CITY OF HOMER HOMER, ALASKA
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RESOLUTION 06-24(S)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL AMENDING THE CITY OF HOMER FEE
SCHEDULE, ADMINISTRATIVE, TO ADD A FEE AMOUNT FOR ZONING APPEALS.
WHEREAS, The City Council via Ordinance 05-17(S), effective January 24, 2006; and
WHEREAS, Ordinance 05-17(S) Section 2. enacted a new section 21.30.030, Zoning fees to provide
for the Council to establish zoning fees by Resolution; and
WHEREAS, The Kenai Peninsula Borough Code 21.20.250, Appeal of Planning Commission decision to
Board of Adjustment, subsection a. provides for a filing and records preparation fee of $300.00; and
WHEREAS, There are significant costs associated with any zoning appeal such as, but not limited to,
advertising, adjacent property owner notification, record preparation, Attorney fees, etcetera; and
WHEREAS, During the Regular City Council meeting of February 27, 2006 the Council postponed
action on Resolution 06-24 pending review of the verbiage for refunding fees if an appellant is successful.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council hereby amends the City of Homer Fee
Schedule, Administrative fees to include a fee for zoning appeals as follows:
ADMINISTRATIVE FEES FOR THE CITY OF HOMER
(The following fees have been set by legislative enactments, Ordinances 04-53(S)(A), 04-03-36(A),
01-13(S)(A); Resolutions 05-49, 05-22, 04-98(S)(A), 04-96, 04-95, 04-94(S)(A), 03-159, 00-14,
99-116, 99-50, 95-1 and 92-10(A), Regulations Concerning Public Record Inspections dated March 2003.)
These fees are administrative fees for all departments of the City of Homer unless otherwise specified
under that department. All fees are inclusive of sales tax. Unless otherwise specified: Any item mailed
may have an additional fee added for actual postage. Handling fees may be added up to the actual staff
time spent preparing the item for shipping.
An application for indigency may be filed with the City Manager for waiving or partially waiving the costs of fees. The City Manager may allow an applicant, who qualifies as an indigent, a reduced fee, a payment plan or a waiver of the fee where the Manager is able to make a written finding, based on information provided by the applicant, that payment of the fee would
be a financial hardship. Based upon the information provided, the fee may be reduced or waived in
accordance with the following scale:
| Annual Income as a Percent of current Health and Human Services (HHS) Poverty Guidelines for Alaska | Percent of fee reduced |
| 1-100% | 100% Waiver |
| 101-149% | 75% Waiver |
| 150-174% | 50% Waiver |
| 175-199% | 25% Waiver |
| 200% plus | No Waiver |
Airport Pickup/delivery $25
Annual Safety Inspection commercial vehicles $100
Annual Taxi Permit $75
Appeal Fees
Water and Sewer Appeals, under HCC 14.04 and 14.08 - fee $75.00, Ordinance 05-43(A).
Zoning Appeals - fee $250.00 subject to refund if the appellant is successful on any aspect of
appeal.
Credit Cards are accepted for other than real property lease payments with a minimum of $10.
Computer Disc (includes 1st class postage): $10/disc
CD Reproductions: $20.00
Data fee $ .10/2000bytes
Document copying fees: The first nine (9) copies are free. Ten (10) copies are $2.50. More than ten
(10) copies are $ .25/page
Certification Fee: $10/report
Driver License Records $10
Fax: w/in Alaska $1/page, Continental US $2/1st page, Subsequent pages $1/page, Other destination
$5/1st page, Subsequent pages $2/page.
Modem Transmission $10, Data fees $ .10/2,000 bytes
Lease application fee $30
Lease fee $300
Lease Assignment Fee $250
Local Bidder's Preference
| Non - local bid is | Local bid is not more than |
| $0 - $ 500,000.00 | 5 percent higher than non-local bid |
| $0 - $1,000,000.00 | 5 percent higher than non-local bid on first $500,000.00 and 2.5 percent higher than non-local bid on amount in excess of $500,000.00 to $1,000,000.00 |
No additional adjustment for bids above $1,000,000.00
Photograph Copying: $10/order (includes shipping and; handling)
If done commercially - Actual Costs plus 5%
Production Fees -
Per requestor in a calendar month exceeds five-person hours the fee is the City employee's actual salary plus benefit costs. An estimate will be prepared and the requestor must deposit the estimated production and copying fees in advance. If the actual costs are greater than
the estimate the records will not be released until the difference is paid and if the actual costs are less the
requestor will receive a refund of the difference.
No fee for simple inspection, except when the production of records by one requestor exceeds five
person hours in a calendar month.
Local Improvement Districts (LID's):
HARP (Homer Accelerated Roads Program) LID's
Assessments are: $30 per front foot for Road Reconstruction
$17 per front foot for Paving
HAWSP (Homer Accelerated Water and Sewer Program) LID's
Assessments are: 75% of the total project cost allocated in equal shares to each participating parcel
Other LID's if approved by the Council are at 100% property owner participation.
Application Fee $100
Bill Fee $3.00 per bill
Administrative Fee
0-500,000 5%
over 500,000 $25,000 plus 2.5%
Notary $5.00
Smoking prohibited in City Facilities, Vehicles and Watercraft - $25 fine
Tapes: Audio Cassette (Police Department) $25 tape
Subsequent, $15/tape Includes 1st class postage
Video Cassette (Police Department) $30/tape
Vehicle Impound/Storage Fees (actual costs + towing) Storage, $7.50/per day
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HOMER, ALASKA, this
13th day of March, 2006. CITY OF HOMER
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ATTEST: JAMES C. HORNADAY, MAYOR
MARY L. CALHOUN, CMC, CITY CLERK
Fiscal Note: Revenues, amount not defined. /mlc