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ORDINANCE NO. 2566
ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THE PALO ALTO MUNICIPAL
CODE TO INCREASE VARIOUS FEES
'fhe Council of the City of Palo Alto does ORDAI~ as follows:
SECTION l. Section·4.04,060 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code
is hereby amended to read as follows:
"4.04.060 Char added to delin uent fees. All license
fees delinquent irty ays or mores ail-be subject
to a charge of fifty percent of the original fee which
ehar~~, shall be added to the amount of the fee collected,
provided, however, that the minimum ·charge shall be the
sum of five dollars." ~
SECTION 2. Subsection (3) of Section 4,10.040 of.the Palo
Alto Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
11 (3) Additional licenses may be issued to employees of a
license holder on the payment of five dollars per year for
each employee after approval and investigation by the chief
of police.11
SECTION 3. The fee for auctioneers provided in Section
4.10.060(c) of the Palo Alto Municipal Code is hereby increased
from two hundred dollars per year or five dollars per.day_ to four
hundred dollars per year.6r ten dollars per day.
SECTION 4. The fee p·rovided in Section 4. 14. O 4-Q (1) of the
Palo Alto Municipal Code for tobacco vendors and each tobacco
vending machine is hereby increased from $4.00 per year to $8.00
per year.
SECTION 5. Subsection (a) of Section 5.2U~230 of the Palo
Alto Municipal Code· is her.eby amended to read as. follows:
."(a) · 'l'he following schedule of fees shall apply ·to the use
of the city's sanitary refuse disposal area:
Maximum toad Resident
Classification In cubic Yards Rate
Non-Resident
Rate
Passenger car qr station
wagon
Passenger car or station
wagon with trailer ·
Truck pickup or·panel
de.livery
Tnfok pickup· or .panel
delivery with trailer
Truck
Trµ ck
Truck
Truck
i ... 172 N""". o--c"""h_a_r .... ge.
1-1/2
1-1/2
2-1/2
4
5
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6 .
Each cubi.C yard
over six, .. cubic
yards
No charge
No charge
$2.50
$3.50
$4.00
$4.SO
75 cents
$2.00
$2.00
$2.00
$3.00
$4.00
$4 1
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$5·. 00
$1. 75"
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SECTION 6. section 6.12.020 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code
is hereby amended to read as follows:
II 6.12.020 Animal shelter fees. The city shall be entitled
to charge and receive from the owner the f ollowlng fees for
service in impounding animals:
(1) Impounding fee.
, ·· lm~oune ing Fee
Licensed dog ..•.•...••.•.••.••••••• SI .o~ pTUs-$!.OO per day
Unlicensed dog; •••••.•••.•••.•.•.•.. 15.00 plus $1.00 per day
Cat .•.•.•..••.•••...•.•••.•.•...••••. 5.00 pl~s $1.00 per day
Large animals (horse,cow, pony, •.... 10.00
goat, etc. }
Small animals (~abb1t, poultry, •••••• 2.00
bird, etc.)
(2} Feed and care. The city manager shall have the authority
to prescribe reasonable fees for the care and feeding of animals."
SECTION 7. subsection (a) of Section 6.16.020 of the Palo Alto
Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"(a) Application for a dog license shall be made to the
city treasurer, who shall 1ssue the license upon application
therefor and the payment of the required fee. Bach license
shall be issued in the name of the owner or person having
custody of such dog and shall not be transferable. The annual
fee for each license shall be four dollars, except that for
initial licenses purchased from January l to and including
June 30, the fee shall be two dollars.11
SECTION 8 c Section 9004.020 is hereby added to the Palo Alto
Municipal Code to read as follows:
" 9.04.020 Nori a ment of fees· or char es. No person shall
use any city aci ity or service wit oucpaying the prescribed
fee or· charge therefor. 11
SECTION 9. The fee provided for night parking permits in
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subsection (b) of Section 10.44.020 is hereby increased from one
dollar for six months to three dollars fo:c six months.
SECTION 10, Subsection (a) of Section 12.08.040 of the Palo
Alto Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"(a) No permit fee shall be issued by the city engineer
to perform any of the work described in sect1'?n 12 ;·:oa .010
· until the applicartt has paid to the ci~y a fe~ of three
percent: ·Of the cost of the work covere_d .. in the permit as
estimate.d ·by the city engineer~ provided that the minimum
fee shall be ten dollars and provided further that should
any-person begin any street surface unpr:overnent .or str-eet
excavation without obtaining the necessary permit therefor,
the applicable fee shall be dou.bled."
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SECTION 11. ~he fees provided in Section 18.98.040 in connection
with change of zoning district-applications are hereby increased from
fifty dollars to one hundred dollars i~ the area for which the zone
change is sought is ten thousand square feet or less; from seventy
five dollars to one hundred fifty dollars if such area is over ten
thousand square feet and not over one acre: and from one hund~ed
dollars to two hundred dollars if said area is over one acre.
SECTION 12. Section 21.18.010 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code
is hereby amended to read as follows:
11 21.18.010 Fil.ing and checkin9 .fees. The subdivider shall
pay the folrowing fees at the time of filing the map indicated:
{a) ·Tentative or Preliminary Mae. In every instance where a
tentative or preliminary map is filed for the first time,
the fee shall be twenty dollars plus f i.ve dollars per
lot shown thereon.
(b) Refilinq of Tentative or Preliminary Map. Where the
filing of a tentative or preliminary map is necessitated
by the failure of thee subdivider to record an approved
final or parcel map within the time limit prescribed by
this title and the refiled tentative or preliminary map
is substantially identical to said final or parcel map_
the fee shall be thirty dollars.
(c) Final Ma_e. In every· instance where a final or parcel
map is filed, the fee shall be thirty dollars plus one
dollar per lot shown thereon."
SECTION 13. This ordinance shall become effective ppon the
expiration of thirty days from its passage.
INTRODUCED: June 22, 1970
PASSED: July 6, 1970
AYES: Unanimous
NOES: None
ABSENTi None I
APbR.ovEo: . r -( ~~~l ~k>A:\)?J\?\
·Mayor \
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