ORD 388 Establish Fees and Escrow Acct RequirementsCITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS
DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA
ORDINANCE NO. 388
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING FEES AND ESCROW ACCOUNT REQUIREMENTS
The City Council of the City of Mendota Heights hereby ordains as follows:
SECTION 1. FEES
Except as otherwise stated in this code, the fees for the various licenses,
permits, services and functions rendered shall be as set forth in an appendix to
this chapter.
SECTION 2. ESCROW ACCOUNTS
(A) When it is determined by the city that the complexity or size of a project,
subdivision, rezoning, conditional use permit or plat will necessitate the outside
review or involvement of consultants to the city, a cash escrow may be required.
(B) An escrow agreement will be prepared stating the amount required to be
deposited, the maruzer in which fiinds will be disbursed, the manner in which
exhausted funds will be replenished and the manner in which unexpended finds will
be refiinded. The initial deposit of funds shall be based on the type or magnitude of
the project as follows:
(1) Privately installed municipal improvements. The cash escrow shall
represent 17% of the City Engineer's estimate of project cost.
(2) Privately installed or privately owned improvements. The cash escrow
shall represent 6% of the City Engineer's estimate of project cost.
(3) Legal Work. The cash escrow shall represent at least the equivalent of
three hours of legal work, at the then current rate charged by the city's attorneys.
SECTION 3. MUNICIPAL PLANNING FEES
The city may prescribe fees sufficient to defray the costs incurred by it in
reviewing, investigating and administering an application for an amendment to an
official control or an application for a permit or other approval required under an
official control established pursuant to M.S. Chapter 462. All fees shall be as set forth
in a rate schedule duly adopted by the City Council. The term "official control" has
the meaning as set forth in M.S. Chapter 462.
SECTION 4
This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its publication according
to law.
Enacted and ordained into an ordinance this 6th day of January, 2004.
CITY COUNCIL
CITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS
b
&afiy o r
ATTEST:
athleen M. Swanson
City Clerk
APPENDIX: FEE SCHEDULE
Description
Required by
Fee
Section
Building Permits*
Building permits; total valuation
$1 to $500
$23.50
$501 to 2,000
$23.50 for the first $500 plus
$3.05 for each additional $100
or fraction thereof, to and
including $2,000.
$2,001 to 25,000
$69.25 for the first $2,000
plus $14.00 for each
additional $1,000 or fraction
thereof, to and including
$25,000.
$25,001 to 50,000
$391.2 5 for the first $25,000
plus $10.10 for each
additional $1,000 or fraction
thereof, to and including
$50,000.
$50,001 to 100,000
$643.75 for the first $50,000
plus $7.00 for each additional
$1,000 or fraction thereof, to
and including $100,000.
$100,001 to 500,000
$993.75 for the first $100,000
plus $5.60 for each additional
$1,000 or fraction thereof, to
and including $500,000.
$500,001 to 1,000,000
$3,233.75 for the first
$500,000 plus $4.75 for each
additional $1,000 or fraction
thereof, to and including
$1,000,000.
$1,000,001 and up
$5,608.75 for the first
$1,000,000 plus $3.15 for
each additional $1,000 or
1
fraction thereof
Other Inspections and Fees:
Plan Review Fee
55% of building permit fee.
Similar plans, 25% of permit
fee.
Inspections outside of normal business hours
$47.00 per hour
(minimum charge — two hour)
Reinspection Fee:
First reinspection
$25.00
Each reinspection thereafter
$35.00 /hour
$35.00 /hour
Inspections for which no fee is specifically
Indicated (minimum charge — one -half hour
Additional plan review required by changes, additions
$35.00 per hour
or revisions to approved plans (minimum charge — one -
half hour)
Investigation Fee for work commencing before permit
Double the permit fee
issuance
lFence Permit
$25.00
Roofing Permit
$25.00
Plumbing Permits
Commercial Permits
1% of value min $50
Cost of Job
1% of value min $50
Alterations & Repairs
Residential Permits
New Construction
$50 plus $5.00 per fixture
Bath Addition
$25 + $5 /fixture
Alterations & Repairs
1% of value min $25*
Fixtures after rough -in
Rough -in (not as part of new construction)
$5 /fixture, min. $25
Water Heater Replacement
1% of value min $25*
Mechanical Permits
New Heating
1% of value min $50
Air Conditioning
1% of value min $50
Gas Piping
$50.00
Alter or Replacement
Residential
1% of value min $25*
Commercial
1% of value min $50
Sewer & Water Permits
Sewer
$25.00
Water
$10.00
Planning and Zoning Fees
Variance
Residential
$100.00
Commercial
$150.00
Vacation
$250.00
Wetlands Permit
Residential
135.00
Commercial
$175.00
Critical Area Review
100.00
Minor CAD Review
$50.00
Zoning Ordinance Amendment
$250.00
Conditional Use Permit
$350.00
Rezoning
$350.00
CUP for PUD
$500.00
Concept Plan Review
$250.00
Subdivision
$750.00
Lot split
$350.00
Comprehensive Plan Amendment
$750.00
Park Dedication Fees:
Single Family Residential
$2700 per dwelling unit
Townhomes/Duplexes/Condos
$2700 per dwelling unit
Apartments
$2700 per dwelling unit
Office /Industrial Property
10% of current market value
of the unimproved land as
determined by the County
Assessor
Commercial
10% of current market value
of the unimproved land as
determined by the County
Assessor
*Permit Fee Refund Policy — The building official may authorize refunding of not more than 80
percent of the permit fee paid when no work has been done under a permit issued in accordance
with the building code. The building official may authorize refunding of not more than 80 percent
of the plan review fee paid when an application for a permit for which a plan review has been paid
is withdrawn or canceled before any plan reviewing is done. The building official shall not
authorize refunding of any fee paid except on written application filed by the original permittee not
later than 180 days after the date of fee payment.
* *$15 or 1% of cost of improvement, whichever is greater, if it does not require modification
to electric or gas service, has a total cost of $500 or less, excluding fixture or appliance
cost, and if it is improved, installed or replaced by the home owner or a licensed contractor.
CITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS
DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA
ORDINANCE NO. 387a
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 6, CHAPTER 3, SECTION 3
OF THE CITY CODE
The City Council of the City of Mendota Heights, Minnesota ordains as follows:
The following streets are hereby added to paragraph C of the City Code:
Parking prohibited on Certain Streets: No person shall park or leave standing any motor
vehicle on the following streets or portions thereof in the City:
Street
Side
Location
Mendota Heights Road North Beginning at the east line of
1031 Mendota Heights Road's
driveway and extending to the east
150 feet
Adopted and ordained into an Ordinance this 0' day of November 2003.
CITY COUNCIL
CITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS
By:
6 J H er, ayor
ATTEST:
Kathleen M. Swanson, City Clerk