99-015 - Application Fee for Historic Property Preservation Agreements

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RESOLUTIONNO. 99- o 15 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA ESTABLISHING AN APPLICATION FEE FOR HISTORIC PROPERTY PRESERVATION AGREEMENTS THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE HEREBY RESOLVES, DETERMINES, FOLLOWS: CITY OF SANTA ANA AND DECLARES AS WHEREAS, pursuant to Ordinance No. NS- 2382 , the City requires that persons seeking to enter into Mills Act contracts, shall first obtain approval by the City of a Historic Property Preservation Agreement; and WHEREAS, additions to Chapter 30 of this Code requi~e that the City Council shall from time to time set by resolution the application fee to be charged to persons filing an application for a Historic Property Preservation Agreement; and WHEREAS, the Planning and Building Agency has prepared a written report to the Historic Resources Commission on the cost to administer a Historic Property Preservation Agreement; and WHEREAS, according to staff's written report to the Historic Resources Commission, it is estimated that staff's time and cost of $40 per hour or approximately $700.00-$1,000.00 are required to process and administer a completed application for a Historic Property Preservation Agreement, and that these hours would be divided between processing time by the various City agencies, where necessary; and WHEREAS, based upon this report, the Council finds that an application fee of $150.00 represents a fair and equitable fee which is reasonably related to the City's cost in administering the Historic Property Preservation Agreements; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA, that the application fee for a Historic Property Preservation Agreement is hereby set in the amount of $150.00. This resolution shall become effective upon the date on which Ordinance No. NS- 238 :becomes effective.