RESOLUTION NO. 2026-050
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHINO, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING THE CITY’S MASTER FEE SCHEDULE PERTAINING TO FEES AND CHARGES FOR CITY SERVICES (AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 2025-029) WHEREAS, the City of Chino provides a variety of services, programs, permits, licenses, facilities, and activities for the benefit of residents, businesses, developers, and the public; and WHEREAS, the City Council periodically reviews and updates fees and charges to ensure they remain reasonably related to the costs incurred by the City in providing such services; and WHEREAS, on June 17, 2025, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2025-029 authorizing annual adjustments to designated City fees based on the year-over-year February Consumer Price Index (CPI), with implementation approved by the City Manager; and WHEREAS, the annual CPI adjustment process provides a mechanism for routine fee updates and reduces the need for recurring City Council consideration of minor fee adjustments; and WHEREAS, certain fees are not appropriately addressed through the CPI adjustment process, including newly established fees, fees based upon updated program costs or market conditions, and fees requiring adjustments beyond the annual CPI increase to reflect current service delivery costs; and WHEREAS, City staff has reviewed the Master Fee Schedule and recommends the establishment of new fees, revisions to Community Services fees, and adjustments to select fees as set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference; and WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the fees adopted by this Resolution are reasonably related to the costs incurred by the City in providing the applicable services and do not exceed the estimated reasonable cost of providing such services; and WHEREAS, the City Council finds that this action is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15273 of the CEQA Guidelines because it involves the establishment, modification, structuring, restructuring, or approval of rates, tolls, fares, and other charges by a public agency for the purpose of meeting operating expenses and maintaining service levels.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHINO, CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY RESOLVE, DETERMINE, AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Fee Schedule Adjustment
The schedule of fees and charges attached hereto as Exhibits A and B is hereby adopted. The fees and charges shall become effective on the dates specified in the applicable exhibit and shall be collected for the listed services when provided by the City or its designated contractors.
Section 2. Cost of Services
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 3. 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 4. Implementation
The City Manager, or designee, is authorized to implement the fees established herein and to continue annual CPI-based fee adjustments as previously authorized by City Council resolution.
Section 5. Repealer
This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon adoption, and the fees contained herein shall become effective on August 1, 2026, unless otherwise specified in Exhibit A or B. This Resolution amends and supersedes Resolution No. 2025-029. All resolutions and other actions of the City Council in conflict with the contents of this resolution are hereby repealed.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED THIS 21st DAY OF JULY 2026.
By:
EUNICE M. ULLOA, MAYOR
ATTEST:
By:
NATALIE GONZAGA, CITY CLERK
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO ) ss.
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 of the City of Chino at a regular meeting held on the 21st day of July 2026 by the following votes:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
NATALIE GONZAGA, CITY CLERK
Attachments: User Fee Schedule
Resolution 2026-050