1981/07/15 Council Minutes - Laserfiche WebLink

. . • 331 July 15,1981 ' 8. The annual license fee is computed at less than 8100. • D. If the temporary use is within the R-S and R-1 land us..bnes. councilman Aldcroft felt there should be a minimum charge,perhaps $/00,and asked if the ordinance could be implemented in three steps am. rather than increasing the fee all at once. He requested the Legal me Department to look into this. • I ntorn-Zrrth=acitlaTIgrIcalrb7A;'Tt'1,:aT14gt'rlt='dl!svg=lout'°' later. • CLIFF LANDON SHORT PLAT DEVELOPMENT FEE APPEAL-(CB 817-299) • Al Theal,Public Works Director,said Mr.Landon had requested that the City Council exempt his short plat from payment of Ordinance No.714-80, system Development Fees. He feels he had been unjustly treated by the City in terms of the system development fee assessment. Like many other citizens,he was in the middle of the short plat process when the. • ordinance was adopted and,like other citizens,he is nOW aSSeSsed a substantial amount which in all probability he had not foreseen. To compound the impact,Mr.Landon's short plat is located in the South Everett area which carries the highest assessment established by the ordinance. Brad Cattle,City.Attorney,said the ordinance does not provide for an appeal of this fee. de felt the only reason the Council could use for approving this waiver would be that the City had caused the delay for the approval of the short plat. He said he had checked into this and COuld find no record of any delay caused bY the O., These hid bee.. problem with the State of Washington regarding drainage. He felt the ordinance should not be enforced in a discriminatory fashion. He sug- gested that perhaps the ordinance should be amended establishing some rules and regulations as to how a fee could be waived. Mayor Moore said the city had been negotiating with the State because of the drainage problem off I-5. This was in the area of Mr.Landon's - Property. This problem took approximately one year to solve,.which delayed Mr.Landon's short plat. Mr.Landon said the Engineering Department had approved a short plat on Lots 1 and 2,but the 3rd lot had to be drained before they would aPprove this. This was Prior to the new ordinance. He wanted to get the drainage completed before he did the short plat and so had not continued with it. J. Moved by coun,ilman Aldcroft,seconded by Councilman Micheison,to authorize Ne Cliff Landon short plat be exempt from payment under orRinswce 2.-$0,the Systems Development Fee Assessment ordinance, in the amount of$2,148.00 because of the excessive delay cauSed,y the State of Washington and was brought to their attention by the Mayor of - the City of Everett,explaining and out/ining an inadequate drainage system and the finalization of this was delayed to the extent that it in turn delayed the Landon short plat Lots 1 and 2 unnecessarily.