments dated September 27,2004 2 Second story residential additions and newly constructed single-family homes are reviewed under an Architectural Permit. The current permit fee for architectural permits on 1-3 unit projects is fifty dollars ($50.00). This proposed amendment to the Cost Recovery Policy will mean that all such residential projects, whether on lots larger or smaller than % acre will be reviewed as Architectural Permits and charged the current fifty dollar fee.