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MEMORANDUM ;
APR 5 1982

TO: Mr. B.R. Kirk DATE: March 31, 1982
City Administrator

FROM: Mr. W. Brown
Director of Community Planning

SUBJECT: Rezoning Application Fees,

RECOMMENDATION: That City Council direct the City Clerk to prepare
a bylaw to amend Bylaw #1886, Section 1, Rezoning
Application Fees.

COMMENTS:

In surveying rezoning application fees of other lower mainland
municipalities for revising Port Coquitlam's application fees,

there was no consideration of ramifications for large parcels of
land. Due to this oversight, large properties are being assessed
higher rezoning fees than what their work requirements merit.
Consequently, this report has been prepared to request that City
Council consider revising rezoning application fees for large parcels

of land.

The old fee schedule for rezoning of applications was $2.00 per

1,000 square feet of site area. In the present fee schedule that
charge has been changed to $20.00 per 100 square metres, of site

area of 1,000 square feet. As mentioned above, it is this reports
opinion that this fee is higher than is necessary for large properties.
Consequently, it is recommended that application fees be pro-rated

at a lower charge of $5.00 per 100 square metres for parcels larger
than .5 hectare. For example, a five acre property would be charged
$20.00 per 100 square metres for the first half hectare and a lower
rate of $5.00 per 100 square metres for the remaining 14 hectares of

land.

-5 hectares (1.24 acres) at $20.00 per 100 square metres $1003.62
1.5 hectares (3.67 acres) at $ 5.00 per 100 square metres $ 760.81

advertising $ 600.00
‘ $2364.43

This proposed reduction would bring Port Coquitlam's rezoning fees
for applications involving large properties in line with the fee
levied by the District of Coquitlam for large industrial sites.

An additional request that is included with the rezoning fee schedule
change, is that the excess fee collected with application R#4/82 be
refunded. The basis for this request is that application would be
singled out as the only proposal charged the current fee schedule.

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