Fees Bylaw No. 2417

Kimberley, British Columbia · adopted 2011-04-11

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CITY OF KIMBERLEY PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA BYLAW NO. 2417 A BYLAW OF THE CITY OF KIMBERLEY TO ESTABLISH FEES FOR THE PROVISION OF CERTAIN CITY SERVICES. The Municipal Council of the City of Kimberley, in open meeting assembled, enacts as follows: 1. Every applicant for a service listed in Column 1 of Schedule "A" attached to and forming part of this Bylaw shall pay the fees listed for that service in Column 2 of Schedule "A". 2. If any section, subsection, clause, phrase or word of this Bylaw is held to be invalid by a decision of a court of competent jurisdiction, the invalid section, subsection, clause, phrase or word shall be severed, and the severance shall not affect the validity of the remainder. 3. Bylaw No. 2045 and all amendments thereto are hereby repealed. 4. This Bylaw may be cited as "City of Kimberley Fees Bylaw No. 2417, 2011". Read a first, second and third time on the 28th day of March, 2011 Adopted on the 11th day of April, 2011. "J. E. OGILVIE" MAYOR "G. STRATTON" CHIEF CORPORATE ADMINISTRATION OFFICER SCHEDULE "A" TO BYLAW NO. 2417 SCHEDULE OF FEES Item Column 1 Column 2 Service Provided Fee 1. COPIES OF: (a) Council Minutes, Bylaws, and all other photocopying $ 0.25 per page (b) Tax Certificates $ 15.00 (c) Council minutes per year mailed out $ 60.00 (d) Council minutes per year if picked up $ 43.00 (e) Computer print out $ 0.25 per page (f) Subdivision and Development Servicing Bylaw No. 2020, 1999 $100.00 (g) City of Kimberley Property Plans $100.00 (h) Kimberley Alpine Resort Master Plan $150.00 2. COPIES OF MAPS (a) Photocopied Maps - letter & legal size $ 0.25 per map - ledger size $ 0.35 per map - up to A-1 (metric) or 24" x 36" $ 10.00 each (Imperial) - larger than A-1 (metric) $ 10.00 per sq. metre (b) Plotted Maps: - up to A-1 (metric) or 24" x 36" $ 10.00 each (Imperial) - larger than A-1 (metric) $ 20.00 per sq. metre Schedule of Fees Bylaw No. 2417 Page 2 3. SUBDIVISION APPLICATION FEES Application Fee (Preliminary Layout Approval): (a) Fee simple and bare land strata - Minor (not requiring new roads or utility extensions) $250.00 plus $50.00 per new lot or unit (b) Fee simple and bare land strata - Major (requiring new roads or utility extensions) $500.00 plus $100.00 per new lot or unit (c) Strata conversion $500.00 plus $100.00 per unit (d) Phased strata plan $500.00 plus $100.00 per phase (e) Extension, revision or amendment of PLA 50% of original application fee Final Approval Fee: (a) Fee simple, bare land strata and strata conversion $250.00 plus $50.00 per lot or unit (b) Phased strata plan $300.00 per phase (c) Re-approval, revision or amendment 50% of original application fee (d) Other plans or documents requiring Approving Officer's signature $100.00 4. ZONING APPLICATION FEES (a) Minor (2 or less lots/units or simple text amendment) $750.00 plus advertising costs (b) Major (3 or more lots/units or complex text amendment) $1,500.00 plus advertising costs Schedule of Fees Bylaw No. 2417 Page 3 (c) 50% of fee, not including advertising costs, is refundable if application does not proceed to public hearing. (d) Advertising costs must be paid prior to adoption of amending bylaw. 5. OFFICIAL COMMUNITY PLAN BYLAW AMENDMENT (a) Minor (2 or less lots/units or simple text amendment) $750.00 plus advertising costs (b) Major (3 or more lots/units or complex text amendment) $1,500.00 plus advertising costs (c) 50% of fee, not including advertising costs, is refundable if application does not proceed to public hearing. (d) Advertising costs must be paid prior to adoption of amending bylaw. 6. DEVELOPMENT PERMIT APPLICATION FEES (a) Minor (project value less than $100,000) $750.00 plus $300.00 per variance within an application (b) Amendment to an approved minor application 50% of original fee (c) Major (project value $100,000 or greater) $1,500.00 plus $300.00 per variance within an application (d) Amendment to an approved major application 50% of original fee (e) Application in an Environmental Protection development permit area (Official Community Plan - Schedule "I") $750.00 plus minor or major application fee as applicable Schedule of Fees Bylaw No. 2417 Page 4 (f) Application in a Wildfire Hazard development permit area (Official Community Plan - Schedule "I") $750 plus minor or major application fee as applicable (g) Renovation to an existing building in a designated Revitalization area (Official Community Plan - Schedule "B") No Fee (h) Application for a new building in a designated Revitalization area (Official Community Plan - Schedule "B") Minor or major application fee defined above, as applicable (i) 50% of original fee is refundable if application withdrawn prior to decision. 7. DEVELOPMENT VARIANCE PERMIT APPLICATION FEES (a) Development Variance Permit $500.00 (b) Amendment to application after decision $500.00 (c) Development Variance Permit - Sign $100.00 (d) Amendment to Sign DVP application after decision $100.00 (e) 50% of original fee is refundable if application withdrawn prior to decision. 8. BOARD OF VARIANCE FEES (a) Application fee $200.00 (b) Amendment to application after decision $200.00 (c) 50% of original fee is refundable if application withdrawn prior to decision. Schedule of Fees Bylaw No. 2417 Page 5 9. FREEDOM OF INFORMATION AND PROTECTION OF PRIVACY ACT INFORMATION REQUESTS: (1) An applicant making a request shall pay to the Municipality the fees set out below for the purpose of: (a) locating, retrieving and producing the record; (b) preparing the record for disclosure; (c) shipping and handling the record; (d) providing a copy of the record. (2) For applicants other than commercial applicants: (a) for locating and retrieving a record $7.50 per 1/4 hour after the first 3 hours (b) for producing a record manually $7.50 per 1/4 hour (c) for producing a record from a machine $16.50 per minute for cost readable record of use of central mainframe processor and all locally attached devices plus $7.50 per ¼ hour for developing a computer program to produce the record (d) for preparing a record for disclosure and handling a record $7.50 per 1/4 hour (e) for shipping copies actual costs of shipping method chosen by applicant (f) for copying records (i) photocopies and computer $.25 per page (8.5" printouts x 11", 8.5" x 14") $.30 per page (11" x 17") (ii) floppy disks $10.00 per disk Schedule of Fees Bylaw No. 2417 Page 6 (iii) computer tapes $40.00 per tape, up to 2400 feet (iv) microfiche $10.00 per fiche (v) 16 mm microfilm duplication $25.00 per roll (vi) 35 mm microfilm duplication $40.00 per roll (vii) microfilm to paper duplication $.50 per page (viii) photographs $5.00 to produce a (colour or black and white) negative $12.00 each for 16"x20" $9.00 each for 11"x14" $4.00 each for 8"x10" $3.00 each for 5"x7" (ix) photographic print of textual, $12.50 each graphic or cartographic record (8"x10" black and white) (x) hard copy laser print, $ .25 each B/W, 300 dots/inch (xi) hard copy laser print, $ .40 each B/W, 1200 dots/inch (xii) hard copy laser print, colour $1.65 each (xiii) photomechanical reproduction $3.00 each of 105 mm cartographic record/ plan (xiv) slide duplication $.95 each (xv) plans $20.00 per square metre (xvi) audio cassette duplication $10.00 plus $7.00 per 1/4 hour of recording Schedule of Fees Bylaw No. 2417 Page 7 (xvii) video cassette (1/4" or 8 mm) $11.00/60 minute cassette duplication plus $7.00 per 1/4 hour of recording; $20.00/120 minute cassette plus $7.00 per 1/4 hour of recording (xviii) video cassette (1/2") duplication $15.00 per cassette plus $11.00 per 1/4 hour of recording (xix) video cassette (3/4") duplication $40.00 per cassette plus $11.00 per 1/4 hour of recording (3) For commercial applicants for each the actual cost of service providing that service listed in Section 10 (1) 10. KIMBERLEY FIRE DEPARTMENT (a) Inspection requests and information requests on properties: - immediate inspection required in group D $ 50.00 and E, as defined in the BC Fire Code (Professional/Retail) - immediate inspection required in group C $100.00 and F, as defined in the BC Fire Code (Residential and Industrial) - forward last inspection and property $ 20.00 information (b) Fire Hydrants: - private hydrants - annual maintenance as $125.00 per BC Fire Code performed by City Works crew,(includes inspection, flushing, lubrication, etc.) - private hydrants - replacement or major cost recovery maintenance Schedule of Fees Bylaw No. 2417 Page 8 - fire hydrant use by persons other than City $125.00 employees (ie: inspection, hose connections turn-on, shutdown and regular maintenance (c) Attendance at a false alarm of a fire alarm $300.00 system where there has been attendance at two other false alarms of a fire alarm system within the preceding twelve months 11. LAND TITLE DOCUMENTS (a) Administration fee for restrictive covenant or an amendment to a restrictive covenant $300.00 (b) Administration fee for a statutory right of way or an amendment to a statutory right of way $300.00 (c) Administration fee for a cancellation of Notice pursuant to Section 58 of the Community Charter $100.00 12. ROAD CLOSURE AND/OR ROAD EXCHANGE (a) Application fee $500.00 plus all administrative costs including, but not limited to, advertising, land appraisal, survey and legal costs (b) 50% of fee, not including administrative costs, is refundable if application is withdrawn prior to advertising. (c) Administrative costs must be paid prior to adoption of road closure bylaw. 13. FINANCE DEPARTMENT NSF Cheque $20.00 each Schedule of Fees Bylaw No. 2417 Page 9 14. RCMP (1) Administrative Fees (plus applicable taxes): (a) Reports to WCB Criminal Injuries Section $ 45.00 (b) Narrative Reports to lawyers and insurance companies, including ICBC $ 33.00 (c) Copies of motor vehicle accident reports $ 23.00 (d) Mechanical inspections $ 15.00 (e) Field diagrams $ 15.00 (f) Photographs $ 2.00 (g) Negatives $ .75 (h) Shipping and Handling $ 6.50 (i) Reproductions of Video Recordings $ 21.00 (j) Criminal Record Checks, excluding a bona fide registered non-profit organization: Visa Application $ 25.00 Taxi Permits $ 25.00 Private Investigator Licensing $ 35.00 General $ 25.00 (k) Records Review - Files Not Found $ 10.00 (l) Subrogated Right to Property narrative report to insurance company advising property has been recovered $ 10.00 (m) Fingerprinting, excluding bona fide registered non-profit organization $ 25.00 (n) Photocopying - per page $ .50 (o) USA Waiver Fingerprint for completion $ 25.00 (2) Attendance at a false alarm of an alarm system where there has been attendance at two other false alarms of the alarm system within the preceding twelve months $ 100.00 15. COMPLIANCE OR COMFORT LETTERS Written response to a request for information regarding a property or properties $75.00 per response/property