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DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS: On June 6, 1984, the Board of County Commissioners instructed the Planning Department to review the fee schedule for rezoning and Comprehensive Plan amendment applications. At that time, the Board indicated that it might be appropriate to charge a reduced rate for properties being considered for Comprehensive Plan amendment and rezoning simultaneously. In addition, the County's Zoning Ordinance requires that location maps be included with public hearing notices for rezoning requests heard by the Planning and Zoning Commission. The cost of providing these maps, with public hearing notices, averages $110 per application and is not adequately covered by the current rezoning fees. On September 13, 1984, the Planning and Zoning Commission voted 4 -to -1 to recommend this for consideration. ALTERNATIVES AND ANALYSIS: The County's present fee schedule for rezoning and Comprehen- sive Plan amendment applications is as follows: Rezonings: Less than 5 acres 5 -to -10.0 acres More than 100 acres Comprehensive Plan Amendments: Less than 5 acres 5 -to -40 acres 41 -to -100 acres More than 100 acres $225 $500 $650 + $50 for each additional 25 acres $200 $400 $500 $750 Currently, the fees for rezonings generally cover advertising costs and the costs of postage for notifying surrounding property owners by certified mail. However, the fees do not pay for staff time spent analyzing the requests and in some cases are not adequate to pay for the advertising costs. Also, it does not seem reasonable to charge the same fee for a 5 acre parcel as a 100 acre parcel. The rezoning fee schedule should be broken down like the Comprehensive Plan amendment fee schedule. Providing a reduced fee for individuals applying for a Compre- hensive Plan amendment and rezoning simultaneously would encourage applicants to apply for both in January rather than applying for the Comprehensive Plan amendment and later apply- ing for a rezoning. Because all of the staff work can be done at one time, including writing one recommendation instead of two, it would seem equitable to provide a reduced rate. However, because most of the rezoning fees are used for ad- vertising and postage, the reduced rate should be slight. Based on the above analysis, the following proposed fee sched- ule was prepared: 46 OCT 10 1984 BOOK 58 FA -IX 694