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TOWN OF LOS GATOS
COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT
MEETING DATE: 04/07/2026
ITEM NO: 14
DATE: April 7, 2026
TO: Mayor and Town Council
FROM: Chris Constantin, Town Manager
SUBJECT: Adopt a Resolution Approving the Comprehensive Fee Schedule for Fiscal Year 2026-27 to Continue and Amend Certain Department Fees, Rates, and Charges for Fiscal Year 2026-27; and Adopt a Resolution Approving the Administrative Fine and Penalty Schedule for Fiscal Year 2026-27 to Continue and Amend Certain Department Fines for Fiscal Year 2026-27 REMARKS:
Attachment 7 includes a copy of the staff presentation for this evening’s meeting.
ATTACHMENTS:
Previously Received with the April 2, 2026, Staff Report:
1. Resolution approving Comprehensive Fee Schedule FY 2026-27
2. Proposed FY 2026-27 Comprehensive Fee Schedule (Redlined)
3. Proposed FY 2026-27 Fee Adjustment, Reclassification, Deletions and Additions Report
4. Resolution approving Administrative Fine and Penalty Schedule FY 2025-26
5. Proposed FY 2026-27 Administrative Fine and Penalty Schedule (Redlined)
6. Proposed FY 2026-27 Administrative Fine and Penalty Adjustments, Reclassifications, Deletions and Additions Report
Received with this Desk Item:
7. Fee and Fine Study Presentation
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2026-27 Fee and Fine
Schedule Update
Town Council
April 7, 2026
ATTACHMENT 7
1 Definitions
2 3
4 Overall Increase
Other Changes to the Fee
Schedule
Other Changes to the
Fine Schedule
5 Fiscal Impacts,
Recommendations, and
Next Steps
Definitions
• Fee - Activities are services and functions provided by the Town to individuals who receive some direct material benefit above and beyond services offered to residents at general taxpayer expense. Cost recovery based on the actual cost of providing Town services.
• Fine - The Administrative Fine and Penalty Schedule sets forth the administrative penalty amounts for code violations.
Overall Recommended Increases
• Fee – Increase by 2.2% Consumer Price Index (CPI)
• Average of San Francsico-Oakland-San Jose CPI U-2 Month and 12 month percentages. All items indexed, not seasonally adjusted.
Other Recommended Changes to the Fee
Schedule
Department Type of
Change
Fee Description
Administrative
Services
New $113.73/day
Staff Time
Expedited Processing Fee when event coordinators do
not provide their insurance and other required
documents at least one week in advance of the event.
New $56.87
Staff Time
No Parking sign Admin Fee for cost to prepare no
parking signs.
New $5.00/sign per Day Entertainment Zone Signacades (A Frames) for newly adopted entertainment zones.
New $155
Actual Costs for
Janitorial fees
Facilities Maintenance Fee added as an option to charge events a maintenance fee, if/when the event utilizes
additional Town facilities for their event, that were not originally approved.
Other Recommended Changes to the Fine
Schedule
Department Type of
Change
Fee Description
Development
Services
New $3,884
Staff Time
Supplemental Fee for Minor Residential Development
applications and related Engineering Service Fee.
New $1,643
Staff Time
New line item for new legislation that created a new
application type.
New $5,000 (deposit) Costs
based fully allocated hourly
rate of legal review
Outside Legal Council Review Deposit to be taken to
offset Town Attorney costs for legal review of complex
planning applications.
New Varies based on installations
and staff time
Annual Utility Blanket Permit for minor utility
maintenance type work that would require an
encroachment permit due to work being done in a Town
right-of-way or easement but is minor in nature not
requiring plan review or inspection oversight.
$1,500 initial surveyor +
25% admin fee based on the
average of surveyor costs
associated with the COC and
staff time
Certificate of Correction Moving to its own fee, as the certificate of correction fee was repeated for both map types.
Other Recommended Changes to the Fine
Schedule
Department Type of
Change
Fee Description
Development
Services
New $1,500 initial surveyor +
25% Average of surveyor
costs and staff time
Certificate of Correction Moving to its own fee, as
the certificate of correction fee was repeated for
both map types.
New $3,119
Staff time
License Agreement Application (Town Manager)
Fee to review a license agreement for private
facilities in public right-of-way that includes Town
Manager Review.
New $4,135
Staff time
License Agreement Application (Town Council) Fee
to review a license agreement for private facilities
in the public right-of-way that includes Town
Manager and Town Council review.
New $1,925
Staff time
License Agreement Recording and Issuance Fee to
record and issue a license agreement for private
facilities in the public right of way.
Other Recommended Changes to the Fine
Schedule
Department Type of
Change
Fee Description
Police
Services
New $95 Initial work required to
establish the permit
$50 Renewal supports
ongoing administrative
efforts
Initial Residential Alarm Registration Fee aim to
improve alarm system management by
requiring alarm registration.
Parks and
Public Works
New $9,865 Initial
Cost of Bench and
Staff Costs
$5,911 Renewal
Staff costs
Adopt a Bench Fees account for staff related
maintenance, graffiti, bench installation and
procurement.
Increase From $1.00 hourly charge
rate (1-4 hours)
To $1.70
Electric Vehicle Charging Fee hourly charge rate
based on actual Town costs.
Other Recommended Changes to the Fee
Penalty Schedule
Department Type of
Change
Fee Description
Los Gatos Fire
Code
New $500 – First Offense
$1,000 – Second Offense
$1,500 – Third Offense
Fireworks The justification to raise the fine for
the unlawful use of fireworks is to serve as
motivation not to use illegal fireworks. The
existing fine is insufficient to deter the behavior.
False Alarms New 2x Annual Permit Fee for
False Alarm and No Permit
$175 2 or more false alarms
within 6 months
Require residential alarm users to register their
alarm system with the Town. The revised
schedule imposes new penalties for false alarms
at unpermitted properties and two or more
false alarms within a 6-month period.
Miscellaneous Remove $100 – First Violation
$200 – Second Violation
$500 – Subsequent
Violations
Removed from the schedule, because the
purpose of the schedule is to list penalties that
are different from those standard amounts.
Estimated Fiscal Impact
Department Estimated Increased Revenue
Administrative Services $4,500
Community Development $87,000
Parks and Public Works $70,000
Police $6,500
ESTIMATED TOTAL ALL $168,000
Next Steps
• Changes to the fee/fine schedule if approved become
effective on July 1, 2026
• New User Fee Study is expected in FY 2026-27
Recommendations
Adopt a resolution approving the Comprehensive Fee Schedule for FY 2026-27 to continue certain Department fees, rates, and charges, and amend certain fees, rates, and charges for FY 2026-27; and Adopt a resolution approving the Administrative Fine and Penalty Schedule for FY 2026-27 to continue certain department fines and amend certain fines for FY 2026-27.
Questions