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ORD-28-83 AMENDING TITLE 3 OF THE OMC ADDING CHAPTER 3.10 ENTITLED FEES AND CHARGES37 ORDINANCE NO. 28- 83 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ORANGE AMENDING TITLE 3 OF THE ORANGE MUNICIPAL CODE BY ADDING CHAPTER 3.10 ENTITLED "FEES AND CHARGES."WHEREAS, the City Council desires that there should be asystembywhichtheCouncilmayperiodicallyorcontinuouslyreview the fees and charges made for services provided by the City and to make adjustments expeditiously; and WHEREAS, as important as any other reasons for implementing such a system is that the Council wants to insure that persons who use ser-vices furnished by the City and receive benefits thereof pay for them and at rates reasonably consistent with the cost of providing such services; and WHEREAS, in the past, fees and charges have been adoptedbyordinancesandresolutionsastheneedfortheirintroduction or adjustment was made known to the City Council; and WHEREAS, under this Ordinance the City Council's review can be greatly facilitated because most of the City's fees andchargesshallbesetforthinasingleresolutionandtheamendments there-to and the City Council may, if it determines the need to do so,make the Master Schedule of Fees and Charges completelycomprehen-sive and the sole means of establishing and maintaining fees and charges.NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ORANGE DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:SECTION I:Title 3 of the Orange Municipal Code is hereby amended by adding Chapter 3.10 to read as follows:CHAPTER 3. 10 FEES AND CHARGES Sections:3.10. 010 3.10. 020 3.10. 030 3.10. 040 3.10. 050 Purpose Scope Establishment and Amendment Review Chapter Not Construed as 38 3.10.010 Purpose. The purpose of this Chapter is to provide a system for periodic and continuous review of fees and charges for services provided by the City to insure that persons who use these services and receive the benefits thereof shall pay for them at rates reasonably consistent with costs of providing such services, including administrative costs. 3.10.020 Scope. The provisions of this Chapter shall be applicable only to those fees and charges listed in the "Master Schedule of Fees and Charges" and those fees and charges which the City Council may consider for inclusion thereon. 3.10.030 Establishment and Amendment. The City Council shall establish and maintain a "Master Schedule of Fees and Charges" which shall be adopted by resolution. Changes in the "Master Schedule of Fees and Charges" shall be made by resolution which shall amend the adopting resolution. 3.10.040 Review. The City Council shall review fees and charges annually or at such other times as the Council may deem necessary. 3.10.0S0 this Chapter to impose or Chapter Not Construed as Limitation. Nothing contained in shall be construed as limiting the power of the City Council raise fees and charges as authorized by law. SECTION II: A summary of this Ordinance shall be published and a certified copy of the full text of this Ordinance shall be posted in the Office of the City Clerk at least five (5) days prior to the City Council meeting at which this Ordinance is to be adopted. A summary of this Ordinance shall also be published once within fifteen (IS) days after this Ordinance's passage in the Orange City News, a newspaper of general circulation, published and circulated in the City of Orange. The City Clerk shall post in the Office of the City Clerk a certified copy of the full text of such adopted Ordinance along with the names of those City Council members voting for and against the Ordinance in accordance with Government Code Section 36933. This Ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days from and after the date of its final passage. ADOPTED this qth day of Auoust 1983. ATTEST: Ci~ t(; ~ ange Ord. 28-83 - 41 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss CITY OF ORANGE ) I, MARILYN J. JENSEN, City Clerk of the City of Orange, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 28-83 was regularly introduced, reading in full was waived,was read by Title, was passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Orange, California, held on the 9th day of Auqust , 1983, by the following vote, to wit:AYES:COUNCILMEN:BARRERA, MAYOR BEAM, PEREZ, BEYER COUNCILMEN: NONE NOES:ABSENT:COUNCILMEN: SMITH ABSTAIN:COUNCILMEN: NONE WITNESS my hand and seal this 10th day of AUQust 1983.Mar~ g ~City Clerk of the City of Orange 3-Ord.