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Home My WebLink About2026-024 - Resolution RESOLUTION NO.2026-024 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA MASTER FEE SCHEDULE TO ADOPT USER FEES FOR PREAPPROVED MODEL HOME PERMITS AND PREAPPROVED ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT PERMITS, AND MAKING A DETERMINATION OF EXEMPTION UNDER CEQA A. Recitals. 1. Assembly Bill 130 (AB 130) establishes temporary statewide limitations on the adoption and application of new residential building standards between October 1, 2025, and June 1, 2031. In response to AB 130, the City is proposing a new reduced-rate plan review fee applicable to residential projects utilizing previously approved model home designs. The reduced fee reflects staff time required to verify continued compliance with AB 130,while recognizing that the primary structural plan review was completed under prior approval. This approach allows the City to recover costs associated with regulatory review,while aligning with the streamlined review intent of the legislation. 2. Additionally, Assembly Bill 1332 (AB 1332) requires each local agency, no later than January 1, 2025, to establish a program for the preapproval of accessory dwelling unit plans. In accordance with AB 1332, the City is proposing the establishment of a reduced building permit plan review fee for detached ADU projects that utilize City-preapproved plans or qualifying identical plans. The proposed reduced fee structure is intended to reflect the reduced staff time and resources necessary to process applications that rely on standardized designs, while maintaining full compliance with State law and the City's cost-recovery policies. 3. The City Council desires to update the Master Fee Schedule to adopt proposed reduced user fees for Preapproved Model Home Permits and Preapproved Accessory Dwelling Unit Permits. 4. The City of Rancho Cucamonga may impose fees under the authority granted by the Mitigation Fee Act (Gov. Code, § 66000 et seq.). Section 66014 of the Mitigation Fee Act authorizes the City to impose fees for use permits and planning services under the authority of Chapter 3 ("Local Planning')of Division 1 of Title 7 of the Government Code (§65100 et seq.)or under any other authority, provided those fees do not exceed the estimated reasonable cost of providing the service for which the fee is charged. 5. The City has complied with the notice and hearing requirements of State law and the Mitigation Fee Act prior to adopting the fees specified in this Resolution, and a notice of public hearing on the user fees was mailed as required by law to any interested party who filed a written request with the City Clerk for mailed notice of a meeting on new or increased fees. 6. The City Council opened a duly noticed public hearing at the April 15, 2026 regular City Council meeting, at which time testimony was presented. Resolution No. 2026-024— Page 1 of 5 7. The City Council finds that the record of these proceedings, including the staff report, written correspondence received by the City, and the testimony received at the hearing prior to the adoption of this Resolution, contains substantial evidence to support the imposition and collection of the user fees established herein. B. Resolution. The City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga finds and resolves as follows: SECTION 1. Recitals. The City Council hereby specifically finds that all of the facts and recitals set forth in Part A of this Resolution are true and correct and incorporated herein as a material part of this Resolution. SECTION 2. CEQA Findings. City staff has evaluated the potential environmental impacts of the adoption of the proposed amendments to the Master Fee Schedule pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") and the State CEQA Guidelines. The proposed actions do not constitute a"project"under CEQA pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(4)because these actions involve the creation of a government funding mechanism which does not involve any commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment. In addition, these actions are statutorily exempt from CEQA under CEQA Guidelines Section 15273(a)(1) because these actions are establishing fees and charges to meet operating expenses, including employee wage rates and fringe benefits. The City Council has reviewed the administrative record concerning the proposed actions and the proposed CEQA determination, and based on its own independent judgment, finds that the proposed actions set forth in this Resolution are not subject to, or exempt from, the requirements of the CEQA and the State CEQA Guidelines pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Sections 15378(b)(4) and 15273(a)(1). SECTION 3. Approval of Mitigation Fee Act Findings. The City Council has reviewed and considered the proposed user fees established herein, and based on the cost analysis presented in the April 15, 2026 City Council staff report, finds that the proposed fees will not exceed the estimated reasonable cost of providing the services for which the fees will be charged. SECTION 4. Adoption of User Fees for Preapproved Model Home Permits and Preapproved Accessory Dwelling Unit Permits. The City Council hereby approves and adopts the user fee amounts for the Preapproved Model Home Permit Fee and the Preapproved Accessory Dwelling Unit Permit Fee, attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated herein by this reference. The Master Fee Schedule shall be amended to contain the fees and amounts identified therein. The City Council is not readopting or revising the existing fees not identified in this Resolution; all such fees and charges remain in place at the current amount. SECTION 5. Adoption of Methodology for Calculation, Adjustment,and Collection of User Fees. The City Council hereby adopts the methodology set forth in the City Council Staff Report dated April 15, 2026, for calculating and collecting the user fees adopted herein. The amount of the user fees shall be adjusted annually on July 1st of each year, beginning in 2027, by the percentage change in the Employee Cost Index for State and Local Government Employees (E.G.!) for the end of the previous calendar year, or any successor index. The City Council hereby authorizes the City Manager, or designee, to make such annual adjustments to certain fees based on an inflationary factors effective July 1st of each year. Resolution No. 2026-024— Page 2 of 5 SECTION 6. Effective Date of User Fees. The Preapproved Model Home Permit and Preapproved Accessory Dwelling Unity Permit fees established by Section 5 of this Resolution shall be effective on the sixtieth (60th) day following the adoption of this Resolution. SECTION 7. Repeal of Prior User Fees Adopted by Conflicting Resolutions. Any and all provisions of prior resolutions of the City Council establishing or modifying user fees for Preapproved Model Home Permits and Preapproved Accessory Dwelling Unit Permits in the categories set forth in Exhibit A, which duplicate or conflict with the provisions of this Resolution and Exhibit A, are hereby repealed and replaced with the fees set forth in Exhibit A and the terms and conditions established by this Resolution upon the effective date of the new user fees as provided for in Section 6 of this Resolution. SECTION 8. No Changes to Other City Fees. Nothing in this Resolution shall repeal, amend, or supersede any other City imposed fees except for the amount of specific type and category of user fee expressly established by this Resolution. SECTION 9. Severance Clause. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion of this Resolution is for any reason held to be invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remaining portions of this Resolution shall nonetheless remain in full force and effect. The City Council hereby declares that it would have adopted each section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion of this Resolution, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases, or portions of this Resolution be declared invalid or unenforceable. SECTION 10. Certification. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution. Resolution No. 2026-024— Page 3 of 5 PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED this 15th day of April, 2026. nnis ichael, M or ATTEST: 110 im y, City CI STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO ) ss CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA ) I, Kim Sevy, City Clerk of the City of Rancho Cucamonga, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga, at a Regular Meeting of said Council held on the 15th day of April, 2026. AYES: Hutchison, Kennedy, Michael, Scott, Stickler NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAINED: None Executed this 16'h day of April, 2026, at Rancho Cucamonga, California. m , City Cler Resolution No. 2026-024— Page 4 of 5 EXHIBIT A AMENDMENTS TO MASTER FEE SCHEDULE Pre-Approved ADU up to 1,200 Sq. Ft. $1,363 Model Home Permit up to 6,000 Sq. Ft. $1,698 Resolution No. 2026-024— Page 5 of 5