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Planning and Building Department recommending the Board consider the following:
1) Find that, consistent with the objectives of Urgency Ordinance 5150 and subsequent amendments to the County’s Zoning Ordinance to waive certain permitting fees related to the Caldor Fire rebuilding effort, a significant public benefit is derived from the County’s additional contribution of funding towards the payment of State mandated Green Fees and California Strong Motion Instrumentation Program (SMIP) Fees required for applicable building permits; and
2) Approve and authorize the use of the County’s Caldor Fire Relief Designation Funds to cover the cost of the Green Fees and SMIP Fees required for residents and/or business owners that are eligible for fee waivers as specified in Urgency Ordinance 5150.
FUNDING: General Fund.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
On September 10, 2021 (File No. 21-1469, Item No. 3), the Board adopted Urgency Ordinance 5150 entitled “Caldor Fire Resiliency and Rebuilding Ordinance” which added Chapter 130.69 to Title 130 (Zoning) of the El Dorado County Ordinance Code, to provide for temporary emergency housing options for persons displaced by the Caldor Fire during recovery and rebuilding, and provisions to aid during repair and reconstruction of damaged dwellings and other structures in the burn area. Included in this modification to the Zoning Ordinance are criteria for the waiver or reduction of permit fees adopted and charged by the Planning and Building Department (Department).
The fees are levied on permits necessary for temporary emergency housing for displaced persons on fire-damaged lots in the burn area, or permits necessary for the demolition of a destroyed or damaged dwelling or structure, and for repair or reconstruction of a conforming or legal nonconforming dwelling or structure on fire-damaged lots in the burn area, provided that:
· The repair or reconstruction is substantially equivalent to the damaged or destroyed dwelling ...
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