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
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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
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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.
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WALTER "CHIP" WILSON
Mayor
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APPROVED AS O FORM:
City Attorney
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