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CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED ORDINANCE NO. 2008 - 20 BY: Mayor O'Grady AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 931.10 (GRADE DEPOSITS FOR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS) OF CHAPTER 931 OF THE NORTH OLMSTED STREETS, UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE IN ORDER TO INCREASE ENGINEERING AND INSPECTION FEES, AND ESTABLISH A NEW METHOD FOR CALCULATING GRADE DEPOSIT AMOUNTS, FOR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS. WHEREAS, the engineering and inspection fees for commercial developments have not been updated since 1991; and WHEREAS, the City Engineer has recommended a new method for determining the appropriate amount of deposit that must be submitted by commercial developers for City engineering and inspection fees, as well as increasing engineering and inspection fees to be charged to commercial developers in order to cover the amounts that the City must pay per contract to its outside consulting engineering firm as well by salary to the City Engineer, Assistant City Engineer, and other administrative officials; and WHEREAS, it is accordingly the desire of this Council, acting upon the recommendation of the City Engineer, to amend Section 931.10 of the Streets, Utilities and Public Services Code to increase the fees for engineering and inspection services for commercial developments in the City and to change the method of calculating the grade deposit required for such developments; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED, COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA, STATE OF OHIO: SECTION 1: That Section 931.10 (Grade Deposits for Commercial Developments) of the North Olmsted Streets, Utilities and Public Services Code which presently reads as follows: 931.10 GRADE DEPOSITS FOR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS. (a) This deposit shall be used for the establishing of finished ground grades, the checking of all grades to see if they conform to the approved plans and if necessary to perform an "as built" survey or to grade the site in accordance with the approved grading plan. Costs shall be calculated at a rate of sixty dollars ($60.00) per hour for the time spent by the City Engineer or the Assistant City Engineer, and forty dollars ($40.00) per hour per man for the field crew for inspection.