E4. Resolution 5741 - Planning FeesPlanning Department
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Kalispell, MT 59901
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MEMORANDUM
REPORT TO: Doug Russell, City Manager J\J1_
FROM: Tom Jentz, Director
SUBJECT: Proposed changes to Kalispell Planning Fees
MEETING DATE: November 2, 2015
BACKGROUND: From time to time staff reviews our planning fee schedule to determine if
changes need to be made over time. The last time the fee schedule was updated was in 2007.
We are suggesting two modifications to the schedule, one to address the re -submittal of
preliminary plats that have expired and the second to round off sign permit fees. Each is
discussed below:
1. Fee assignment to address preliminary plats that are resubmitted after they expire:
Preliminary plats are approval by the council for an initial 3 year time frame as provided for in
state law. The city then has the option of granting two two-year extensions to the life of a
preliminary plat for a total of 7 years from the time of actual approval. The applicant can
proceed to final plat any time during this process installing the required streets, sewer, water,
drainage, etc. or they can allow the preliminary plat to simply lapse. We are beginning to come
up on subdivisions that have weathered the past economic climate but not gone forward. We
have now had requests to re -submit their projects for approval to again vest them for up to 7
more years. In so doing, the new preliminary plats would be subject to planning board hearing,
council review and action and they would be conditioned according to our current design and
construction standards and MFE approvals. However, the preliminary plat fee for a new
application is $1,000 plus $125/lot. Staff would offer a reduced application fee for subdivisions
that are being resubmitted where the lot configuration stays the same or where only slight
modifications are involved.
Current subdivision application fee - $1,000 plus $125/lot
Proposed resubmitted application fee - $1,000 plus $10/lot that remains unchanged
$125/lot for each lot that is redesigned
2. Round sign permit fees to the closest dollar:
Sign permit fees are tied to a 1997 building permit schedule which breaks out the permit cost
based on the value of the sign. The schedule uses fractions of a dollar. We are asking that the
final permit fee be rounded to the nearest dollar for ease of administration.
RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that city council approve Resolution 5741,
revising the Kalispell Planning Department fee schedule.
FISCAL EFFECTS: Adoption of the codes, and fee schedules, will have positive fiscal impacts
to the city as it will encourage developers to re -submit lapsed preliminary plats.
ALTERNATIVES: Deny the request.
ATTACHMENTS: Resolution 5741, Revising the Planning Department Fee Schedule
RESOLUTION NO. 5741
A RESOLUTION AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 5237 THEREBY REVISING THE
CITY OF KALISPELL PLANNING OFFICE FEE SCHEDULE AND SETTING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the land use planning services provided by the Kalispell City Planning Office
include, but are not limited to, plat reviews, applications for growth policy
amendments, annexations, establishment and amendments to zoning, applications
for conditional use permits, flood plain reviews and appeals; and
WHEREAS, it is prudent and necessary from time to time to review and amend the fees
charged to the public that utilizes the services of the Kalispell City Planning
Office so that the costs and expenses of that office are equitably distributed; and
WHEREAS, the fee schedule of the Kalispell City Planning Office, attached hereto as Exhibit
"A", equitably assesses the various fees to cover its costs and expenses and is
anticipated to provide the necessary revenues to fund the Kalispell City Planning
Office for fiscal year 2015-2016.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
KALISPELL AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The Kalispell City Planning Office fee schedule, attached hereto and fully
incorporated herein by this reference, shall be and is hereby established as
the valid and enforceable fee schedule of the Kalispell City Planning
Office for those services provided and to remain effective until later
amended or repealed.
SECTION 2. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon passage by the
City Council and approval by the Mayor.
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND SIGNED BY THE MAYOR OF
THE CITY OF KALISPELL, THIS 2ND DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2015.
Mark Johnson
Mayor
ATTEST:
Aimee Brunckhorst, CMC
City Clerk
EXHIBIT "A"
KALISPELL PLANNING DEPARTMENT
FEE SCHEDULE
PRELIMINARY PLAT REVIEW
Major Subdivision (6 or more lots) $1,000 + $125/lot
Resubmitted application fee - $1,000 plus $10/lot that remains
unchanged
$1,000 plus $125/lot for each lot
that is redesigned
Minor Subdivision (5 or fewer lots) $400 + $125/lot
Mobile Home Parks & Campgrounds
(6 or more spaces)
$1,000 + $250/space
(5 or fewer spaces)
$400 + $125/space
Amended Preliminary Plat
Amendment to conditions only
$400 base fee
re -configured proposed lots
Base fee plus $40/lot
Add additional lots or sublots
Base fee plus $125/lot or sublot
Subdivision Variance
$ 1 00/variance
Commercial Subdivisions
$1000+ $125/Lot
REVISED PRELIMINARY PLAT
Mobile Home Parks and Campgrounds, (minor sub.) $300 + $125/unit
Mobile Home Parks and Campgrounds (major sub.) $400 + $125/unit
FINAL PLAT REVIEW
Minor subdivision with approved preliminary plat $400 + $125/lot
Major subdivision with approved preliminary plat $800 + $125/lot
Subdivision with waiver of preliminary plat $800 + $125/lot
Subdivision Improvements Agreement $50
GROWTH POLICY
Amendment to Plan $2,200 + $10/acre
ANNEXATION
Annexation (includes initial zoning) $250 plus $20/acre
ZONING
Zone Change: Base Fee $550
For first 80 acres of area of the request add $20/acre
For next 81+acres add $10/acre
Amendment to Zoning Text $400
PUD/CONCEPT PUD Zoning Review:
Residential (no subdivision) $1,000 + $125/unit
Commercial (no subdivision) $1,200 + $100/ac
Variance:
Residential (with Subdivision) $1,000+ $100/ac
Commercial (with subdivision) $1000 + $100/ac
Residential (Single Family / Duplex) $200
Multi -Family / Commercial / Industrial $400
Conditional Use Permit:
Single-family (10 or fewer trips/day) $250
Minor Residential (2-4 units or 11-49 trips day)
Major residential (5 or more units or 50+ trips/day) $300 + $25/unit or 10 trips
$350+ $50/unit or every 10 trips
Churches, schools, public and quasi -public uses $350
Commercial, industrial, medical, golf courses, etc. $400 + $50/acre or unit or $.05/sq.
ft. of leased space over 5,000 sq.
ft. whichever is greatest
Administrative Conditional Use Permit: $ 75
Residential $150
Commercial/Industrial
Zoning Appeals: $250
Signs 1997 UBC Fee Schedule based on
the value of sign, rounded to
nearest dollar
FLOODPLAIN
Floodplain Development Permit
$250
"After -the -Fact" Permit
$500
Letter of Map Amendment
$50
Letter of Map Revision
$50
Floodplain Appeals and Variances
$400
(goes to the Board of Adjustment)
Floodplain Determinations (Written)
$5 minimum
Hourly Rate
$25/Hr.
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