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JOHN R. KLAUS
City Attorney FILED
R. MICHAEL HAYES CITY CLERK
Ass't. City Attorney CITY OF AMISS,IOWA
February 21, 1979
FES t Z 1979
Honorable Lee Fellinger , Mayor
And Members of the City Council
Of The City of Ames, Iowa
In Re: Ordinance to Repeal the Fee Schedule Established
In Section 19-2002 (e) of the Municipal Code And
Provide for Establishment of Fee Schedule Annually
By Resolution
Dear Mayor Fellinger and Council Members :
As you know, we have been consistently repealing fee schedules
established by ordinance in the Municipal Code and substituting
a policy of establishing fees from time to time by resolution.
This policy was first recommended by me in my memorandum to
the City Council of October 13 , 1978 pertaining to revision
of the Municipal Code generally.
This policy should also be applied to the rental housing code.
I have discussed this matter with the housing inspector and
he agrees that on the basis of actual administrative and cost
experience, more reasonable fee schedules than that provided
for in the ordinance can be developed, and ought to be developed
annually. This schedule of fees will , of course, pertain not
only to the inspections, enforcement and administrative efforts
connected with the rental housing ordinance, but also to those
inspection, enforcement and administrative costs mandated by
the provisions of chapter 413 of the Code of Iowa, the so-
called State Housing Law.
Respectfully submitted,
John R. Klaus
City Attorney
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