RESOLUTION NO. 22-05

 

A RESOLUTION AMENDING THE DEVELOPMENT FEE SCHEDULE

 

RECITALS:

 

 The City of Grand Junction ("City") established a Development Fee Schedule ("Fee Schedule") with Resolution No. 26-00. The City's adopted policy is that growth, i.e. development, is to "pay its own way." It has been determined to implement this policy the Development Fee Schedule needs to be amended. The City considers revisions to the Development Fee Schedule when it becomes apparent that there are additional fees that should be applied for developments to "pay their own way." After review, it has been determined that a fee of $50.00 is reasonable and shall be assessed for development applications that necessitate the posting of a sign or signs for public notice and that the that the fee for accepting cash-in- lieu of construction for installing underground utilities is reasonable to be assessed $25.00 per foot for each foot of utilities that would otherwise be required to be installed underground.

 

 The fees stated and described herein are found to be in an amount bearing a reasonable relationship to the cost of providing services, protecting the public and their facilities from degradation and/or exacerbation of public problems due to growth.

 The City has a legitimate governmental interest in assuring that development does not cause the public problem of inadequate, unsafe and inefficient public facilities and to that end has determined that there is a reasonable, demonstrable connection between the fees, charges and dedications and the public benefit and protection of the public health safety and welfare that is had by imposing the same on new growth and development. The community, in which the growth and development is occurring, is benefited as a whole by the receipt and expenditure of such revenues.

 

NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION THAT:

 

 The Development Fee Scheduled is hereby amended to include the following fees:

 

 1. A $50.00 fee shall be assessed per development application that necessitates the posting of a sign or signs for public notice.

 

 2. The payment for the cash-in lieu of construction shall be calculated based on $25.00 per foot for each foot of utilities that would otherwise be required to be installed underground for the approved development.

 

PASSED and ADOPTED this 2nd day of February, 2005.

 

ATTEST:

 

/s/: Bruce Hill

Mayor

 

/s/: Stephanie Tuin

City Clerk