A. The city manager or designee may, upon application by an owner of a vacant lot, waive the annual vacant lot program fee required in section 8.136.030 if the vacant lot is not in violation of this code and one of following applies:
1. A structure is being constructed on the vacant lot under an active building permit;
2. The vacant lot has a private community garden as defined in section 17.108.040;
3. The vacant lot is subject to a conservation easement, as defined in section 815.1 of the California Civil Code;
4. The vacant lot has a parking lot as defined in section 17.108.170;
5. The vacant lot is being used for general use agriculture, as defined in section 17.108.020;
6. The vacant lot is located on a parcel that was created within the past 24 months pursuant to division VIII of title 17;
7. The vacant lot is used as an extension of a primary parcel and meets all the following criteria:
a. The vacant lot abuts the primary parcel;
b. The vacant lot and the primary parcel have identical ownership;
c. The primary parcel is not in violation of this code; or
8. There is an active Urban Agriculture Incentive Zone contract, pursuant to chapter 17.722, covering the vacant lot.
B. A vacant lot program fee waiver is valid for one year. (Ord. 2022-0030 § 2)