RESOLUTION NO. R-26-11
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SAN MARINO, CALIFORNIA, UPDATING THE
SCHEDULE OF FEES FOR SERVICE
WHEREAS, on May 14, 2025, the City Council adopted Resolution R-25-13 to has previously approved a Citywide Schedule of Fees for Service, which includes the fees the City charges for various services as set forth on , including the Fine and Fee Schedule Effective July 13, 2025DATE, posted on the City’s website; and,
WHEREAS, the Citywide Schedule of Fees for Service are based on undertook a comprehensive evaluation of the City’s its costs of providing services to the public, and documented the results of that evaluation in the “Fee Study Update for the City of San Marino,” prepared by Revenue & Cost Specialists, dated May 2025 (“Fee Study”); and, WHEREAS, Resolution R-25-13 contemplates annual updates to the Schedule of Fees based on impacts of inflation, and the City has determined that updates are warranted, as described in this Resolution, in order to cover the City’s estimated costs of providing the services, consistent with the analysis set forth in the Fee Study; and
WHEREAS, the City Council is authorized to approve updates to fees for services provided that the amount of each fee complies with one of the exceptions from the definition of “tax” set forth in Proposition 26 (California Constitution Article XIII C, Section 1(e)) (“Prop 26”); and,
WHEREAS, Prop 26 includes five exceptions from the definition of tax that are relevant to the City Council’s consideration of this Resolution, and each fee identified on the proposed update to the Schedule of Fees for Service (Exhibits “A” through “C”) falls within one or more of the following five exceptions under Prop 26:
1) The amount of the fee does not exceed the City’s costs of providing a specific benefit to the payor; or
2) The amount of the fee does not exceed the City’s costs of providing a service or product to the payor; or
3) The amount of the fee does not exceed the City’s costs of regulation (including licensing, permitting, investigating, inspecting, auditing, or enforcement); or 4) The amount of the fee does not exceed the value of City land authorized by the City for use by the payor; or
5) The amount of the fee is a fine or penalty for a violation of law; and WHEREAS, staff recommends that the City Council approve the updated Citywide Schedule of Fees for Service as described in this Resolution.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARINO, CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY FIND, DETERMINE, AND RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City Council hereby declares that the recitals set forth above are true CITY OF SAN MARINO RESOLUTION NO. R-26-11
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and correct, and incorporated into this resolution as findings of the City Council.
SECTION 2. The City Council hereby approves the fees set forth in the following exhibits: (a) Exhibit “A,” under the column “Effective July 281, 2026Recommended Fee” (hereafter “Recommended Fee”); (b) Exhibit “B,” under the columns labeled “FY 2625-2726 Proposed Fee” (including sub-columns for “R” (resident) and “NR” (non-resident)); and (c) Exhibit “C”; (including the “Comments” and “Deposit” column, and including sub-columns for “Mon.- Thurs.” and “Fri.-Sun”, particularly, fees for Special Event Liability Insurance are the City’s actual outside costs). Those approved fees identified on Exhibits “A,” “B,” and “C” may be referred to herein as “Updated Fees.” Provided, however, to the extent any fee amount for a “Recommended Fee” or “Proposed Fee” is equal in amount to a “Current Fee” for the same fee type, identified on the same exhibit, those fees are included on the exhibits for convenience only, and they represent fees that were previously approved by City Council and are not amended by this Resolution. To the extent there are any conflicts between the amounts of the Updated Fees and the amounts of any previously approved City fees, the amount of the Updated Fees shall take precedence. The City Council hereby repeals any fee identified on an exhibit as recommended to be removed from the fee schedule. The City Council hereby authorizes the City Manager, or designee, to interpret and implement the fees authorized by this Resolution in accordance with the analysis set forth in the Fee Study
SECTION 3. The City Council hereby authorizes the City Manager, or designee, to approve an annual adjustment to fees identified on Exhibits A, B, and C as set forth in this Section
3. The adjustment shall be effective on the date it is approved in writing by the City Manager, or designee, and posted on the City’s website. The amount of the adjustment to the fees shall not exceed the corresponding proportional change in the Consumer Price Index for the Los AngelesLong Beach-Anaheim area for the time period of the adjustment; or if that Index is no longer published, a similar publicly available cost of living index.
SECTION 4. The City Council hereby authorizes the City Manager and the Finance Director to implement the fee changes authorized by this Resolution by administratively organizing and publishing all City fees (including the updated fees described in this Resolution) in a Master Fee Schedule.
SECTION 54. Effective Date: The fees set forth in this Resolution shall become effective July 28, 2026, which is 60 days after adoption of this Resolution.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED, at a Regular Adjourned Meeting of the City Council of the City of San Marino, California, on this 14th 29 day of MayMay, 20265. ______________________________________
TONY CHOU
MAYOR
CITY OF SAN MARINO RESOLUTION NO. R-26-11
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ATTEST:
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ALISON WALKER
CITY CLERK
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF SAN MARINO )
I, ALISON WALKER, City Clerk of the City of San Marino, California, hereby certify that Resolution No. R-26-11 was adopted by the City Council of the City of San Marino at a Regular Adjourned Meeting held on the 29th day of May, 2026, and that the same was adopted by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
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ALISON WALKER
CITY CLERK