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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2484 Amends Title 18 re: feesORDINANCE NO. 2484 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 18 OF THE ASHLAND MUNICIPAL CODE, THE LAND-USE ORDINANCE, WITH RESPECT TO FEES CHARGED FOR PLANNING ACTIONS, AND VARIOUS AMENDMENTS TO DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS PROVISIONS. THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF ASHLAND 00 ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 18.08.795 of the Ashland Municipal Code shall be amended to read as follows: "18.08.795 Traveler's Accommodations. Any establishment having rooms or dwellings rented or kept for rent to travelers or transients for a charge or fee paid or to be paid for rental or use of such facilities for a period of less than 30 days." SECTION 2. Subsection C of section 18.62.040 of the Ashland Municipal Code shall be amended to read as follows: "c. If a development is exclusive of any other Planning Action, as noted in subsection B, then the Physical Constraints Review shall be processed as a Staff Permit." SECTION 3. Subsection A of Section 18.70.060 of the Ashland Municipal Code shall be amended to read as follows: "A. Variances to this chapter shall be processed as a Type I procedure, except that variances granted under subsection B of this section may be processed as a Staff Permit." SECTION 4. Subsection A.5. of Section 18.88.050 of the Ashland Municipal Code shall be amended to read as follows: "5. Dedicated Public Streets Required. All roads which serve 4 units or greater, and which are in an R-1 zone, must be dedicated to the public and shall be developed to improvement standards established by the City's Public Works Department. All roads which serve less than 4 units shall be paved to alley standards established by the Public Works Department." SECTION 5. Subsection B of Section 18.88.060 of the Ashland Municipal Code shall be amended to read as follows: "B. On Street Parking Required. At least one on-street parking space per unit shall be provided in addition to the off-street parking requirements for all developments in an R- 1 zone. and all developments in R-2 and R-3 zones that create or improve public streets. On-street parking spaces shall be immediately adjacent to the public right-of-way on publicly or association owned land and be directly accessible from public right-of-way streets. On-street parking spaces shall be located within 200 feet of the dwelling which it is intended to serve." SECTION 6. Section 18.108.020 of the Ashland Municipal Code shall be amended to read as follows: "18.108.020 Tvpe of Procedures. All Planning Actions shall be subject to one of four procedures depending on the nature of the request. Staff Permit, Type I, Type II, and Type III Ii procedures will be followed in reviewing planning actions, and the steps set up for each procedure are described in the fc:>llowing sections." SECTION 7. A new Section 18.108.025 shall be added to the Ashland Municipal Code and shall read as follows: "J8.108.025 Staff Permit Procedure. 1) Planning actions that are subject to a Staff Permit are those specifically authorized in this title. 2) The Staff Advisor shall act as Hearings Officer and shall make his/her decision based on the criteria found in this Title. 3)1 Notice of the decision shall be mailed to all contiguous property owners and the applicant. 4} Contiguous property owners and the applicant shall have the right to request a hearing before the Planning Commission within 10 days of the date of the mailing of the notice. 5) If no request for hearing appeal is filed, the decision shall be effective 11 days from the mailing of the notice. 6) The Staff Advisor may elect to process any Staff Permit as a Type I or Type II procedure at his/her discretion." SECTION 8. Section 18.108.170 of the Ashland Municipal Code shall be amended to read as follows: "18.108.170 Fees. A. Fees for applications under this Title, and for the rE~lated land use actions of annexation and comprehensive plan aInendments, shall be set by resolution of the Council. B. All applications for Type II and Type III planning ac:tions must have completed a pre-application conference for the project within a six month time period preceding the application date. This requirement may be waived by the St.aff Advisor if in his/her opinion the information to be gathered in a pre-application conference already exists in the final application. C. A decision by the Staff Advisor to process a Staff Permit as a Type I permit, or to process a Type I permit as a Type II, will not affect the fee charged. The fee will be based on the lowest type of hearing a planning action can be processed as, according to this Title." The foregoing Ordinance was first read on the ~day of ;ji~ 1988 and duly PASSED and ADOPTED this ~ day of )J~, 1988. QH'U-~~~ Nan E. nanklin City Recorder SIGNED and APPROVED this r{~ day of ~~A.P.A. -I 1988. ;e~Ah.-rl~ 'L. Gordon Medaris . Mayor -2-