Special Notice / Hearing: 10-Day
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 Commercial Cannabis Cultivation License Fees.
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution amending the Planning and Building Department's Planning Services Fee Schedule to add Commercial Cannabis Cultivation License Fees.
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BACKGROUND:
On February 27, 2018, the Board of Supervisors approved an ordinance authorizing the issuance of commercial cannabis cultivation licenses, subject to specified conditions (the "Ordinance"). The Ordinance requires an application with supporting documents and includes a process for reviewing license application packets. At the time the Ordinance was adopted, staff had not yet calculated appropriate licensing fees.
Since adoption of the Ordinance, Planning Department Staff has coordinated with the County Agricultural Commissioner, the Environmental Health Services Division, the Sheriff's Office, and the County Fire Marshal on internal review procedures.
Staff has also researched commercial cannabis cultivation application fees of other jurisdictions to establish a range of fees, and analyzed the anticipated amount of staff time necessary to process an application. Based upon this analysis, staff is proposing an initial application processing fee of $6,574, which would cover the program-related costs of the reviewing agencies. Staff is also proposing a renewal/amendment fee and a termination of operations fee to implement 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 fee...
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