75B - ESTABLISH AND UPDATE VARIOUS DEVELOPMENT PROCESSING FEE AMTS

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ORDINANCE NO. NS-XXX AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AMENDING SECTIONS 30-6 AND 30-8 OF THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE AUTHORIZING IMPOSITION OF FEES FOR AN APPLICANT SEEKING APPROVAL FOR A MAJOR EXTERIOR MODIFICATION TO A HISTORIC STRUCTURE THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby finds, determines and declares as follows: A. Since 2003, the City has required review and approval of any person's request to make substantial physical exterior modifications to a structure listed on the City's list of historic resources. B. In some cases, the City's review of such applications have involved extensive research, use of outside historic experts, and multiple public hearings, including public hearings before the City Council on appeal. C. In other cases, which do not involve proposed substantial exterior modifications, the City has established procedures for administrative approval of modification requests by city staff which eliminates the need for applications, extensive review or any public hearings. D. It is appropriate for the City to impose a reasonable application processing fee on individual property owners who are seeking approval by the City to make substantial physical exterior modifications to historic structures. E. All provisions of the Santa Ana Municipal Code which are repeated herein are repeated solely in order to comply with the provisions of section 418 of the Charter of the City of Santa Ana. Any such restatement of existing provisions of the Code is not intended, nor shall it be interpreted, as constituting a new action or decision of the City Council, but rather such provisions are repeated for tracking purposes only in conformance with the Charter. Ordinance No. NS-XXX 7 ~ ~ _~ Page 1 of 5