Community Development Planning Division

A. Hourly

Service Activity Fee Effective 7/1/11
A 1 Technical Support * $82.00 / Hour
A 2 Planner * $169.00 / Hour
A 3 Management/Supervisor * $189.00 / Hour

B. Design Review

Service Activity Fee Effective 7/1/11
B 1 Administrative Approvals $2,000.00
B 2 Design Guideline Areas Tier II $1,000.00 dep
B 3 Tier III $2,000.00 dep
B 4 Minor Improvements/Design Guideline Areas–Tier I Review Not Requiring Categorical Exemption 1 Hour Planner Rate
B 5 Signs or Requiring Categorical Exemption 2 Hours Planner Rate
B 6 New Projects – All New Buildings $2,000.00 dep
B 7 Planning Commission–Additional Deposit for Referral to Planning Commission $1,000.00 dep
B 8 Sign Program (signs not consistant with sign guidelines or approved sign program) $1,000.00 dep
B 9 Design Review of Historic Structures Not Categorically Exempt $1,000.00 dep
B 10 Categorically Exempt $0.00 dep

C. Environmental Review

Service Activity Fee Effective 7/1/11
C 1 Categorical Exemption $154.00
C 2 Negative Declaration $1,500.00 dep
C 3 EIR Preparation (A)
C 4 Yolo County NOD Filing Fee $50.00
C 5 CA Dept of Fish & Game Filing Fees Negative Declaration $2,094.00
C 6 EIR $2,889.25

D. Housing/Owner Occupancy

Service Activity Fee Effective 7/1/11
D 1 Affordable Housing Plans Review $900.00 dep
D 2 In–Lieu Housing – Per Unit $37,500.00
D 3 Owner Occupancy Declaration $204.36
D 4 Exemption $196.50
D 5 Phased Allocation Plan $2,000.00 dep

E. Map Applications

Service Activity Fee Effective 7/1/11
E 1 Tentative Map (5 parcels or more), Vacation of right of way $3,000.00 dep
E 2 Other Maps/Lot Line Adjustment/Referred to Subdivision Committee $2,000.00 dep

F. Parking

Service Activity Fee Effective 7/1/11
F 1 In–lieu Parking Space – Per Space For all zoning districts, excluding Central Commercial (CC) and Mixed Use (MU) $8,000.00
F 2 Central Commercial (CC) and Mixed Use (MU) $4,000.00

G. Zoning

Service Activity Fee Effective 7/1/11
G 1 Conditional Use Permit Minor $2,000.00 dep
G 2 Major $3,000.00 dep
G 3 Final Planned Development & Revised Final Planned Development $2,000.00 dep
G 4 Minor Modification Not Referred to Planning Commission $2,000.00
G 5 Referred to Planning Commission $2,000.00 dep
G 6 Prezoning/Rezoning/Preliminary Planned Development $5,000.00 dep
G 7 Public Convenience of Necessity Determination $1,000.00 dep
G 8 Temporary Use Permit No Mailing or Environmental Review 1 Hour Planner Rate
G 9 Requiring Mailing $2,000.00
G 10 Variance $1,600.00 dep
G 11 Zoning Letter/Determination of Permitted Use 2 Hours Planner Rate
G 12 Zoning Ordinance Amendment $4,000.00 dep
G 13 Zoning Verification (Planning Commission) $500.00 dep

H. Other Applications

Service Activity Fee Effective 7/1/11
H 1 Annexations $3,000.00 dep
H 2 Appeals $200.00
H 3 Demolition Review Staff Review $500.00 dep
H 4 HRMC Public Hearing $2,000.00 dep
H 5 Consultant $1,000.00
H 6 Development Agreement Preparation/Implementation $8,000.00 dep
H 7 Annual Review $1,500.00 dep
H 8 Amendment $2,000.00 dep
H 9 General Plan Amendment $4,000.00 dep
H 10 Specific Plan Amendment $3,000.00 dep
H 11 Grading Permit Biological Survey $1,000.00 dep
H 12 No Survey Required $308.00
H 13 Long–Range/Community Planning/General Plan Update Fee (B)
H 14 Pre-Application $1,500.00 dep
H 15 Pre-Application Meeting One Hour $150.00
H 16 Research $500.00 dep
H 17 Yolo County Referral – All $2,000.00 dep
H 18 All other applications $500.00 dep
H 19 Core Area Specific Plan Amendment Cost Recovery Fee Historic Unit $2,244 per historic structure and $2.28 per net new square foot of new structure. Shall be increased each year by the June CPI–U (San Francisco–Oakland–San Jose) index, not to exceed 4%.
H 20 Non–Historic Unit $2.28 per net new square foot of new structure. Shall be increased each year by the June CPI–U (San Francisco–Oakland–San Jose) index, not to exceed 4%.
H 21 Late Payment Fee All Community Development Department invoices that are more than 60 days past due, will be charged 10% interest compunded monthly on the total amount due. 10%

I. Plan Checking

Service Activity Fee Effective 7/1/11
I 1 Actual hourly rate charged at building permit (C) dep

K. Documents

Service Activity Fee Effective 7/1/11
K 1 Photo Copying Pre-Run /Page $0.30
K 2 Sepia Reproduction /Copy 150% of actual cost
K 3 Copies of Scanned Images (Scanned in-house) 8½ × 11 /Page $0.50
K 4 All other sizes /Page $2.00
K 5 Agenda/Annual Subscription Mailed w/o Attachments $50.00
K 6 All Documents/Maps/Etc Actual plus 25%
K 7 Postage For Mailings > 100 Pcs Each or 3 Mailings at 100 Pcs Actual plus 25%
K 8 Address Atlas (Bound) $13.00
K 9 Core Area Specific Plan (Bound) $10.00
K 10 Downtown Davis & Traditional Neighborhoods Design Guidlines (Bound) $20.00
K 11 General Plan $30.00
K 12 Maps – Other $7.00
K 13 Subdivision Ordinance $7.00
K 14 Zoning Atlas (Bound) $13.00
K 15 Zoning Map (Folded) $7.00
K 16 Zoning Ordinance $12.00

  • * Effective 07/31/2011
  • (A) Full payment of cost estimate, or contract + 20% admin fee.
  • (B) .002 of building permit valuation. Charged at building permit on all permit types except demolition permits.
  • (C) Actual hourly rate charged at building permit.
  • (D) 150% of actual cost.
  • (E) Actual cost + 25%
  • NOTE:
    1. Projects may require review by other agencies. These agencies may impose a fee for this service.
    2. If the deposit exceeds the final actual cost, the balance will be refunded to the Applicant.
    3. The Planning & Building Director may reduce deposits if deemed appropriate.
    4. Refund Policy
      • Refund requests must be submitted in writing.
      • Fixed fee applications: a refund will not be granted if the project has been noticed for a public hearing. If the project has not been noticed for a public hearing the refunded amount will be the original fee paid, less the cost of staff hours worked on the project, less a $30 administrative processing fee.
      • Withdrawn applications: if staff has not completed any work on the project a refund of the original fee paid, less a $30 administrative processing fee will be made.
      • Deposit applications: any unused deposit fee, after project completion, shall be entirely refunded.

City of Davis, California
23 Russell Blvd.
Davis, Ca. 95616