Fiscal Note
The proposed ordinance amendment updates the application fee for a tourist rooming house permit to $300. The 2025 Adopted Operating Budget included the increased application fee revenues in General Fund Revenues. No additional City appropriation required.
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Amending Section 9.29 of the Madison General Ordinances related to Regulation of Tourist Rooming Houses to update the application fee.
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DRAFTER’S ANALYSIS: This proposed ordinance increases the application fee for a Tourist Rooming House (TRH) in MGO Sec. 9.29(3) from on hundred ($100) dollars to three hundred ($300) dollars. The City established a permit for TRH in 2020. The processing of applications has proven to require a significant amount of staff time and resources.
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The Common Council of the City of Madison do hereby ordain as follows:
1. Subsection (3) entitled “Application” of Section 9.29 entitled “Regulation of Tourist Rooming Houses” of the Madison General Ordinances is amended as follows:
“(3) Application. Any person wishing to operate a TRH shall submit an application in writing to the City Zoning Administrator along with a non-refundable application fee of one hundred ($100) three hundred ($300) dollars. Any submitted application that is not completed and still pending within one (1) year of the date the application is filed and the application fee is paid shall be administratively closed and the applicant must begin the licensing process anew.”