Fees

PLEASANT VIEW -- Fees for reserving the bowery at Shady Lane Park have been waved until further notice.

City Recorder Laurie Hellstrom said the council agreed to wave the fees but those wanting to reserve the bowery still need to do so with the city.

FARMINGTON -- City officials have authorized the reimbursement of $255,013 to The Haws Companies from transportation impact fees for the right of way associated with Station Park.

In action taken recently, the council voted 5-0 to authorize the reimbursement. Previously, the city had paid THC $541,493 to date, leaving the $255,013 balance on the issue.

SYRACUSE — City leaders do not expect to make changes in cemetery burial fees, after a resident recently requested the $100 fee for an infant burial be waived.

CENTERVILLE — Fees initially approved in August now are officially part of the city’s fee schedule.

The city council adopted an ordinance amending the fire and emergency services impact fees at its first August meeting. Those fees, which are charged at the time a building permit is issued for a new structure, were increased to cover costs.

FARR WEST -- Scouring through the city municipal code and searching for various fees is like a treasure hunt, said Planning Commissioner Lou Best.

There has to be a more user-friendly way for the fees to be located, Best said.

For this reason, the planning commission has been working on a new fee schedule. The commission hoped to extract all the fees from the code and put them together in one place, then create a fee schedule, thereby making it much easier to locate fees.

The fee agreement between the city and the Davis County Animal Control services contract was amended on Feb. 21.

While the county’s rates for service have not changed, but the city’s fees will decrease due to a lower number of calls than the previous year.

The 2012 fee pays for actual calls received in 2011. Wildlife calls cost $25.75 per call. There were 33 wildlife calls in 2011, down from 58 calls in 2010.

The U.S. Forest Service plans to grant free access to nearly all national forest lands, scaling back unpopular recreation fees that have raised the ire of hikers but also sent millions of dollars to Southern California's heavily used forests.