HomeMy WebLinkAbout2533 Appeal Fees - Uniform Code InterpretationsOrdinance No. 2533
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PORT TOWNSEND, AMENDING
SECTION 20.09.050, APPEAL FEES, CHAPTER 20.09
WHEREAS, concurrent with this ordinance, the City is adopting a new Chapter of the
Port Townsend Municipal Code, Chapter 20.06, which creates a Board of Appeals for the purpose
of hearing appeals of interpretations of uniform codes adopted by the City; and
WIIEREAS, the City Council deems it necessary to set a $50.00 appeals fee to partially
Offset the administrative costs of such appeals,
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Port Townsend does ordain as
follows:
Section 1. Section 20.09.060, Appeal fees, Chapter 20.09, Land Development Permit
Application and Appeal Fees is amended to read as follows:
20.09.050 Appeal fees.
Fees for appealing building permit, land use and land development permit application
determinations or decisions shall be as follows:
A. Sensitive area permit decisions appealable to the city council: $200.00;
B. Environmentally sensitive area determination: $25.00;
C. Administrative decisions of the director of building and community development,
pursuant to PTMC 17.64.090, Chapter 1.14 PTMC, and Chapter 20.01 PTMC: $200.00;
D. Environmental (SEPA) determinations made by the director of BCD, or designee,
pursuant to PTMC 19.04.280: $200.00. This appeal fee shall be waived if a valid petition is
signed by 200 Port Townsend citizens and is submitted to the department within the designated
appeal period. Any such appeal must clearly list the name and address of each signatory;
E. Appealable decisions made by the public works director or designee: $200.00;
F. I_and use administration and enforcement decisions of the BCD, public works, or
other director, made appealable pursuant to Chapter 20.10 PTMC: $20,0.00 $100.00;
G. Planning Commission recommendations made to the City Council pursuant to
Chapter 20.01 PTMC: $200.00r.;
H. Decisions of the building or other official concerning city adopted Uniform codes,
made ap?.~alable pursuant to Chapter 20.06 PTMC: $50.00.
(Ord. 2533 § 1, 1996; Ord. 2523 § 1, 1996).
Section 2. Severability. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section or part of this
Ordinance or its application to any person or circumstance is held to be invalid or unconstitutional
by a court of competent jurisdiction, such order or judgment shall not affect the validity or
constitutionality of the remainder of any part of this Ordinance. To this end, the provisions of
each clause, sentence, paragraph, section or part of this law are declared severable.
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 passed by the City Council of the City of
Port Townsend, Washington, at a regular meeting thereof, held this 17th day of June, 1996.
Attest:
V~ra Franz, Acting Ci~Cler~
Julie lVl~ulloch, Mayor
Ap~ as to Fo : Il '
ity Attorney
06/11/96 [96-016] Ord\Fees{Ch209050.doc}
Ord. No. 2533