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RES-10540 Amending Master Fee Schedule For Plan Review & InspectionRESOLUTION NO. 10540 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ORANGE AMENDING THE MASTER SCHEDULE OF FEES AND CHARGES FOR PLAN REVIEW AND INSPECTION FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC P.V.) INSTALLATIONS. WHEREAS, pursuant to Chapter 3.10 of the Orange Municipal Code, the City Council has established and maintained a Master Schedule of Fees and Charges, consisting of fees and charges for services provided by the City to persons using such services; and WHEREAS, in accordance with Chapter 3.10 of the Orange Municipal Code, the Master Schedule of Fees and Charges has been periodically amended and revised from time to time by the City Council; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Government Code Section 50076 the amount the City may charge for specified services cannot exceed the estimated reasonable cost of providing the service; and WHEREAS, the fees being recommended for change are based on a cost analysis by City staff that includes a review of staff time required to perform the services, as well as a survey comparing other Orange County cities fees to that of the City of Orange; and WHEREAS, the City Council hereby finds and determines that the Master Schedule of Fees and Charges should be amended to reduce the current plan review and inspection fees 50% for the Photovoltaic (P.V.) installations to better reflect the true cost to the City for recouping City staff time. NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Orange as follows: 1. The foregoing recitals are true and correct. 2. The Master Schedule of Fees and Charges is hereby amended and Attachment Al to this Resolution is hereby adopted, modifying the Master Schedule of Fees and Charges to reduce the current plan review and inspection fees 50% for the Photovoltaic P.V.) installations, as more particularly described in Attachment Al . 3. The City Council finds that the fees set forth in Attachment Al do not exceed the estimated reasonable cost of services provided by the City in connection with plan review and inspection of P.V. installations on commercial and residential projects. 4. The fees listed in Attachment Al shall be effective upon adoption of this Resolution. 5. If the fees set forth in this Resolution or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held to be unconstitutional or otherwise invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity shall not affect any other fee, charge, or rate, or application thereof, which can be implemented without the invalid fee, charge, or rate, or application thereof, and to this end the fees, charges and rates of this Resolution are declared to be severable. ADOPTED this 8th day of March, 2011 ATTEST: Mary E y, City Clerk it of Orange I, MARY E. MURPHY, City Clerk of the City of Orange, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly adopted by the City Council of the City of Orange at a regular meeting thereof held on the 8 th day of March, 2011, by the following vote: AYES:COUNCILMEMBERS:Whitaker, Smith, Cavecche, Dumitru, Bilodeau NOES:COUNCILMEMBERS:None ABSENT:COUNCILMEMBERS:None ABSTAIN:COUNCILMEMBERS:None Mary E u , City Clerk, C4y of Orange 2