Ord. 2622 - Tree Removal and Mitigation Fees amending Master Fee Schedule COUNCIL BILL NO. 3243
ORDINANCE NO. 2622
AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING TREE REMOVAL AND MITIGATION FEES AS PART OF THE
PLANNING DIVISION FEE SCHEDULE FOR INCLUSION IN THE CITY'S MASTER FEE
SCHEDULE (AMENDING ORDINANCE 2433)
WHEREAS, in September 1998, the City Council adopted the first Master
Fee Schedule to account for the City's reasonable costs in providing special
services; and
WHEREAS, under Ordinance 2433 the City stated it desired to establish a
policy of recovering the full costs reasonably borne of providing services of a
voluntary and limited nature, such that general taxes are not diverted from
general services of a broad nature and thereby utilized to subsidize unfairly and
inequitably such special services; and
WHEREAS, under the current Planning Division Fee Schedule, the City
provides for a permit fee to be charged by City staff to process a permit for the
removal of Significant Trees, but there is not further financial fee structure around
the removal of such trees; and
WHEREAS, as part of the Council's recent decision to amend the
Woodburn Development Ordinance through Legislative Amendment LA 21-03
related to significant tree preservation, removal, and mitigation, the Council
determined it to be in the City' best interest to also update the correlating fee
structure for tree removal fees; thereby, establishing a tiered pricing system that
will both encourage preservation and provide financial mitigation options for
tree removals; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to ORS 294.160, at its meeting on February 26, 2024,
the City Council provided an opportunity for interested persons to comment on
the enactment of this Ordinance and its proposed fee increases; NOW,
THEREFORE,
THE CITY OF WOODBURN ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The schedule of Community Development, Planning Division
fees and charges affixed and incorporated as Attachment "A" is hereby
adopted by the City, repealing the previously adopted Planning Division Fee
Schedule (Ordinance 2609, effective July 1, 2023), and shall be included in the
City's Master Fee Schedule.
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Approved as to form: - __-- ��
City Atto ey Date
Approved:
Frank Lonerga /, Mayor
Passed by the Council �" r1jazu ,
Submitted to the Mayor
Approved by the Mayor
Filed in the Office of the City RecorderFeb,-7j/x,'-L'e A2
ATTEST:
City Recorder
City of Woodburn, Oregon
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