City Council
259 N. Wilma Avenue
Ripon, CA 95366
MEMO
To: Honorable City Council
From: Ken Zuidervaart, Planning Director
Date: 01/11/2022
Subject: Sidewalk Dining Permit Application Fee
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Should the City Council agree with Staff’s recommendation, the following motion would be appropriate: “The City Council adopts the resolution establishing a revised Planning Agency Fee schedule, which adds “Sidewalk Dining Permits” to the schedule.” BACKGROUND:
At the December City Council meeting, the City Council rescinded Chapter 5.48 regarding outdoor dining within a public right-of-way and approved amendments to Chapter 5.44 regarding sidewalk dining on public walkways.
The newly revised sidewalk dining ordinance alludes to an application fee as set by resolution of the City Council. For the past several months, the City Council has been working through several drafts of an ordinance to regulate “Sidewalk Dining” within the City of Ripon. At the December 14, 2021 City Council meeting a “Sidewalk Dining” ordinance was adopted to regulate such activities, which will go into effect on January 13, 2022.
With the adoption of amendments to the City’s “Sidewalk Dining on Public Walkways” ordinance there is a need to add “Sidewalk Dining Permits” to the Planning Fee Schedule. It is a requirement that all sidewalk dining within the City of Ripon obtain a sidewalk dining permit in order to operate within City limits. The cost for staff to process these applications has been estimated at $270.00 (approximately 1 hour Planning Secretary and 1 ½ hours Planning Director). All sidewalk dining permits are valid for 1 calendar year, meaning they expire on December 31st of the year in which they were issued. The sidewalk dining permit will include a yearly permit renewal fee of $75 so long as the business operating the sidewalk dining area has complied in good faith with the rules and regulations set forth in the City’s ordinance.
The City of Ripon is authorized by law, including Government Code Section 66014 and R.M.C. Chapters 16.06 and 16.08.100(E), to impose fees for staff time in the processing of various applications submitted to the Planning Department. The Planning Department maintains a Fee Schedule, which provides a list of fees for processing a variety of applications.
Attachments:
1. Exhibit A - Amended 2022 Planning Fee Schedule
2. Public Hearing Notice
RESOLUTION NO. 22-7
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
RIPON ESTABLISHING A REVISED PLANNING
APPLICATION FEE SCHEDULE TO INCLUDE SIDEWALK
DINING PERMITS AND RESCINDING ALL PREVIOUS
RESOLUTIONS IN CONFLICT HEREWITH
WHEREAS, previous hereto the City of Ripon has established a Planning Agency Fee Schedule for the processing of various applications submitted to the Planning Department; and WHEREAS the City of Ripon Planning Department has requested the adoption of a revised Planning Agency Fee Schedule by the City Council to replace the previous fee schedule adopted pursuant to Resolution No.19-35 of the City of Ripon on December 10, 2019.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Ripon that the following Planning Agency Fee Schedule attached as Exhibit “A” is hereby approved by the City Council of the City of Ripon.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that applicable fees shall be deposited with the City of Ripon when a request is made for any Planning Commission and/or City Council action for which the hereinabove Planning Agency Fee Schedule is herein fixed and approved by the City Council. Any such fees as set forth herein shall be adjusted annually based upon the Consumer Price Index using the Bay Area Region Price Index, unless other action is taken by the City Council of the City of Ripon in determining the amount of any of the Planning Agency fees fixed herein.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Resolution No. 19-35 passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Ripon on December 10, 2019, and any other Planning Agency Fee Schedule fees in conflict herewith are hereby expressly repealed.
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Ripon this 11th day of January, 2022, by the following vote:
RESULT: ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Michael Restuccia, Vice Mayor
SECONDER:Daniel de Graaf, Council Member
AYES: Uecker, Restuccia, Zuber, de Graaf, Barton
THE CITY OF RIPON,
A Municipal Corporation
By ________________________________
DEAN UECKER, Mayor
ATTEST:
By: ___________________________
LISA ROOS, City Clerk