2025-0359
INTRODUCED BY:
ORDINANCE NO. ____________
Title
An ordinance to amend the St. Charles Parish Code of Ordinance, Chapter 2, Administration, Article I. In General, Section 2-2. Fees of copies of documents. (a), (b), and adding (d).
Body
WHEREAS, in keeping up with the volume of work involved in fulfilling public record requests, it is the desire of St. Charles Parish to revise and add fees to more clearly reflect the actual cost of reproduction of documents.
THE ST. CHARLES PARISH COUNCIL HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION I. That the Code of Ordinances, Chapter 2, Administration, Article I. In General, Section 2-2. Fees of the copies of documents. (a) is hereby amended with new text underlined and deleted text in strikethrough:
Sec. 2-2. - Fees of copies of documents.
(a) The parish desires to establish a uniform procedure to recover a portion of the expenses incurred in providing documents to the general public. The parish does hereby establish the following fee schedule to be used by all parish departments:
Document
Fee
Viewing documents
$0.00
Code of Ordinances
50.00 200.00
Code of Ordinances-Supplements
30.00
Zoning Ordinance of 1981 - Code Book-Appendix A
0.50/pg. for photostatic copies
Maximum Charge $150.00
Subdivision Regulations of 1981-Code Book-Appendix C
0.50/pg. for photostatic copies
Maximum Charge $150.00
Bid specification packet
0.50/pg. for electronic and/or photostatic copies
As determined in bid advertisement
Bid Results
0.50/pg for electronic and/or photostatic copies
Miscellaneous photostatic copies,
Per page
0.25 0.50/pg.
Electronic Documents / Public Records Portal
Transferred In Public Records Office (must purchase hardware from St. Charles Parish to transfer documents-hardware fees listed below)
0.00 1-10 pgs. 0.00
11-100 pgs. 5.00
5.00 per 100 pgs. thereafter
Not to exceed $5,000.00
Electronic Documents / Public Records Po...
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