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Council adopts package of fee and permitting ordinance updates, including new EV charging permit section
Summary
Rochester Hills City Council unanimously adopted a package of ordinance changes updating numerous fee schedules across code chapters and adding a new division establishing permit fees for electric vehicle charging stations. All ordinances take effect Dec. 30, 2024, upon publication.
Rochester Hills City Council on Dec. 16 approved a series of ordinance amendments that update and consolidate fee schedules across multiple code chapters, add a new division for electric‑vehicle (EV) charging‑station permits and change rates for various city services.
What the council approved
Council acted on multiple, related agenda items covering chapters 54, 79 and 110 of the city code. The changes generally update hourly and permit charges (the most common increase moves hourly charges from $85 to $90) and add new permit types, including fees for EV charging‑station permits, event permits and mobile/tent vending permits. The ordinance changes were presented for second reading and adoption and will become effective Monday, Dec. 30, 2024, following publication in the Oakland Press.
Votes at a glance (selected agenda numbers)
- 2024‑0547 — Amend sections 54‑41 and 54‑46 (fees of chapter 54) — accepted for second reading and adoption (motion carried unanimously). - 2024‑0593 — Amend multiple sections in chapter 54 to modify miscellaneous service fees — accepted for second reading and adoption (unanimous). - 2024‑0594 — Add division 8 (EV charging stations) to chapter 54 — accepted for second reading and adoption (unanimous). - 2024‑0595 — Amend chapter 54 to add event permits, sports/court rentals and mobile/tent vending fees — accepted for second reading and adoption (unanimous). - 2024‑0596 — Amend chapter 54 inspection fees — accepted for second reading and adoption (unanimous). - 2024‑0548 — Amend chapter 79 special events fees — accepted for second reading and adoption (unanimous). - 2024‑0549, 2024‑0597, 2024‑0598 — Additional chapter 110 and sign‑permit fee updates — accepted for second reading and adoption (all unanimous).
Council discussion and context
City staff presented the package as an annual code review and fee‑setting exercise intended to align fees with operating costs, current standards and to add new categories (such as EV charging permits) that did not previously exist in the fee schedule. City attorney and department staff were available and no members of the public submitted comment on these items at the hearing.
Administrative details
Each ordinance was accepted for second reading, adopted and scheduled to become effective Dec. 30, 2024, following publication. Council handled the items as a series of motions; all passed by voice vote with no recorded opposition.
Provenance: ordinance presentations and adoptions
Topic introduced: ordinance series begins with item 2024‑0547 (transcript block ~3202.29).
Topic finish: final ordinance adoption concluded with item 2024‑0598 (transcript block ~4055.92).
