Regular 7.
Regular City Council Meeting
- Meeting Date:
- 09/22/2014
- TITLE
- Public Hearing & Resolution on Encroachments
- PRESENTED BY:
- Tina Volek
- Department:
- City Hall Administration
Presentation:
PROBLEM/ISSUE STATEMENT
The annual encroachment assessments have been completed by the Finance Department and are ready to be spread on the tax rolls by resolution, following a public hearing.
Encroachment - Pursuant to BMCC Section 13-301, every person maintaining or owning any structure, encumbrance, obstruction or encroachment, in or upon or extending or projecting on, over, across or above and within seven (7) feet of the grade of any public property, public street, avenue, sidewalk or alley in the city, shall obtain an encroachment permit and shall pay to the city an annual encroachment rental fee of $1.00 per square foot of encroachment area.
Encroachment - Pursuant to BMCC Section 13-301, every person maintaining or owning any structure, encumbrance, obstruction or encroachment, in or upon or extending or projecting on, over, across or above and within seven (7) feet of the grade of any public property, public street, avenue, sidewalk or alley in the city, shall obtain an encroachment permit and shall pay to the city an annual encroachment rental fee of $1.00 per square foot of encroachment area.
ALTERNATIVES ANALYZED
The Council may:
- Approve the resolution; or
- Not approve the resolution, and the Public Works Engineering Fund would be responsible to pay for the assessments.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
A list of the assessments is attached as part of the resolution.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the City Council conduct a public hearing and adopt the encroachment assessment resolution.