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RESOLUTION NO. 26-20
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORWALK UPDATING USER AND REGULATORY FEES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026- 2027
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to comply with both the letter and the spirit of the California Constitution and limit the growth of taxes, by shifting, where possible, the burden of special regulatory programs and services and products to applicants and the recipients of the benefits thereof; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with the Norwalk Municipal Code, City Council further desires to continue its established policy of recovering the full costs reasonably borne of providing special services and programs of a voluntary and limited nature, and regulatory services deemed necessary to protect the public health, safety or welfare, such that general taxes are not diverted from general services of a broad nature and thereby utilized to subsidize unfairly and inequitably such special services; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with the Norwalk Municipal Code, City Council further desires to increase certain existing fees to more accurately reflect the current costs of providing such special and regulatory services and programs, and to establish fees to offset the exp ense of providing those special and regulatory services and programs heretofore provided at less than the costs reasonably borne by the City for the same services; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with Norwalk Municipal Code, City Council further desires to continue its policy regarding charges to be recovered from users of certain City services, and beneficiaries of certain City programs, which City Council has determined are particularly important to protection of the public health, safety and welfare, and to direct City staff as to the methodology for implementing this direction to encourage certain users of City services to obtain permits and inspections; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Government Code Sections 66014, 66017 and 66018 and the Norwalk Municipal Code, the specific fees to be charged for certain regulations, services and products must be adopted by resolution, following notice and public hearing; and
WHEREAS, notice of public hearing has been given pursuant to Government Code Section 6062a, and written notice has been provided to interested parties who filed written requests for mailed notice of meetings on new or increased development-related fees or service charges, and written presentations made and received, and the required public hearing was held on May 5, 2026; and
WHEREAS, a schedule of fees and charges to be paid by those requesting such special services and products, and who are the recipients of the benefits of certain City
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regulatory programs, must be adopted so that the City might carry in to effect its policies; and
WHEREAS, it is the intention of City Council to annually develop and adopt a revised schedule of fees and charges, based upon the percentage change in the Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers for the Los Angeles -Long Beach - Riverside areas as published by the U.S. Department of Labor from March of the prior year to March of the current year to project costs reasonably borne for the new fiscal year beginning July 1st of each year. This revision, however, will occur only if the Consumer Price Index causes fees to increase, if it causes a decrease, no revision shall be made.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORWALK HEREBY DETERMINES, FINDS, AND RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Adoption and Incorporation of Recitals. The recitals set forth above are true and correct and are incorporated herein.
Section 2. Adoption of Fees and Charges. The City Council hereby approves and adopts the fees and charges for regulations, services and products set forth in Exhibit “A” attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference. The City Council finds that, except where such fees and charges have bee n reduced or subsidized pursuant to Section 5 of this Resolution, the fees and charges established herein do not exceed the estimated, reasonable costs incurred by the City in providing the regulations, services and products to which each such fee or charge applies.
Section 3. Methodology for Calculation and Collection of Fees and Charges. The fees and charges established herein shall be calculated and collected in accordance with Norwalk Municipal Code, the Report, and otherwise as follows:
A. Each fee and charge established herein is for an identified regulation, service or product; additional fees shall be required for each additional regulation, service or product that is requested or required.
B. Where fees or charges are indicated on a per unit of measurement basis, the fee is for each identified unit or portion thereof within the indicated range of such units.
C. The fees or charges due shall be calculated by the various City department(s), and shall be collected prior to the City’s performance of the services, unless a written agreement is entered into for deferral of such fees, or unless otherwise provided herein.
D. Where a deposit is required for the performance of a special service, the applicant shall post the deposit in accordance with Norwalk Municipal Code or other City regulation and/or an actual cost based on contracted services. Where an additional deposit is required, the applicant shall post that amount estimated by City staff to cover the balance of the services to be performed. The City is not obligated to, but may, continue processing the application, until such time as additional deposit is made. Where
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an additional deposit is required for completed services, or where a refund of excess deposited monies is due, and where such charge or refund is ten dollars ($10.00) or less, a charge or refund need not be made.
E. Where contracted personnel (including, without limitation Planning and/or Engineering staff, or outside special services) are utilized, or where requested dedicated contracted personnel are required or provided at an applicant’s request, the actual time spent by that contracted personnel or services, at the rates and on the terms applicable to the services provided shall be paid by the applicant.
Section 4. Subsidized Fees. The City Council finds and determines that in order to promote the public health, safety and welfare, and to encourage certain users to obtain required permits and inspections, and to exercise their rights of appeal and redress, it is desirable and nece ssary to provide a general fund subsidy of certain fees and charges. In effecting this policy, the City Council approves and adopts the subsidized fees set forth in Exhibit “A” hereto.
Section 5. Effective Date. The fees or charges established pursuant to this Resolution shall become effective on July 6, 2026.
Section 6. Severability. If any section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this Resolution or any part hereof is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion of this R esolution or any part thereof. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed each section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase hereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more section, s ubsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
Section 7. The Mayor, or presiding officer, is hereby authorized to affix her signature to this Resolution signifying its adoption by the City Council of the City of Norwalk and the City Clerk, or her duly appointed assistant, is directed to attest thereto.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED on this 5th day of May 2026.
JENNIFER PEREZ
MAYOR
ATTEST:
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THERESA DEVOY, CMC
CITY CLERK
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EXHIBIT A
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