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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES CC 2001 1809 2001 0117RESOLUTION NO. 2001 -1809 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MOORPARK, CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING FEES PURSUANT TO GROUNDWATER CONSERVATION ORDINANCE AND RESCINDING RESOLUTION NO. 90- 708 WHEREAS, Chapter 8.40 of the Municipal Code contains language authorizing the City Council, by resolution, to establish a schedule of fees for the processing of well permits and certain other services pertaining to groundwater conservation; and WHEREAS, the County of Ventura administers the groundwater conservation program for all cities in Ventura County through a contract with each City; and WHEREAS, fees charged by the County are set at an amount to only recover costs for the well program; NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MOORPARK DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Resolution No. 90 -708 is hereby rescinded. SECTION 2. Fees to construct, repair, modify or destroy a well shall be set at the rate currently in effect for the County of Ventura as set by a resolution effective January 17, 1992 (copy attached as Exhibit 1). SECTION 3. The City of Moorpark reserves the right to adopt, change or rescind well fees at the discretion of the City Council. SECTION 4. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this resolution and shall cause a certified resolution to be filed in the book of original resolutions. PASSED AND ADOPTED this 7 ATTEST: Deborah S. Traffenst t, City Cler} Attachment: Exhibit 1 , County Resol_ ____ Resolution No. 2001 -1809 Page 2 Exhibit 1 RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF VENTURA ESTABLISHING FEES PURSUANT TO VENTURA COUNTY ORDINANCE CODE SECTION 4821 WHEREAS, the Ventura County Ordinance Code Section authorizes this Board to establish a schedule of fees for the processing of well permits and certain other services pertaining to groundwater conservation; and WHEREAS, this Board has, by resolution dated April 28, 1987, adopted a schedule of fees for well permits, which schedule is now obsolete; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, DETERMINED AND ORDERED as follows: 1. Said resolution of this Board dated April 28, 1987, is hereby repealed. 2. The fee for processing a permit to construct, repair, modify or destroy a well issued pursuant to Section 4813 of the Ventura County Ordinance Code shall be as follows: (a) Except as otherwise provided in subparagraphs (c)and (d), for permits relating to water wells, cathodic protection wells, monitoring wells and engineering test holes inspected by the County inspector, the fee shall be $475 for the initial well plus $70 for each additional well which is located on the same site and is perforated or sealed on the same day the initial well is perforated or sealed. (b) Except as otherwise provided in subparagraphs (c) and (d), for permits relating to monitoring wells and engineering test holes inspected by the applicant's registered inspector, the fee shall be $300 for up to four wells on the same site plus $40for each additional well which is located on the same site. (c) Except as otherwise provided in subparagraph(d), for permits solely to increase the depth of an existing and unabandoned well for which all earlier construction, repair or modification work has been pursuant to and in compliance Resolution No. 2001 -1809 Page 3 with permits issued under Section 4813 of the Ventura County Ordinance Code, the fee shall be $300 for the initial well plus $70 for each additional well on the same site. (d) For permits specified in subparagraphs (a), (b) and (c), where work for which the permit is required has commenced before submittal of the permit application, the fee shall be doubled that otherwise specified in those subparagraphs. It is estimated that such late permit applications cost, on the average, twice as much to process as the timely applications for the same permits. This double fee is imposed not as -a penalty but to recover the estimated additional costs incurred in connection with such late permit applications. (e) For annual permits relating to engineering test holes inspected by registered inspector(s) , the fee shall be $500 per year per company. (f) If a County inspector is required to be at a well site in the performance of an inspection of any completion operation, as defined in Section 4812 (d) of the Ventura County Ordinance Code, in excess of two working days, the fee shall be increased by $200 for each working day or portion thereof in excess of the initial two working days. 3. The fee for processing an application to extend a permit pursuant to Section 4813 (E) of the Ventura County Ordinance Code shall be $25. 4. No fee shall be charged for procesinq an application for approval of a registered inspector, as defined in Section 4812 (U) of the Ventura County Ordinance Code; provided, however, that approval shall be subject to such terms and conditions as the Director of the Ventura County Public Works Agency may deem reasonably necessary to ensure the registered inspector's completence and responsibility. 5. No fee shall be charged for processing an application for registration with the Department persuant to Section 4813 (G) of the Ventura County Ordinance Code. Resolution No. 2001 -1809 Page 4 6. The fee for processing a Certificate of Exemption issued pursuant to Section 4820 of the Ventura County Ordinance Code shall be $100; provided, however, that no fee shall be charged for processing such a certificate respecting a well which is monitored annually by the Ventura County Public Works Agency or the United Water Conservation District. 7. This resolution shall become operative on January 17, 1992. On motion by Supervisor Lacey , seconded by Supervisor Vanderkolk , the foregoing resolution was passed and adopted on December 17, 1991 . s/s Magee Kildee CHAIR, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ATTEST: RICHARD D. DEAN, County Clerk, County of Ventura, State of California, and ex officio Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, thereof. By s/s Roberta Rodriguez Deputy Clerk Resolution No. 2001 -1809 Page 5 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF VENTURA ) ss. CITY OF MOORPARK ) I, Deborah S. Traffenstedt, City Clerk of the City of Moorpark, California, do hereby certify under penalty of perjury that the foregoing Resolution No. 2001 -1809 was adopted by the City Council of the City of Moorpark at a meeting held on the 17th day of January, 2001, and that the same was adopted by the following vote: AYES: Councilmembers Harper, Mikos, Millhouse, Wozniak and Mayor Hunter NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None WITNESS my hand and the official seal of said City this Stn day of February, 2001. Deborah S. Traffenste City Clerk (seal)