RESOLUTION NO. 2025-029
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHINO, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING NEW AND UPDATED USER FEES AND CHARGES PERTAINING TO CITY SERVICES (REPLACING RESOLUTION NO. 2022-007) WHEREAS, the City has established a policy of recovering the costs reasonably borne of providing services; and WHEREAS, the City adopted a fee schedule by Resolution 2022-007 on January 4, 2022, and now desires to adopt new and adjust certain fees and charges based on the costs reasonably borne by the City to provide such services; and WHEREAS, the State of California Government Code Section 66014 et.al. allows local agencies to charge fees for various activities as long as those fees do not exceed the estimated reasonable cost of providing the services for which the fee is intended; and WHEREAS, pursuant to State of California Government Code Section 66016 and 66018, notice regarding the user fee update was sent to interested parties on June 3, 2025, and public notice was published on June 7, 2025, and June 14, 2025, in the Chino Champion newspaper; and WHEREAS, the City conducted a duly noticed public hearing on June 17, 2025, where the public was allowed to comment and provide input on the proposed fees and charges for services.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHINO DOES HEREBY RESOLVE, DETERMINE, AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Fee Schedule. The City Council hereby approves Exhibit A, a comprehensive list of the City's fee and service charges, and the percentage of costs reasonably borne, to be recovered in providing the listed regulation, product, or service. The fees and charges established by the Resolution do not exceed the estimated reasonable costs of providing the services for which the fee or charge is levied.
SECTION 2. User Fee Study Report. The City Council hereby approves Exhibit B User Fee Study Report, prepared to reflect current costs of the City to provide the Services and adopts the methodology for calculating and collecting the fees and charges established therein, attached as Exhibit B.
SECTION 3. Engineering Cost Estimate. By this Resolution, the City's Engineering Cost Estimate, attached hereto in Exhibit A, is hereby authorized for use in the calculation of various land development-related fees.
SECTION 4. Building Valuation Data Table. By this Resolution, the most recent version of the published Building Valuation Data Table, attached hereto in Exhibit A is hereby adopted for use in the calculation of various building-related fees under the provisions of the California Building Code.
SECTION 5. Parking Fines. By this Resolution, the City's Parking Fines, attached hereto in Exhibit A, is hereby authorized for use in parking enforcement under the provisions of the Chino Municipal Code (CMC), California Vehicle Code (CVC) and County Code (CC). State and County Surcharges attached hereto in Exhibit A, are authorized per Government Code sections GC 70372 (b), GC 76000 (b) and GC 76000.3.
SECTION 6. Permitted Tow Service Operator Fees. By this Resolution, the City's Permitted Tow Service Operator Fees, attached hereto in Exhibit A, is hereby authorized for use by City permitted tow operators to charge for towing fees under the provisions of the Chino Municipal Code Section CMC 5.36.
SECTION 7. Effective Date. The schedule of fees and charges attached hereto as Exhibit A is hereby adopted to be applied effective July 1, 2025, with fees related to Development applied effective 60 days after City Council approval and collected for the listed services when provided by the City or its designated contractors.
SECTION 8. Consumer Price Index (CPI). The user fees shall be subject to an automatic annual adjustment on February 1 of each year with the first adjustment on February 1, 2026, based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI)-All Urban Consumers- Riverside, San Bernardino-Ontario, CA, not to exceed 4%, as of February of the preceding year. Fees related to development will have a 60-day waiting period applied. The City Manager is hereby authorized to implement the CPI adjustment each year without further action of the City Council.
SECTION 9. California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). The adoption of this Resolution is exempt from CEQA, (Public Resources Code Sections 21000 et seq.), because it approves and sets forth a procedure for determining fees for the purpose of meeting the operating expenses of City departments, as set forth in Public Resources Code Section 21080(b)(8)(A).
SECTION 10. Severability. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion of this Resolution is held invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, such determination shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this resolution. The City Council declares that it would have enacted this resolution and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase hereof irrespective of any determination of invalidity.
SECTION 11. Prior Actions. All resolutions and other actions of the City Council, including Resolution No. 2022-007, in conflict with the contents of this resolution are hereby superseded by this Resolution.
SECTION 12. Adoption. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED THIS 17h DAY OF JUNE, 2025.
EUNICE M. ULLOA, MAYOR
ATTEST:
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NATALIE GONZAGA, CITY CLERK
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO ) §.
CITY OF CHINO )
I, NATALIE GONZAGA, City Clerk of the City of Chino, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted by the City Council at a regular meeting held on the 17th day of June 2025 by the following votes:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
NATALIE GONZAGA, CITY CLERK
Attachments – Exhibit A, B
RESOLUTION NO. 2025-029