Chapter 3.30
FEES Revised 4/24
Sections:
3.30.010 Subdivision, planned unit developments, and other land use and related applications.
3.30.050 Subdivision exemption.
3.30.070 Fees in lieu of parks.
3.30.090 Annual short-term rental workforce housing regulatory linkage fee. Revised 4/24
3.30.010 Subdivision, planned unit developments, and other land use and related applications.
The following fees shall be applicable to all applications for subdivisions, resubdivisions, planned developments, conditional use permits, variances, zoning, rezoning, any other land use applications or any other matters requiring review by the board of trustees, planning commission, and/or board of zoning adjustment, as well as any modification, revision or amendment of any of the foregoing. All applicable fees shall be submitted at the time that the land use or other application is submitted to the town for consideration. If the town clerk or manager anticipate that the expenditures relating to a particular application may exceed the established fees, the town may require the applicant to deposit an additional sum of money with the town clerk to cover such estimated costs in advance. Such deposit shall be made with the town clerk within 10 days of notification by the town and the consideration of the application shall be postponed until such deposit is received. Any surplus will be refunded to the applicant and any deficiency will be paid by applicant. Those fees shall cover all costs and expenditures, including but not limited to attorney’s fees, engineer’s fees, surveyor’s fees, planner’s fees and other hired personnel providing services for the town with respect to that particular subdivision, planned unit development, conditional use permit, variance, zoning, rezoning or other matter described above. Such costs shall also include a charge per hour for review by town employees, including but not limited to town manager, town planner, town clerk, town treasurer, town water superintendent, town street supervisor, managerial assistant, recreation director, and staff assistant. Such per-hour charge shall include the salary and the costs associated with all employee benefits provided and all other expenses incurred by the town in connection with each employee. The hourly charge for each employee shall be established by resolution adopted by the town board from time to time. Failure of an applicant or petitioner to pay such fees as directed by the town shall result in the immediate suspension of the review process by the town, including cancellation of any scheduled hearings. Nor shall any building permits, certificates of occupancy or other town approvals be issued or granted until all such amounts are paid in full. The board of trustees may waive the fees provided for herein, in whole or in part, if it determines that imposition of such fees would create an undue hardship on the petitioner or applicant or it determines that such waiver is in the best interests of the town. The fees collected by virtue of this section shall not be used for general or other governmental proprietary purposes of the town. The fees charged herein shall be used solely to pay the costs of planning, review, processing, administration, renewal, or other services provided by the town on behalf of or as a result of the application. In addition, all petitioners or applicants shall be required to execute, as a condition and at the time of the filing of the application, an agreement for reimbursement with the town, binding the petitioner or applicant to pay the costs and fees set forth in this section.
The standard fees shall be as follows:
(a) Subdivisions.
(1) Sketch plan: no fee.
(2) Preliminary Plat.
(i) Residential (including condominiums, townhouses and apartments): $25.00/lot and unit with $250.00 minimum.
(ii) Business and industrial (where land is zoned for business or industrial usage and the contemplated usage is the same; includes townhouses, condominiums, and rental structures, and subdivisions designed and intended for commercial uses):
(A) Two hundred dollars per 5,000 square feet or fraction thereof of floor space (outside dimensions) for a condominium, townhouse and rental structures, with a minimum of $500.00.
(B) One hundred dollars per lot for a linear subdivision, with a minimum of $500.00.
(C) Final plat is $10.00 per unit and lot with a minimum of $500.00.
(b) Planned Unit Development.
(1) Sketch plan: no fee.
(2) Preliminary plat: $200.00 plus $20.00 per acre.
(3) Final plat: $100.00 plus $10.00 per acre.
(4) PUD plan change requests: $250.00 per change. [Ord. 581 § 1, 2003; Ord. 523 § 1, 2001. Code 1999 § 2-13-1].
3.30.020 Annexations.
For any annexation of property to the town of Granby that is not initiated by the board of trustees, the petitioner shall, at the time such application for annexation is made, pay to the town clerk a fee of $300.00, plus $10.00 per acre. For any preannexation contract, an additional fee shall be paid in advance equal to the town’s anticipated costs for attorneys, engineers, surveyors or other actual anticipated expenditures. Annexation fees, including deposits to cover costs in excess of established fees, may be waived by the Granby board of trustees, if it is deemed in the best interest of the town. An additional fee may be required, if the town determines that its expenditures will be above the established fees. In that case, the town shall require the petitioner or applicant to immediately deposit a sum of money with the town clerk to cover such estimated costs. Those costs shall include expenditures for attorney’s fees, engineer’s fees, surveyor’s fees, planner’s fees and other hired personnel providing services for the town, with respect to the annexation. Such costs shall also include a charge per hour for review by town employees, including but not limited to town manager, town planner, town clerk, town treasurer, town water superintendent, town street supervisor, managerial assistant, recreation director, and staff assistant. Such per-hour charge shall include the salary and the costs associated with all employee benefits provided and all other expenses incurred by the town in connection with each employee. The hourly charge for each employee shall be established by resolution adopted by the town board from time to time. Failure of an applicant or petitioner to pay such fees as directed by the town shall result in the immediate suspension of the review process by the town, including cancellation of any scheduled hearings. Nor shall any building permits, certificates of occupancy or other town approvals be issued or granted until all such amounts are paid in full. The board of trustees may waive the fees provided for herein, in whole or in part, if it determines that imposition of such fees would create an undue hardship on the petitioner or applicant or it determines that such waiver is in the best interests of the town. The fees collected by virtue of this section shall not be used for general or other governmental proprietary purposes of the town, except to pay for each new development’s equitable share of the cost of accounting, planning, management, administration and government of the town. Other than as described above, the fees charged herein shall be used solely to pay the costs of planning, operation, administration, maintenance, repair, improvement, renewal, replacement, reconstruction or other services provided by the town on behalf of or as a result of new development within the town. In addition, all petitioners or applicants shall be required to execute, as a condition and at the time of the filing of the application, an agreement for reimbursement with the town, binding the petitioner or applicant to pay the costs and fees set forth in this section. [Ord. 523 § 2, 2001. Code 1999 § 2-13-2].
3.30.030 Zoning and rezoning.
For any rezoning application, a fee of $100.00. [Code 1999 § 2-13-3].
3.30.040 Zoning variance.
One hundred dollars for each zoning variance requested. [Code 1999 § 2-13-4].
3.30.050 Subdivision exemption.
One hundred dollars for each exemption. [Code 1999 § 2-13-5].
3.30.060 Minor subdivision.
Fifty dollars for each unit and lot with a minimum of $150.00. [Code 1999 § 2-13-6].
3.30.070 Fees in lieu of parks.
Two hundred fifty dollars for each unit or lot, if applicable. [Ord. 357, 1983. Code 1999 § 2-13-7].
3.30.080 Water system fees.
The following water usage rates are applicable and owed by all owners, users and tenants, jointly and severally:
(a) Each water user within the town of Granby shall be charged $3.50 per 1,000 gallons of water used, to be billed quarterly.
Water users outside the Granby town limits shall be billed quarterly at the rate of two times the rate charged to water users within the town limits.
(b) In addition, a facility charge is set at $15.00 per meter per quarter.
(c) The plant investment fees are based on the diameter of the service line connected to the meter of the water-using unit. All service lines must be a minimum of three-quarters inch in diameter. See current fee structure.
Plant investment fees for service lines greater than two inches in diameter shall be negotiated with the town on a case-by-case basis.
Plant investment fees for water and water service provided outside the Granby town limits shall be one and one-half times the rates charged for water and water service provided within the Granby town limits, based on the diameter of the service line connected to the meter of the water-using unit. All service lines must be a minimum of three-quarters inch in diameter and all lines must be connected to a water meter. Plant investment fees for service lines greater than two inches in diameter shall be negotiated with the town on a case-by-case basis.
(d) These water rates were effective beginning January 1, 1997. [Amended during 2011 recodification; Ord. 469, 1996; Ord. 468, 1996. Code 1999 § 2-13-8].
3.30.090 Annual short-term rental workforce housing regulatory linkage fee. Revised 4/24
(a) The annual permit fee to secure a short-term rental permit as referenced in Chapter 5.20 GMC shall consist of a short-term rental workforce housing regulatory linkage fee beginning with the 2024 permitting year. The initial amount of the fee shall be $1,120 multiplied by the current mitigation rate annually per studio and/or per bedroom in any short-term rental unit. No short-term rental permit shall be issued or renewed pursuant to Chapter 5.20 GMC until the annual fee has been paid. The mitigation rate shall be 65 percent for the year commencing January 1, 2024, and may be set by a resolution of the board of trustees for each subsequent year on or before January 1st of that year.
(b) In addition to resetting the mitigation rate, the board of trustees may adjust the amount of the annual permit fee annually for inflation as calculated by the town treasurer. The adjustment shall be based upon the percentage change in the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Price Index for Denver/Boulder, all items, all urban consumers, or its successor index, or an equivalent index applicable to Granby, as determined in the sole discretion of the board of trustees. The town clerk shall post notice of the new amount of the short-term rental workforce housing regulatory linkage fee each year on the town’s website and at the Town Hall located at Zero Jasper Avenue, Granby, Colorado 80446, prior to accepting payment of the permit fee for short-term rentals for the following permitting year, and in no case later than January 1st of the year for which the permit will apply.
(c) The short-term rental permittee may pass the expected per-rental-night costs of the fee to its customers on a nightly basis by inclusion of a surcharge in the customer’s bill.
(d) All revenues from the annual permit fee shall be deposited in the workforce housing fund as described in subsection (e) of this section. The revenues from the annual permit fee shall be expended only to defray the reasonable direct and indirect costs of the following:
(1) The town’s workforce housing programs and policies, which may include but are not limited to acquisition of housing units, construction of new units, purchase of deed restrictions on existing units, mortgage buydowns, rent assistance programs, and land purchase for workforce housing; and
(2) To defray the costs to the town, including but not limited to staff and personnel required for the administration and enforcement of the regulation of short-term rental units.
(e) The town treasurer shall maintain the workforce housing fund and shall track and account for revenues and expenditures to the fund separately from all other revenues and expenditures of the town. All of the revenues generated from the annual permit fee described in this section shall be deposited directly into the fund without passing through any other town fund. The monies in the workforce housing account shall not be used for general municipal or governmental purposes or spending. Nor shall the fund ever be transferred to or become part of the town’s general fund.
(f) As used in this section, “workforce” shall mean persons whose primary place of employment is in Grand County, Colorado, and whose annual household incomes do not exceed 180 percent of the area median income as published annually by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. [Ord. 990 § 1 (Exh. A), 2023].