HomeMy WebLinkAbout07. 19-292 MAY 28, 2019 19-292 RESOLUTION
(CARRIED 7-0 LOST LAID OVER WITHDRAWN )
AS AMENDED
PURPOSE: APPROVE PLANNING SERVICES FEE SCHEDULE
INITIATED BY: CITY ADMINISTRATION
BE IT RESOLVED by the Common Council of the City of Oshkosh that the
attached revised fees for Zoning Ordinance copies, Conditional Use Permit Recording
Fee, Short Term Rental Fee*, Zoning Code Enforcement Fees and commencing work
without a permit fee, is hereby approved, effective June 1, 2019. All other permit fees for
Planning Services remain unchanged.
*AMENDED SHORT TERM RENTAL FEE INDICATED ON ATTACHMENT.
COUNCIL WILL REVIEW AFTER THE FIRST YEAR.
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Oshkosh
TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the Common Council
FROM: Darryn Burich
Director of Planning Services
DATE: May 23, 2019
RE: Approve Planning Services Fee Schedule
BACKGROUND
The Planning Services Division charges various fees related to project reviews, permit and
license issuance, and code enforcement as well as fees related to purchase of various division
documents. Fees are periodically adjusted based on need especially or when new fee
categories are created.
Staff is proposing to update 5 fee categories as part of this action in an effort to offset
administrative costs related to the various cost categories proposed to be updated as part of
this resolution.
ANALYSIS
The proposed fee increases are meant to recover administrative costs related to various actions
covered in the relation. Staff is proposing a fee of$100 to cover the cost of issuance of a license
for a new short term rental. At this point staff cant anticipate how many licenses will be issued
as it is a new requirement and the applicability date for the local license first applies at 16 days,
which will not apply until after August 1, 2019.
Staff if proposing what appears to be a significant increase in services fees related zoning code
enforcement. The rationale for the change is to bring the service fees in line with Inspection
Services service fees as there are many similarities in the codes being enforced. The existing
initial service fee of $20 generally does not cover the amount of staff time that is put into the
enforcement process such as the initial inspection and issuance of orders nor dealing with the
persons or companies creating the violations. Service fees are generally only issued after the
initial correction orders have been issued with a compliance date along with a re-inspection.
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The Conditional Use Permit recording fee is proposed to accommodate recording of Conditional
Use Permits (CUPs) at the Register of Deeds. Recording the CUPs ensures that when property
ownership changes,but the use doesn't, that the new owner will be notified of the conditions in
effect on the property.
Other changes include increasing the cost of selling hard copies of the Zoning Ordinance which
has increased due to the increased number of pages in the new Ordinance. As the Zoning
Ordinance is available on line there are almost no hard copy sales so there will be very little
fiscal impact.
The last fee description involves changing the work without a permit fee from a triple fee basis
to a flat fee of $100. The triple permit fee can be too punitive when looking at some of the
Division's higher fees that could range into the several thousand dollar neighborhood. The$100
is also consistent with Inspection work without a permit fee.
Other new fees include a notification and/or publication fee for some items going before the Plan
Commission and Board of Appeals and a Historic Tax Credit research fee to be charged on an
hourly basis versus a flat fee which is the most common fee on the schedule.
The temporary use permit fee has not changed since 2006 and that has been at $75 for up to 90
days. A new three tiered system is being proposed ranging from $75-$125 depending on the
time period requested and for the first time a "quantity discount" for up to 4 separate sites is
being proposed that reduces the additional fee by 50% per site (maximum of 4 sites) if the
permits are all obtained at one time.
The sign category has expanded to reflect the various categories of signs that are put up and
each may require a different level of review depending on type and location.
FISCAL IMPACT
Revenue from the new fees will help offset overall Division operations and should add another
$5,000-$8,000 in annual revenue depending on activity.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends approving the fees as proposed.
Respectfully Submitted, Approved:
Darryn Burich Mark A. Rohloff
Director of Planning Services City Manager
City Hall,215 Church Avenue P.O. Box ]130 Oshkosh,WI 54903-1130 920.236,5000 http://www.ci.oshkosh.wi.us
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