Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Steve Monowitz, Community Development Director
Subject: Amend the Planning and Building Department's Planning Services Fee Schedule to add a fee to cover the cost of reviewing Short Term Rental (STR) Permits.
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing the addition of a "Short Term Rental Permit" fee to the Planning Services Fee Schedule.
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BACKGROUND:
On June 6, 2017, the Board of Supervisors approved an ordinance that, for the first time, regulates the renting, on a short term basis, of residences within the Coastal Zone of San Mateo County. The ordinance includes a list of required submittal documents and a process for reviewing and approving an STR permit application. However, at the time of ordinance adoption, Staff had not conducted research on an appropriate fee level for the processing of this new permit.
Since the adoption of the ordinance in June, Staff has been working with California Coastal Commission staff to certify the zoning amendment. Staff has also been researching short-term rental application fees of other jurisdictions to establish a range of fees, as well as analyzing the anticipated amount of staff time necessary to process an application. Based upon this analysis, Staff is proposing a processing fee of $300, which includes public noticing as required by the ordinance.
DISCUSSION:
1. Authority
County Ordinance 2193, adopted April 10, 1973, authorizes the setting of Planning Department fees by resolution of the Board of Supervisors. State law requires that fees not exceed the estimated reasonable cost of providing the service for which the fee is charged. Staff calculations show that the proposed fees would equal but not exceed the cost of the service the Department provides. Government Code Section 66014 also authorizes local governments to recover from permit applicants the cost of prepari...
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