The City Council is empowered to grant deferral, waiver or reduction of any fee imposed by this chapter upon request. Such deferral, waiver or reduction may only be granted after notice and hearing if, in the opinion of the City Council, properly supported by specific findings, deferral would allow a better or fairer financing arrangement to be developed and imposed, or where waiver or reduction is required because imposition of such fee or fees in full would cause inequities. Findings must be based on written and other evidence submitted by the property owner, substantiating the owner's contention that the fee should be deferred, waived or reduced. Findings must include facts supporting deferral, waiver or reduction including, without limitation, findings that in the case of deferral (1) other properties to be benefited by any fee will not be burdened by the review and delay in fee imposition, or, (2) alternative financing methods involving more than one owner have been proposed for review, or (3) delay will result in a more fair funding arrangement; and, in the case of waiver or reduction, the owner will receive insufficient or no benefit from the fee imposed and would therefore be required, if the fee were imposed in full, to pay more than his or her fair share for the benefit received.
(Ord. 2552 § 3, 2001.)