RESOLUTION R-2022-24
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PLACENTIA, CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING A TEMPORARY
PLANNING PERMIT FEE WAIVER AND BUILDING PERMIT
FEE WAIVER TO PROMOTE AND INCENTIVIZE NEW
SIGNAGE AT BUSINESSES CITYWIDE AS PART OF THE
PLACENTIA BUY LOCAL INCENTIVE PROGRAM
A. Recitals
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Mitigation Fee Act (Government Code section 66000 et seq.) the City of Placentia is authorized to adopt and implement fees, rates, and charges for municipal services; provided that such fees, rates, and charges do not exceed the estimated reasonable cost of providing such services; and WHEREAS, the City of Placentia desires to implement a temporary fee waiver program to boost Economic Development citywide as part of the Placentia Buy Local Incentive Program; and
WHEREAS, the City of Placentia desires to waive certain Planning and Building permit fees as part of the Placentia Buy Local Incentive Program; and WHEREAS, all legal prerequisites to the adoption of this Resolution have occurred; and
WHEREAS, the actions implemented through the adoption of this Resolution are statutorily exempt under the California Environmental Quality Act per Section 21080(b)(8) of the Public Resources Code.
B. Resolution
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLACENTIA DOES HEREBY RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS:
1. Recitals. The recitals in Part A., above, are correct.
2. Commercial Sign Program. This program will fully waive all planning and building fees, not to exceed $1,000, per business location or per applicant for businesses updating their permanent signs, participating businesses must have a current business license.
3. Fee Waiver. This fee waiver program shall be valid for a 6 -month timeframe commencing on May 1, 2022.
4. Delegated Authority. The City Administrator or designee is hereby delegated the authority to approve or deny each fee waiver request each request shall Resolution R-2022-24
comply with all signage provisions of the Placentia Municipal Code and shall further the goals of the Placentia Buy Local Incentive Program.
6. Severabilitv. If any fee, rate, or charge adopted or increased by this Resolution is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such fee, rate, or charge shall be deemed a separate, distinct, and independent provision of this Resolution, and such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining fees, rates and charges adopted or revised herein. The City Council hereby declares that it would have adopted this Resolution and each section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one (1) or more sections, subsections, subdivisions, sentences, clauses, phrases, or portions thereof be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
PASSED, ADOPTED AND APPROVED this 19th day of April 2022.
Rhonda Shader, Mayor
Attest:
Robert S. McKinnell, City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF ORANGE
I, Robert McKinnell, City Clerk of the City of Placentia, do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Placentia held on the 19th day of April 2022 by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
Councilmembers:
Councilmembers:
Councilmembers:
Councilmembers:
Green, Smith, Wanke, Shader
Yamaguchi
None
None
Robert S. McKinnell, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Christian L. Bettenhausen, City Attorney
Resolution R-2022-24