Attachment B
Redlined Newport Beach Municipal Code Section 3.36.030
Section 3.36.030 Cost Recovery Percentages.
A. The municipal functions the City Council has determined to be user services and for which the City Council has initially determined the actual costs and the appropriate cost recovery percentage are described in the fee resolution. The cost recovery percentage appropriate for each user service shall be one hundred (100) percent, with the exception of the user services identified in the fee resolution as being subject to a lower cost recovery percentage listed in Exhibit “A” and those services for which the fee is limited by statute. The City Council may include in the fee resolution a schedule to phase in specific fee increases over a period not to exceed five years as provided in the fee resolution.
B. The City Council shall establish, purs uant to the fee resolution, the actual fee or charge for each user service described in the f ee resolution. The fee or charge shall be based upon the actual cost of pr oviding the user service, mult iplied by the relevant cost recovery percentage.
C. The City Council may, without amending this chapter, modify (increase or decrease) the fee resolution to amend the amount of any fee or charge fo r, and the actual cost of providing, any user servic e upon a determination that t here has been an increase or decrease in one or more of the co st factors relevant to the ca lculation of the actual cost of providing that service.
D. The City Council may modify the municipal functions determined to be user services in the fee resolution and the cost recovery percentage for any service only by amending this chapterthe fee resolution.
E. Fees for service established in the fee resolution may be waived by: as provided by resolution of the City Council.
1. The City Council;
2. The City Manager, up to an amount not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), per occurrence, for fees imposed on nonprofit organizations for nonprofit sponsored events; or
The City Manager or the Administrative Services Director/Treasurer up to an amount not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), per occurrence, if the City Manager or Administrative Services Director/Treasurer determines that the imposition of the fee would exceed the actual cost to the City or would result in duplicative fees for services rendered.
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Exhibit A
The City’s cost of providing the following services shall be recovered through direct fees charged for services. Exhibit “A” limits cost recovery fees to the percentages or dollar amounts indicated below.
Service Percentage of Cost or Amount to Be
Recovered from Direct Fees
All Departments
Appeals—For Any User
Services Appeal Not
Otherwise Specified—
Appellant Successful
0%
Appeals—For Any User
Services Appeal Not
Otherwise Specified—
Appellant Unsuccessful
50%
Administrative
Services Department
Administrative Citation
Hearings
Fine Value Range
$0-250.00
$250.01-$500.00
$500.01-$750.00
$750.01-$1,000.00
Over $1,000.00
Hearing Appeal
Fee
$50.00
$125.00
$225.00
$350.00
$463.00
Parking Hearings 0%
Short Term Lodging
Permit Suspension or
Revocation Hearing—
Appellant Successful
0%
Short Term Lodging
Permit Suspension or
Revocation Hearing—
Appellant Unsuccessful
50%
Zero Bill Reprint 0%
Community
Development
Department
Service Percentage of Cost or Amount to Be
Recovered from Direct Fees
Building
Appeals Board
Hearing—Appellant
Successful
0%
Appeals Board
Hearing—Appellant
Unsuccessful
50%
Harbor Construction 50%
Preliminary Plan Review First Two Hours Free, Full Cost Thereafter Planning
Appeals to City Council
or Planning
Commission—Appellant
Successful
0%
Appeals to City Council
or Planning
Commission—Appellant
Unsuccessful
50%
Coastal Development
Permit Application
Appeals from Zoning
Administrator to Planning
Commission
0%
General Plan
Maintenance Fee
12%
Reasonable
Accommodation
0%
Fire Department
Emergency Medical
Services
Advanced Life Support
(ALS)—Nontransport
$450
Basic Life Support
(BLS)—Nontransport
$450
ALS First Responder Fee $450
BLS First Responder Fee $450
Service Percentage of Cost or Amount to Be
Recovered from Direct Fees
Lifeguard Operations &
Junior Lifeguards
Program
Junior Lifeguards
Program Participant Fee
85% of the FY 26/27 F ee effective July 1,
2026. A six percent (6%) adjustment shall
occur to the Junior Guard Participant Fee
on July 1, 2027, and eac h year thereafter
until the full cost of service is reached. The
underlying cost of service used to calculate
the Junior Lifeguard Participant Fee shall be
adjusted annually by CPI beginning on July
1, 2027.
Harbor Department
Chapter 17.65 Appeal—
Appellant Successful
0%
Chapter 17.65 Appeal to
City Council or Harbor
Commission—Appellant
Unsuccessful
50%
Deposit/Late
Cancellation Fee for Use
of Human Lift—Marina
Park
0%
Deposit/Late
Cancellation Fee for Use
of Human Lift—Balboa
Marina PD
0%
Library Services
Department
Black and White Copies
from Self-Service Copier
or Printer
$0.15
Color Copies from Self-
Service Copiers or
Printers
$0.45
Use Fees—Materials $1
Inter-Library Loan $5
Police Department
Service Percentage of Cost or Amount to Be
Recovered from Direct Fees
Citation Sign-off $10
Fingerprinting—City
Portion
$30
Registrant—Narcotics 0%
Registrant—Sex 0%
Animal Shelter
Adoption Fee—Puppies $225
Adoption Fee—Senior
Dog—Animal Over Eight
(8) Years Old
$70
Adoption Fee—Dog—All
Other
$150
Adoption Fee—Kittens $110
Adoption Fee—Senior
Cat—Animal Over Eight
(8) Years Old
$70
Adoption Fee—Cat—All
Other
$90
Adoption Fee—Small
Animals
$45
Boarding Fee (per day)—
Animals
$25
Boarding Fee (per day)—
Small Animals
$10
Owner Turn-In Fee—
Altered Animal
$100
Owner Turn-In Fee—
Unaltered Animal
$200
Impound Fee—Dogs,
Cats, Other Similar Size
Animals
$70
Public Works
Department
Chapter 17.65 Appeal—
Appellant Successful
0%
Service Percentage of Cost or Amount to Be
Recovered from Direct Fees
Chapter 17.65 Appeal to
City Council or Harbor
Commission—Appellant
Unsuccessful
50%
Recreation and Senior
Services Department
Adult Sports 50%—95%
Administrative
Processing Fee
$5
Badge Replacement $5
After School/Camp
Programs
Camps 20%—50%
After-School/Teen
Program
20%—50%
Preschool Program 20%—50%
Aquatics 20%—50%
Contract Classes 50%—95%
Class Refunds
$74 or less $10
$75 or more $20
Youth Sports 20%—50%
Special Events—Levels
1, 2, and 3
Resident, Level 1 and
Late Fees for Level 1
0%—20%
Resident, Levels 2—3
and Late Fees for Levels
2—3
20%—50%
Nonresident, Levels 1—2
and Late Fees for Level
1 20%—50%
Service Percentage of Cost or Amount to Be
Recovered from Direct Fees
Nonresident, Level 3 and
Late Fees for Levels 2—
3 50%—95%
Appeal to City Council—
Appellant Successful
0%
Appeal to City Council—
Appellant Unsuccessful
50%—95%
Natural Resources
Programs
0%—20%
Senior Services
OASIS Transportation $1—$3 each wa y
Contract Classes 20%—50%
Fitness Center 50%—95%
Utilities Department
Construction Water
Meter Establishment
50%
Fats, Oils, and Grease
(FOG) Annual Permit
0%
City Council, Board,
Commission,
Committee or Any
Individual Member
Thereof When Acting
Within the Scope of
Their Official Duties
Review from a Lower
Body or Official
$0