HomeMy WebLinkAbout2025-039 - Establishing Group Home Special Use & Operator's Permit RESOLUTION NO. 2025-039
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SANTA ANA ESTABLISHING FEES FOR A GROUP
HOME SPECIAL USE PERMIT AND A GROUP HOME
OPERATOR'S PERMIT
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE City Council OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby finds,
determines and declares as follows:
A. Section 8-5 of the SAMC authorizes the establishment of fees and
charges for permits, plan review, inspections, re-inspections,
investigations, hearings or other purposes requiring fees by resolution
of the City Council.
B, On June 3, 2025, the City Council approved Resolution No. 2025-026
establishing the Uniform Miscellaneous Fees Schedule for Fiscal Year
2025-2026.
C. Fees contained in the Uniform Miscellaneous Fees are intended to
recover the City's costs associated with delivering the corresponding
services. In accordance with State law, do not exceed the City's
estimated reasonable cost in delivering said service.
D. If adopted, Ordinance No. NS-3084 will require that a Group Home
Special Use Permit be obtained for certain group homes with six or
fewer occupants and that a Group Home Operator's Permit be
obtained for group homes with seven or more occupants.
E. Review of these types of applications were not contemplated by the
Uniform Miscellaneous Fees Schedule for Fiscal Year 2025-2026.
Therefore, new Planning and Building Agency fees for Group Home
Special Use Permit application review and for Group Home Operator's
Permit application review need to be added to the Uniform
Miscellaneous Fees Schedule.
F. Based on an analysis and evaluation of staff time, equipment, and
materials, staff recommences that the fees set forth below be added to
the Uniform Miscellaneous Fees Schedule for Fiscal Year 2025-2026,
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Section 2. The City Council hereby establishes a fee for a Group Home
Special Use Permit application review and a Group Home Operator's Permit
application review, as noted below, as they represent the estimated reasonable cost
of processing said permits:
Group Home Special Use Permit I$3,886
Group Home Operator's Permit j$2,480
Section 3. The City Council finds that the aforementioned fees are less than
or equal to, but do not exceed, the actual direct and indirect costs and expenses
incurred by the City of Santa Ana in providing said services.
Section 4. Without further action of the City Council, the above-referenced
fees created by this Resolution shall be incorporated into the City's Uniform
Schedule of Miscellaneous Fees for Fiscal Year 2025-2026 and updated annually.
Section 5. This Resolution, upon adoption by the City Council, shall take
effect August 19, 2025, and the City Clerk shall attest to and certify the vote
adopting this Resolution.
ADOPTED this 19t" day of August, 2025.
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Sonia R. Carvalho, City Attorney
By:
Melissa M. Crosthwaite
Assistant City Attorney
AYES: Councilmembers Amezcua, Bacerra Hernandez Penaloza
Vazquez,-Phan, Lopez 7
NOES: Councilmembers None 0
ABSTAIN: Councilmembers None 0
ABSENT: Councilmembers None (0
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CERTIFICATE OF ATTESTATION AND ORIGINALITY
I, JENNIFER L. HALL, City Clerk, do hereby attest to and certify the attached
Resolution No. 2025-039 to be the original resolution adopted by the City Council of the
City of Santa Ana on August 19, 2025.
Date:
Jennifer . Ha
City Cle
of Sa a
Resolution No. 2025-034
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