Zero Waste Plan Check Fees

At a glance

What: New cost recovery fees in Public Works for Zero Waste plan checks and compliance inspections, letting the City Manager collect fees to recover staffing costs.
Where it stands: Adopted June 9, 2026 as Resolution No. 72,312-N.S. (motion Tregub/Humbert, all ayes), with a solar permit protection added to the fee schedule.
Next: None recorded.

Public hearing item 25, continued from May 19, 2026; the item contained revised materials (Supplemental Communications Packet 1, with a Public Works presentation also filed). Contact: Wahid Amiri, Public Works. 1 speaker; the hearing was closed on a motion by Tregub, seconded by Taplin, all ayes.
The resolution was adopted including the revised materials and further amended to add this language to Exhibit A: notwithstanding any other provision of the fee schedule, fees tied to solar permit applications apply consistently with Government Code Section 66015, and the Zero Waste plan review and compliance inspection fee is adjusted, reduced or waived as needed so that total permit-related fees do not exceed the maximum state law allows.
The same evening Council also adopted revised Environmental Health Division fees effective July 1, 2026 (Resolution No. 72,308-N.S., Humbert/Taplin, all ayes, 0 speakers), rescinding Resolution No. 71,354-N.S.; see 2026-06-09 - City Council (regular).

Public hearing item 29 was continued to June 9 (Taplin/Humbert, all ayes, with items 24 and 28), with revised materials. Public Works posted supplemental material and a presentation.

Resolution 72,312 adopted with the solar permit fee language, all ayes.

Public hearing continued to June 9 with revised materials, all ayes.