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Home My WebLink About6.1 AmendGradingOrd .., CITY CLERK File # D~[3][Q]-[3]~ e 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 ." 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. e------------------------------------------------------------------- ..... . COPIES TO: Building Industry Association ITEM NO..6...L Wee-fo rms/a gdastm t.d oe 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. e, 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. ... . . e, .I' Page 2 . .... . . . 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;" !...~- ...... ~:.".....\ ~... ,"" ....~... ~ -~~ 1 .,.......,..-..-........------ 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 .: . RESOLUTION NO. . . A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN ********* 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" . PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this day of ,199 AYES: NOES: ABSENT: ABSTAIN: Mayor ATTEST: . City Clerk H/cc-forms/reso.doc !",,""l.1f.l ~'I>::-:'"/,,.,~~~ ~ ~~ . ..~ z l... -::.~ ~_............_~_~_.. CITY OF DUBLIN Exhibit A: Grading Fees Grading Fees = Permit Fee ($10.00) + actual cost of plan checking and inspection. ""''' Jf ~ l!'''' .,..".... ;1t ~ ;, , ';c" i;;- ~. .,,' ~'.~'; ~ 3 . - . ,,~ . ~ .' - . t :J '--;"/ ~ j .~ ~~:_:: j;j -~ . . . .. . City of Dublin 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 . $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. 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