City Council
259 N. Wilma Avenue
Ripon, CA 95366
MEMO
To: Honorable City Council
From: Ken Zuidervaart, Planning Director
Date: 08/13/2024
Subject: Donation/Collection Bin 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 “For-Profit & Non-Profit Donation/Collection Bins permits” to the schedule.”
BACKGROUND:
In early 2016 the City Council approved an ordinance to regulate the placement of Donation/Collection Bins within the City of Ripon. In that ordinance parameters were set forth regulating permitted zones, collection bin design standards, site placement requirements, bin maintenance requirements and permitting requirements. Under the permit requirements section, a fee was to be set for the processing of applications for both “for-profit” and “non-profit” donation/collection bin operators. It was recently discovered that this fee was never formally adopted by resolution.
DISCUSSION:
Staff performed an analysis of the time and resources associated with the processing of such applications. It was determined that the processing of donation/collection bin permits would require the same resources as that of a minor site plan permit, which already exists on the Planning Department Fee Schedule. Therefore, staff is proposing to set the application fee for donation/collection bin permits consistent with that of a minor site plan permit.
The fee associated with any “for-profit” organization would be $608 for each bin placement, while the fee for registered Ripon “non-profit” organizations would be $608 for each bin placement not located on the premises where they operate, or $304 (half) for each bin placement located on the premises where they operate.
All Collection/Donation Bin permits are valid for 2 calendar years, with a $50 permit renewal fee for each bin, so long as the business operating the Donation/Collection Bin 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.
Chapter 16.184 to impose fees for staff time in the processing of such 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 2024 Planning Fee Schedule
2. Donation/Collection Bin Amendment_Public Hearing Notice RESOLUTION NO. 24-34
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
RIPON ESTABLISHING A REVISED PLANNING
APPLICATION FEE SCHEDULE TO INCLUDE FOR-PROFIT
AND NON-PROFIT DONATION/COLLECTION BIN 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.23-31 of the City of Ripon on June 13, 2023.
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. 23-31 passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Ripon on June 13, 2023, 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 13th day of August, 2024, by the following vote:
RESULT: ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Dean Uecker, Council Member
SECONDER:Daniel de Graaf, Vice Mayor
AYES: Zuber, de Graaf, Barton, Uecker, Restuccia
THE CITY OF RIPON,
A Municipal Corporation
By ________________________________
LEO ZUBER, Mayor
ATTEST:
By: ___________________________
LISA ROOS, City Clerk