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SARATOGA CITY COUNCIL
MEETING DATE: March 18, 2009 AGENDA ITEM:
DEPARTMENT: Community Development CITY MANAGER: Dave Anderson
PREPARED BY: John F. Livingstone, AICP DIRECTOR: John F. Livingstone, AICP
SUBJECT: Review incentives related to Conditional Use Permits to encourage new
businesses in the City
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Direct Staff Accordingly.
REPORT SUMMARY:
On March 3, 2009 the City Council reviewed the fees associated with Conditional Use Permits
and expressed interest in reducing the cost, time, and uncertainty of obtaining a Conditional Use
Permit. One of the ideas at that meeting was to create incentives for new businesses in the City.
The Council asked staff to place this item on the agenda where the various options brought up by
the Council could be discussed in detail.
The following are some of the options discussed by the City Council.
• Lower the cost of use permits by subsidizing the Conditional Use Permit fee to encourage
new business development in the City of Saratoga.
• Create an incentive program by waiving the fee for the first three (or some other number)
CUP’s for a specific use or uses.
Some of uses that the Council has expressed interest in are Family Style Restaurants, Breakfast
Restaurants, and Establishments that engage in the sale of alcoholic beverages, Ice Cream
Parlors, and Bakeries and Markets.
FISCAL IMPACTS:
The City Council has approximately $48,000 remaining in their discretionary fund. Funding for
an incentive program would reduce the funds in this account.
ALTERNATIVE ACTIONS:
The Council could recommend maintaining the existing Conditional Use process with no
incentives.
FOLLOW UP ACTION:
As directed.
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ADVERTISING, NOTICING AND PUBLIC CONTACT:
Notice of this meeting was properly posted.
ATTACHMENTS:
1. Matrix of Permitted and Conditional Uses
2. Code excerpts for Permitted and Conditional Uses