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r RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION The City Planning Commission of the City Of Batesville, Arkansas, held its regular monthly meeting on Monday, August 3, 2009, with Chairman Carma Osborn presiding. Also present were Secretary Brian Langston, and Commission Members Steven Lewis, Ronnie Hampton, Nina Womack, Ken Smith and Mike Fagan. Also present were Code Enforcement Officer, Chad McClure, Planning Consultant Rob Middleton, City Council Members Dr. Doug Matthews and Thomas Bryant. The Planning Commission has worked on suggested Zoning and Subdivision Application Fees. There are five types of application for subdivision actions that come before the Planning Commission, and five applications for zoning action of the Planning Commission or Board of Zoning Adjustment. At the present time, only applications for a conditional use permit or a re-zone require payment of an application fee; in both cases, the fee is a mere $10. The Commission believes that applicants should bear a portion of the cost of processing applications for various approvals and revisions; expenses associated with this review include staff time (Code Enforcement Officer, City Engineer, Fire Chief, Water and Sewer Department personnel, etc.), city planning consultant time, updates to the city map, copying, and so forth. While the Commission does not believe that it would be reasonable to impose fees high enough to cover the entire cost of such processing, it believes that some level of fee is appropriate and customary. The • Commission reviewed the fee schedules of a number of cities in Arkansas and recommends the following fees as reflective of average fees charged by cities of similar size and circumstance to Batesville. The Planning Commission has therefore adopted a resolution to include the suggested fees as part of the application process. Commissioner Hampton moved that the Planning Commission recommend to the City Council of the City of Batesville, Arkansas, the proposed ordinance to include the Zoning and Subdivision Fees as part of the application process. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Lewis and upon vote of the Commission was passed unanimously. Therefore, the City Planning Commission of the City of Batesville, Arkansas recommends to the City Council of the City of Batesville, Arkansas, that the appropriate action be taken by the City Council to carry out the recommendations of the City Planning Commission. Batesville City Planning Commission Carma Osborn, Chai an By { Brian Langston, Secretary