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HOME OCCUPATION INSPECTION AND PERMIT FEES (B)
Ordinance No. 0-05-48
An ordinance of the City of Gainesville, Florida, relating to user fees; amending Appendix A of the Code of Ordinances regarding home occupation inspection and permit fees; providing directions to the codifier; providing a severability clause; providing a repealing clause; and providing an effective date.
recommendation
The City Commission adopt the proposed ordinance.
explanation
The City Commission, at its meeting of April 11, 2005, authorized the City Attorney to draft and advertise an ordinance amending Appendix A of the City of Gainesville Code of Ordinances, Home Occupational Permit Fee. Past amendments to Appendix A have resulted in the inadvertent omission of the Home Occupational Permit fee authorized at section 30-58, City of Gainesville Land Development Code. The ordinance drafted by the City Attorney would relocate these fees, enacted in ordinance 3548 (adopted July 17, 1989), to Appendix A, City of Gainesville Code of Ordinances. The regulatory fees remain as established in ordinance 3548, as follows:
* an initial filing fee of $60.00 to cover the cost of an inspection and issuing the permit, which is paid at the time of submitting each application;
* an annual permit processing fee of $10.00, which is paid each and every year; and,
* an additional fee of $50.00 for the cost of re-inspection, which is paid every three (3) years per permit.
The fee is assessed per application submitted to the City.
This ordinance requires two public hearings. Should the Commission adopt the ordinance on first reading; the second and final reading will be held on Monday, May 9, 2005.