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SALT LAKE CITY ORDINANCE
No. 41 of 2016
(Enacting ordinances regarding housing and neighborhood development services and providing for corresponding changes to the Salt Lake City Consolidated Fee Schedule.)
An ordinance enacting Chapter 2.61 of the Salt Lake City Code and amending corresponding portions of the Salt Lake City Consolidated Fee Schedule.
WHEREAS, Salt Lake City Corporation (the “City”) has an interest in assuring that safe and affordable housing is available in the City; and
WHEREAS, the City’s Division of Housing and Neighborhood Development performs various functions related to the creation and preservation of safe and affordable housing stock in the City; and
WHEREAS, whereas such functions require a significant expenditure of resources by the Division of Housing and Neighborhood Development; and
WHEREAS, on May 17, 2011 the City Council adopted Ordinances 2011-23, 2011-24 and 2011-25 to authorize and create the Salt Lake City Consolidated Fee Schedule; and
WHEREAS, it is now proposed that the Salt Lake City Consolidated Fee Schedule be amended to add certain Division of Housing and Neighborhood Development fees and fees information as shown in the attached Exhibit A; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds (i) the fees set forth in Exhibit A are necessary, reasonable, and equitable in relation to regulatory and service costs incurred by the City; and (ii) adoption of this ordinance reasonably furthers the health, safety, and general welfare of the citizens of Salt Lake City.
NOW, THEREFORE, be it ordained by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah: SECTION 1. That Chapter 2.61 of the Salt Lake City Code shall be, and hereby is, enacted to read as follows:
CHAPTER 2.61
HOUSING AND NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT
2.61.010: PURPOSE:
2.61.020: ADOPTION OF POLICIES AND PROCEDURES:
2.61.030: FEES
2.61.010: PURPOSE: The division of housing and neighborhood development works to preserve the existing housing stock in Salt Lake City neighborhoods and to also provide decent and safe affordable housing for owners of existing houses and for first time home buyers who fall within the low and moderate income guidelines established by the United States department of housing and urban development.
2.61.020: ADOPTION OF POLICIES AND PROCEDURES: The director of the division of housing and neighborhood development may adopt policies and procedures, approved by the mayor, that advance the purposes and proper functioning of the division. Such policies and procedures shall not be in conflict with this chapter or other law.
2.61.030: FEES: The director of the division of housing and neighborhood development, with approval of the mayor, shall propose to the city council fees that correspond to services the division performs for members of the public. The proposed fees shall not exceed the costs the city incurs in performing the corresponding services. The city council may consider including such fees on the Salt Lake City Consolidated Fee Schedule.
SECTION 2. That the Salt Lake City Consolidated Fee Schedule shall be, and hereby is, amended, in pertinent part, to reflect the fees, and corresponding fee information set forth in the attached Exhibit A, and that a copy of the amended Salt Lake City Consolidated Fee Schedule shall be published on the official Salt Lake City website.
SECTION 3. That this ordinance shall become effective ten (10) days after the date of its first publication.
Passed by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah this 14th day of June, 2016.
Bill No. 41 of 2016.
Published: July 1, 2016.