ORDINANCE NO. 14,171

AN ORDINANCE to amend the Municipal Code of the City of Des Moines, Iowa, 2000, adopted by Ordinance No. 13,827, passed June 5, 2000, as heretofore amended, by repealing Section 82-3 and subsection (c) of Section 82-207 thereof, and enacting a new Section 82-3 and subsection (c) of Section 82-207, to place the fees for site plan approval and certificates of occupancy into a Schedule of Fees to be adopted by the City Council by resolution.

BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Des Moines, Iowa:

Section 1. That the Municipal Code of the City of Des Moines, Iowa, 2000, adopted by Ordinance No. 13,827, passed June 5, 2000, as amended by Ordinance No. 13,878 passed November 6, 2000, and as amended by Ordinance No. 14,018 passed November 19, 2000, be and is hereby amended by repealing Section 82-3 and subsection (c) of Section 82-207 thereof, and enacting a new Section 82-3 and subsection (c) of Section 82-207, to place the fees for site plan approval and certificates of occupancy into a Schedule of Fees to be adopted by the City Council by resolution, as follows:

The required fees for a certificate of occupancy and compliance under division 5 of article II of chapter 134 of this Code shall be in the amounts set in the Schedule of Fees adopted by the city council by resolution.

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(c) Site plan review. A site plan shall be submitted and reviewed in accordance with the following:

(1) After completion of the preapplication conference as required by subsection (a) of this section, and if the applicant wishes to proceed with the development of the property as discussed at such conference, he or she shall cause to be prepared a site plan of such development and submit four copies of the site plan to the community development department. The site plan shall contain all the information required by section 82-212 of this article unless otherwise waived by the planning director. The site plan shall be accompanied by a covering letter requesting review and approval of such plan and by payment of the fee in the amount set in the Schedule of Fees adopted by the city council by resolution. In addition to the fees, the owner shall pay the costs for any required notification to property owners as established by the community development department.

(2) The community development department shall promptly convey one copy to the engineering department, and one copy to the fire department for their review and comments. The remaining copy shall be retained by the community development department for review. Such departments shall review the plan for conformance of the design to the standards set forth in section 82-213 of this article and shall forward their recommendations concerning the plan to the community development department within ten days after the date of submission of such plan to the community development department.

(3) Persons developing property wholly owned by the federal government may submit a site plan for approval without paying the fees described in this section.

Sec. 2. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after the later of January 1, 2003, or its passage and publication as provided by law.

Preston A. Daniels, Mayor

Attest:

I, Donna V. Boetel-Baker, City Clerk of the City of Des Moines, Iowa, hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true copy of an ordinance (Roll Call No. 02-2930), passed by the City Council of said City at a meeting held December 16, 2002 signed by the Mayor on December 16, 2002 and published as provided by law in the Polk County Press Citizen on December 27, 2002 Authorized by Publication Order No. 3497.

Donna V. Boetel-Baker, City Clerk