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SALT LAKE CITY ORDINANCE
No. 39 of 2013
(Providing for a periodic adjustment to the Salt Lake City Consolidated Fee Schedule and other
city charges that is tied to the Consumer Price Index.)
AN ORDINANCE ENACTING SALT LAKE CITY CODE SECTION 3.02.030 TO
PROVIDE FOR AN ANNUAL ADJUSTMENT TO THE SALT LAKE CITY
CONSOLIDATED FEE SCHEDULE.
WHEREAS, on May 17, 2011 the City Council adopted Ordinances 2011-23, 2011-24
and 2011-25 to authorize and create the Salt Lake City Consolidated Fee Schedule; and
WHEREAS, the Salt Lake City Consolidated Fee Schedule has since been amended from
time to time; and
WHEREAS, the fees set forth in the Salt Lake City Consolidated Fee Schedule are
intended to reasonably and equitably correspond to the regulatory and service costs incurred by
the City in providing the services related to such fees; and
WHEREAS, it has been proposed that the Salt Lake City Consolidated Fee Schedule be
adjusted annually in order to insure that the fees included therein equitably correspond to the
costs for providing the services associated with such fees; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that making an annual adjustment to the fees set forth
the Salt Lake City Consolidated Fee Schedule will further the general welfare of the citizens of Salt
Lake City by insuring that such fees are necessary, reasonable, and equitable in relation to
regulatory and service costs incurred by the City.
NOW, THEREFORE, be it ordained by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah:
SECTION 1. Section 3.02.030 of the Salt Lake City Code shall be, and hereby is,
enacted to read as follows:
3.02.030: ANNUAL CONSUMER PRICE INDEX ADJUSTMENT:
A. For purposes of this Section the term"Consumer Price Index" shall mean the Consumer
Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the
United States Department of Labor. In the event the Consumer Price Index is no longer
published, the term "Consumer Price Index" shall mean the generally accepted
replacement index, if any.
B. Effective July 1, 2013, and each July 1st thereafter, the fees set forth in the Salt Lake City
Consolidated Fee Schedule that go into the city's general fund shall be adjusted to reflect
the one (1) year percentage increase if any, in the Consumer Price Index as set forth in
the Consumer Price Index published for the month of June prior to the July 1st date on
which the adjusted fees will take effect.
C. Any fees not included in the Salt Lake City Consolidated Fee Schedule that are imposed
by the city and flow into the city's general fund shall likewise be adjusted pursuant to the
rates and time frames identified in Subsection 3.02.030(B) above. However, no
Consumer Price Index Adjustment shall be made to any fees that do not flow into the
general fund, do not reflect the cost of goods or services provided by the city (such as
civil and criminal penalties), or that are expressly exempt from adjustment pursuant to
federal, state or local law.
D. The adjustment set forth in Salt Lake City Code Subsections 3.02.030(A - C) shall not
apply in any instance where the adjustment:
1. conflicts with federal, state or local law; or
2. conflicts with a binding contract between the city and the entity or
individual required to make payments to the city.
SECTION 2. This ordinance shall become effective immediately upon publication.
Passed by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah thi 18 day of June 2013.
CHAIRPERS
ATTEST:
CITY RECORDER
Transmitted to Mayor on June 18, 2013 •
Mayor's Action: )( Approved. Vetoed.
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Bill No. 39 of 2013. Date: //
Published: 6-26-13
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