In accordance with applicable law, the city may charge reasonable fees and charges for certain municipal services. As noted in Section 36.19 of the Santa Paula Municipal Code, the city council intends to recover 100% of all costs associated with providing municipal services.
In 2016, the City of Santa Paula retained “NBS Consultants” to prepare a new Citywide User Fee and Rate Study that analyzed the cost of service per activity. An updated fee scheduled was adopted on January 3, 2017, and can be found in the link below.