RESOLUTION NO. RES-2025-179
RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ROSA ADOPTING NEW AND AMENDED DEVELOPMENT RELATED SERVICE FEES WHEREAS, Government Code Section 66014 provides that when a local agency charges fees for filing and processing applications for building and planning services or under any other authority, those fees may not exceed the estimated reasonable cost of providing the service for which the fee is charged, and such fees may include the costs reasonably necessary to prepare and revise the plans and policies that a local agency is required to adopt before it can make any necessary findings and determinations; and WHEREAS, the Planning and Economic Development Department routinely analyzes existing adopted service fees to determine cost recovery levels, impacts to the community and to ensure that fee calculations align with new and modified permitting processes; and WHEREAS, the Development Services Fee Update, attached hereto as Exhibit "A" and incorporated herein by this reference, provides adequate evidence that the proposed service fees are formulated to recoup average costs associated with the delivery of the identified development services; and WHEREAS, pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15378, the proposed action is not a “project” subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) because it involves the creation of government funding mechanisms or other government fiscal activities that do not involve any commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment. In the alternative, the recommended action is exempt from CEQA pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15061(b)(3) because it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the project may have a significant effect on the environment; and WHEREAS, subsidizing certain fee types through general fund support is needed to support health and life safety and to increase community access to permitting processes.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Council of the City of Santa Rosa adopts the service fees amendments set forth in Exhibit A effective 60 days from the adoption of this Resolution. / / /
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council of the City of Santa Rosa authorizes the Planning and Economic Development Director to increase all fees identified in Exhibit A annually in July based on the percentage change in the Bureau of Labor Statistics San Francisco/Oakland/San Jose Consumer Price Index – All Urban Consumers.
IN COUNCIL DULY PASSED this 4th day of November, 2025.
AYES: (6) Mayor Stapp, Council Members Bañuelos, Fleming, MacDonald, Okrepkie, Rogers NOES: (0)
ABSENT: (1) Vice Mayor Alvarez
ABSTAIN: (0)
RECUSE: (0)
ATTEST: _________________________ APPROVED: ______________________________ City Clerk Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM: ________________________
Chief Assistant City Attorney
Exhibit A - Development Service Fee Updates
Reso. No. RES-2025-179
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