HomeMy WebLinkAbout2689 Permit Application Fees for Certain Environmentally Sensitive Areas (ESA) Permits and Personal Wireless Facility PermitsOrdinance No. 2689
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PORT TOWNSEND AMENDING SECTION
20.09.020, BUILDING, LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT FEES, CHAPTER 20.09,
LAND DEVELOPMENT PERMIT APPLICATION AND APPEAL FEES, OF THE
PORT TOWNSEND MUNICIPAL CODE, ADDING PERMIT APPLICATION FEES
FOR CERTAIN ESA PERMITS AND PERSONAL WIRELESS FACILITY PERMITS
WHEREAS, in amending PTMC 19.05, Environmentally Sensitive Areas, the City
Council has added provisions for a minor activities permit and a waiver request; and
WItEREAS, this chapter needs to be amended to reflect fees for those changes to Chapter
19.05 PTMC,
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Port Townsend does ordain as
follows:
SECTION 1. Chapter 20.09, Land Development Permit Application and Appeal Fees,
Section 20.09.020, Building, land use and development fees, subsections A, B and C of the Port
Townsend Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
20.09.020 Building, land use and development fees.
The fees stated in this section are set in an amount to reimburse the public for staff time and
resources expended in reviewing and processing permit applications. These fees do not include
costs of publication, mailing and other costs incurred by the city. These costs are charged in
accordance with PTMC 20.09.040 and 20.09.060. Application and service fees for the various
building, land use and land development permit applications shall be as follows:
A. Type I Applications (see PTMC 20.01.040).
1. Building permits: the fees and charges set forth in the Uniform Building Code, as currently
adopted by the city, plus an additional special examiner/special inspector fee pursuant to the
Nonresidential Energy Code as set forth in the suggested fee schedule set by the utility code
group;
2. Home occupation permits: $30.00;
3. Sign permits: $25.00, plus an additional $10.00 for each additional sign included in the same
permit application;
4. Lot line adjustments not resulting in lot reorientation: $150.00, plus $50.00 per hour of staff
time spent in excess of five hours;
5. Recognition and certification of a single lot of record: $50.00;
6. Recognition and certification of two to nine lots of record: $75.00, plus $50.00 per hour of
staff time spent in excess of two hours;
7. Binding site plans: $250.00, plus an additional $50.00 per hour for staff time in excess of 10
hours;
8. Multiple-family development permits: $200.00, plus $50.00 per hour for staff time in excess
of four hours;
9. Temporary use permits: $150.00, plus $50.00 per hour for staff time in excess of three hours.
No additional fee for two-month extensions;
10. Re-establishment of a temporary use permit which had been issued in the prior year for a
proposed use which is unchanged from the prior year: $50.00;
11. Modification of an approved PUD: $150.00, plus $50.00 per hour for staff time in excess of
five hours;
12. Modification or vacation of an approved binding site plan: $150.00, plus $50.00 per hour for
staff time in excess of five hours;
13. Advance determinations under the environmentally sensitive areas ordinance: $250.00;
14. Mobile home title elimination: $30.00;
15. Shoreline exemption letter or a residential setback analysis: $50.00;
16. Temporary certificate of occupancy: $50.00 for each residential dwelling unit; $100.00 for
commercial, industrial, and institutional uses;
17. Revision of a permit application or of conditions of prior approval: $50.00 per hour of staff
time, plus other direct costs to process the revision.
18. Minor activities environmentally sensitive area permit: $50.00, plus $50.00 per hour of staff
time s~nt in excess of two hours.
19. Waiver rem. uest under Chapter 19.05, Environmentally Sensitive Areas: $50.00.
20..Type~ I Personal Wireless Service Facility. Permits (Ch. 17.78 PTMC): $150.00, plus $50.00
~r~er hour for staff time in excess of 3 hours. (Ord. 2689 § 1, 1999,)
B. Type II Applications (see PTMC 20.01.040).
1. Minor variances, including sign variances: $150.00;
2. Minor conditional use permits: $250.00, plus an additional $50.00 per hour of staff time spent
in excess of 10 hours;
3. Short subdivisions and lot line adjustments resulting in lot reorientation: $250.00, plus $50.00
per hour of staff time in excess of 10 hours;
4. Environmentally sensitive area permits: for minor projects, $250.00, plus $50.00 an hour of
staff time spent in excess of 10 hours; for major projects, $500.00, plus $50.00 per hour of staff
time spent in excess of 10 hours;
5. Environmentally sensitive area rea~sonable use exception applications: $250.00, plus $50.00 an
hour of staff time spent in excess of 10 hours;
6. Revision of a permit application or of conditions of prior approval: $50.00 per hour of staff
time, plus other direct costs to process the revision.
7..Type_ II Personal Wireless Service Facility. Permits (Ch. 17.78 PTMC): $500.00, plus $50.00
per hour for staff time in excess of 10 hours. (Ord. 2689 § 1, 1999.)
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C. Type III Applications (see PTMC 20.01.040).
1. Major variances: $200.00 for single-family residences; $350.00 for other variances;
2. Major conditional use permits: $500.00 for major projects, plus an additional $50.00 per hour
of staff time spent in excess of 10 hours;
3. Full subdivisions or planned unit developments: $500.00, plus an additional $30.00 for each
lot or dwelling unit proposed, plus an additional $50.00 per hour of staff time spent in excess of
10 hours;
4. Site-specific rezones which are consistent with the comprehensive plan: $500.00, plus $50.00
per hour of staff time spent in excess of 10 hours;
5. Shoreline substantial development permit applications: a base fee of $350.00 for a primary use
and $500.00 for a secondary use or $600.00 for a conditional use. In addition, an hourly fee in
the amount of $50.00 shall be charged for staff time in excess of 10 hours;
6. Shoreline variance application: $350.00 for a primary use and $550.00 for a secondary use,
in addition to the amounts charged for a shoreline exemption letter or a residential setback
analysis, if requested. In addition, an hourly fee in the amount of $50.00 shall be charged for staff
time in excess of 10 hours;
7. Revision of a permit application or of conditions of prior approval: $50.00 per hour of staff
time, plus other direct costs to process the revision.
8. Type III Personal Wireless Service Facility Permits (Ch. 17.78 PTMC): $1,750.00, plus
$50.00 per hour for staff time in excess of 5 hours. (Ord. 2689 § 1, 1999.)
D. Type IV Applications (see PTMC 20.01.040).
1. Final long plat approval: $300.00, plus filing costs;
2. Final PUD approval: $200.00, plus filing costs;
3. Final short plat approval for two to four lots: $100.00, plus filing costs; $200.00 for five to
nine lots, plus filing costs.
E. Type V Applications (see PTMC 20.01.040).
1. Comprehensive plan and/or subarea plan amendments: $500.00, plus $50.00 per hour for staff
time spent in excess of 10 hours;
2. Amendment, supplementation or modification to the text of the zoning code or other land use
codes: $500.00, plus $50.00 per hOur of staff time spent in excess of 10 hours;
3. Shoreline master program (SMP) amendments: $500.00, plus $50.00 per hour of staff time
spent in excess of 10 hours;
4. Street vacations: $300.00, plus the cost of property appraisal.
F. Unspecified land use and development permit application fees: $250.00, plus $50.00 per hour
of staff time spent in excess of 10 hours, or such other fee as established by the director of BCD
based upon the most closely related land use permit fee listed. (Ord. 2583 § 2, 1997; Ord. 2523
§ 1, 1996).
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SECTION 2. Severability. If any provision of this ordinance or its application to any
person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the ordinance, or the application of the.
provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected.
This ordinance shall take effect and be in force five days after the date of its publication
in the manner provided by law.
Read for the first, second, and third times and adopted by the City Council of the City of
Port Townsend, Washington, at a regular meeting thereof, held this 1st day of February, 1999.
uli~McCulloch, Mayor
Attest:
Pam Kolacy, Cit3 ~
Approved as ~to Form: .
'l~in'/othy /Mc~an, City Attorney
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