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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD1498 ORDINANCE NO. 1498 AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF APACHE JUNCTION, ARIZONA, AMENDING APACHE JUNCTION CITY CODE, VOLUME I, CHAPTER 4: FEES; ARTICLE 4-4: DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FEES, § 4-4-3 PLANNING, SUBDIVISION AND ZONING FEES REPEALING ANY CONFLICTING PROVISIONS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND A REVOLVING SIXTY MONTH REVIEW PERIOD. WHEREAS, pursuant to Arizona Revised Statutes ("A.R.S. ") Title 9, cities and towns are authorized to charge administrative fees for planning, building, zoning services and subdivision reviews; and WHEREAS, on October 19, 1999, the mayor and city council passed Ordinance No. 1084 which created Article 4-4 : Planning, Zoning Review and Subdivision Fees; and WHEREAS, to keep up with inflation and general governmental practice, the mayor and city council amended the fee schedule on September 5, 2006 by passage of Ordinance No. 1274, on October 3, 2006 by passage of Ordinance No. 1278, on April 5, 2016 by passage of Ordinance No. 1422, and on March 19, 2019 by passage of Ordinance No. 1469, and on December 9, 2019 by passage of Ordinance No. 1482; and WHEREAS, staff recommends in order to more accurately reflect the actual cost of providing governmental services to the public the fee schedule for development services including planning, building, and zoning fees, be amended to create fees for entitlement processes for master planned communities, master planned community unit plans, annexation processing, group home applications, minor general plan amendments, community facility districts, customized review schedule, and homeowner site plan preparations; and WHEREAS, pursuant to A.R.S §§ 9-801 (1) and 9-802, Apache Junction City Code, Volume 1, Chapter 4: Fees, Article 4-4: Development Services Fees, may be adopted after posting for 60 days on the city website and after a public hearing, and WHEREAS, such fees were posted on the city website for 60 days starting on October 22, 2020, and ORDINANCE NO. 1498 PAGE 1 OF 4 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF APACHE JUNCTION, ARIZONA, AS FOLLOWS: A) SECTION I IN GENERAL B) That certain fees be amended and/or created in Apache Junction City Code, Volume I, Chapter 4 : Fees, Article 4-4: Development Services Fees , C) That the following fees in § 4-4-3 PLANNING, SUBDIVISION AND ZONING FEES be enacted. FEE TYPE FEE Group home applications/registration inspection $60 Homeowner site plan preparation $30 Annexation Processing $1, 500 + $25 per each additional parcel Minor General Plan Amendment $1,250 Formation of community facilities districts, plus deposit $15, 000 + $60, 000 Deposit CFD Development Agreement $15, 000 CFD Development Agreement Amendments $5,000 MPC Development Agreement $20, 000 MPC Development Agreement Amendments $5, 000 Zoning entitlement process for Master Planned Communities ("MPC") $25, 000 + $30/ac Major amendment to MPC districts $25, 000 + $30/ ac Minor amendment to MPC districts $3, 000 MPC Development Unit Plans $3, 000 + $60/ac up to 100 ac, plus $20/ac from 101 ac to 200 ac, + $10/ac over 200 ac Major amendment to MPC Development Unit Plans $3, 000 Minor amendment to MPC Development Unit Plans $1,250 ORDINANCE NO. 1498 PAGE 2 OF 4 MPC pre-application meetings $2, 500 MPC Unit Plan pre-application meetings $1, 500 Customized Review Schedule Double application fees SECTION II REPEALING ANY CONFLICTING PROVISIONS All other ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance or any part of the codes adopted herein by reference are hereby repealed. SECTION III PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY If any section, subsection, sentence, phrase, clause or portion of this ordinance, or any part of the codes or regulations adopted herein by reference is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decisions shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions thereof. SECTION IV ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE The provisions of this ordinance shall become effective February 21, 2021. SECTION V ESTABLISHING A REVIEW PERIOD Before the end of each sixty month period after its passage, adoption and approval by the mayor and city council, staff shall review the fees and provide a recommendation to the mayor and city council for any amendments . PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF APACHE JUNCTION, ARIZONA, THIS 10th DAY OF January 2021. SIGNED AND ATTESTED TO THIS)[Ath DAY OF January, 2021. ) OQ w4v/ WALTER "CHIP" WILSON Mayor ORDINANCE NO. 1498 PAGE 3 OF 4 TT J t ' APPROVED AS O FORM: City Attorney ORDINANCE NO, 1498 PAGE OF