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AGENDA STATEMENT
CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: January 9,1996
SUBJECT:
Amendment to the Grading Ordinance to Expand
Definitions and Amendment to Fee Schedule
Report Prepared by: Lee Thompson, Public Works Director
EXHIBITS ATTACHED:
1. Draft ordinance of definitions as they are to be amended
2. Resolution amending fee schedule
3. Proposed Fee Schedule
4. Existing Fee Schedule
RECOMMENDATION: /1 A,[Y'l. Open public hearing
( y;v . ~. Receive Staff report and public comment
3. Question Staff and the public
4. Close public hearing and deliberate
5. Waive reading, introduce amended ordinance and adopt
resolution approving fee schedule for grading permits
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT:
This amendment will require developers to obtain a permit for
projects that have minimal grading but which still require Staff plan
checking and inspection. The change will allow the City to recover
costs previously not recoverable.
DESCRIPTION: As it currently reads under Article II Section 7.16.040 of the Dublin
Municipal Code, except for specific exemptions, no persons shall do any grading within the City without
a valid grading permit. Section 7.16.050 of the same Article lists the various exemptions that relieve
developers or potential permittees from acquiring a grading permit. In these cases, the developers may
construct improvements without obtaining a permit or paying a fee for work which requires plan checking
and inspection for compliance with City codes and standards.
E".l.mples of these exemptions can be found with the Valley Auto Center Project and the Petsmart Project.
In both cases, the projects dill not require a grading permit because the earthwork fell under Section
7.16.050 Exemption "la". This exemption states that the project may be completed without a grading
permit if less then one hundred fifty (150) cubic yards of grading is involved. Each of the project were in
compliance with the grading ordinance because each job required less than 150 cubic yards of earthwork.
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However, the scope of each project involved construction of facilities normally requiring plan checking
and inspection (under the Grading Permit) of these facilities but no permit or fees were required because.
of the exemption.
In order to insure that private projects meet the standards and specifications the City has set forth, it is
proposed that the Grading Ordinance be amended to eliminate the 150 cubic yard minimum for grading
and expand the definitions of "Grading Plan" and "Grading Work." With no minimum yardage
requirement for grading permits, the Public Works Director will be able to evaluate each job and collect
fees based on actual City costs. By broadening the definitions of "Grading Plan" and Grading Work" to
include the compliance of storm drains, curb, gutter, paving and parking striping with the standards of the
City, the City will be able to recover the costs of plan checking and inspection.
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It IS also proposed to eliminate the deposit fee guidelines as stated in the Grading Fee Resolution, 96-84.
As it stands, the fee schedule is outdated in terms of the costs incurred by the City for inspection and plan
checking. By eliminating the fee guidelines, the fee schedule will simply state that the grading permit is
$10.00 for the cost of issuing the permit, plus the actual cost of plan checking and inspection. These
changes allow the city to tailor each grading fee to the amount of work anticipated by the City Staff.
Staff recommends that City Council waive reading, introduce the amended ordinance, and adopt the
resolution approving fee schedule for grading permit.
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ORDINANCE NO. -9.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN
AMENDING CHAPTER 7.16 OF THE DUBLIN MUNICIPAL CODE
RELATIVE TO GRADING REGULATIONS
The City Council of the City of Dublin does ordain as follows:
Section 1.
Section 2.
Section 7.16.030 of the Dublin Municipal Code shall be amended
to read as follows:
"Grading Plan" means a plan prepared in accordance with this
Chapter showing grading and related work such as, but not limited
to, storm drains, existing and finished grades, curbs, gutters,
sidewalks, paving and parking striping.
"Grading Work" means grading and related work that includes, but
is not limited to, storm drain facilities, construction of curbs and
gutters, asphalt or Portland cement concrete paving, parking
striping, drainage improvements, and erosion and sediment control.
Section 7.16.050 Subsection A. 1. a., b. and c. ofthe Dublin
Municipal Code shall be amended to read as follows:
"7.16.050
Exemptions.
A. The following grading may be done without obtaining a
permit:
1. Minor projects which have cuts or fills, each of
which is less than five feet in vertical depth at its
deepest point measured from the existing ground
surface, and which include all of the following:
a. The removal, plowing under, or burial of
less than ten thousand (10,000) square feet
of vegetation on slopes ten percent or greater
or any amount of vegetation on slopes less
than ten percent, and
b,
Will not create unstable or erodible slopes;"
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Section 3. EFFECTIVE DATE AND POSTING OF ORDINANCE: This
Ordinance shall take effect and be in force thirty (30) days from and after the date of its . .
passage. The City Clerk of the City of Dublin shall cause this Ordinance to be posted in
at least three (3) public places in the City of Dublin in accordance with Section 36933 of
the Government Code of the State of California.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this _ day of , 1996
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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RESOLUTION NO. .
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A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN
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APPROVING REVISIONS TO THE FEE SCHEDULE FOR GRADING PERMITS
WHEREAS, the required deposit for grading permit plan checking and inspection are outdated
and inadequate for continued use; and
WHEREAS, the City's cost for plan checking and inspecting the work is greater than the deposit
received from fees in the August, 1984, fee schedule; and
WHEREAS, elimination ofthe deposit schedule wiIl allow a closer estimation of deposits
collected for plan checking and inspection; and
WHEREAS, the proposed fees will not exceed the City's cost for performing the services.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Dublin does hereby
approve the revised fee schedule for grading permits attached as "Exhibit A"
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PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this day of
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AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
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Exhibit A: Grading Fees
Grading Fees = Permit Fee ($10.00) + actual cost of plan checking and
inspection.
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Exhibit 2: Grading Fees
Grading Fees = Permit Fee ($10.00) + actual cost of plan checking and
inspection.
Amount of Natural Earth Material
Deposit Amount required
with insurance or permit
151 to 1,000 cubic yards
$0.20 per cubic yard.
$200.00 per the first 1,000 cubic
yards, plus $ .015per cubic yard
for each yard over 1,000 cubic
yares.
10,000 to 100,000 cubic yards
$335.00 for the first 10,000
cubic yards, plus $0.003 per
cubic yard for each yard over
10,000 cubic yards.
100,001 cubic yards or more
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$605.00 for the first 100,000
cubic yards, plus $0.001 per'
cubic yard for each yard over
100,000 cubic yarGs.
Single Family Home
$100.00
Subdivision
The deposit requirea 1S a
percentage of grading cost. See
Exhibit 3 Table for construction
inspection fees. Fee required is
the actual City costs incurred
charged against the required
deposit. Additional monies may
be required if city costs exceed
the deposit and unused deposit
will be refunded if costs are
less than deposit.
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