30-05 Amend 1306.44 License Application Form & Fees

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( 01.- 7" PLACED ON 1ST READING & REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE 4táß!PfiANNING CÒMMISSION 4/18/05. PLACED ON 2ND READING 5/2/05 Ordinance No. 30-05 By: . Corr~gan, Demro, Dever, Dunn, FitzGerald, Madigan, Seelie. An Ordinance to amend Section 1306,44, License APPlication Form and Fee, of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood for the purpose of changing certain fees charged by the City of Lakewood. Whereas, the City wishes to attract iarge-scale development; and Whereas, in order to compete for and to attract large-scale development, the city rtJust have a competitive fee structure; and Whereas, competitive fee structures wiH keep the cost of doing business in Lak~wood equitable, Whereas, after a comprehensive review of our permit fee structure and an analysis of our neighboring communities fee structures, the Administration is recommending the elimination, lowering and increase of various fees; and Whereas, these adjustments will result in the stimulation and furthering of economic activity, especially in the area of new construction. Now therefore, BE IT ORDAIN,ED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO: Section 1. That Section 1306.44, License Application Form and Fèe, of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood, currently reading as follows: 1306.44 LICENSE APPLICATION FORM AND FEE. (a) Every application for a housing license shall be on a form approved by the of{icial cnarged with the enforcement of this Code. It shall statè the name and address of the applicant, the nature and extent of his Interest in the building for which the lid~nse is required, the name and address of the owner of the building, the location of the building, the number of rooms therein, the number of dwelling units therein, the number of rooming units therein and such other information as may be ,required by the official charged with the enforcement of the Code. ' (b) The housing license fees shall be as follows: owner-occupied condominium units - two dollars ($2.00); nonowner-occupied condominium units - six dollars ($6,00); owner-occupied three-family dwellings - twenty-five dollårs ($25.00); all other structures requiring housing licenses pursuant to Section 1306.43- twenty.seven dollars and fifty cents ($27.50) per dwelling unit or rooming unit. (c) Housing license fees shall be forthe purpose of paying the cost of periodic inspection and in no case shall the fee provided for herein be less than twenty-seven dollars and fifty cents ($27.50) per building nor more than: Multiple-family Þuildings and rooming units in which individual suites and/or rooms must be inspected - two thousand seven hundred fifty dollars ($2,750); Condominium buildings in which common areas, including exteriors, win be inspected - one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500). (d) No housing license shall be required for iawful one and two-family structures occupied by the owners as the owner's principal residence. (e) Any housing license required pursuant to Section 1306.43 not secured by the applicable dates stated in Section 1306.47(a) and (b) shall incur a late fee of fifty dollars ($SO.OO) per structure for which the housing license is required.