On June 28, 2022, the city council adopted the El Camino Real Specific Plan in order to increase the development capacity of the El Camino Real Specific Plan district. It is the intent and purpose of the city council in adopting this chapter to provide in part for the major traffic improvements that will be necessary as a result of development within the El Camino Real Specific Plan district through the adoption of a fee to be charged to development in the manner specified by the El Camino Real Specific Plan Nexus Study that was accepted by the city council on June 28, 2022. Based on the El Camino Real Specific Plan Nexus Study, the city council finds that there is an essential nexus and reasonable relationship between development within the El Camino Real Specific Plan district and the need for the specified transportation improvements.
(Ord. 3194-22 § 18)
This chapter establishes the requirements for the ECRSP transportation impact fee for development approved on or after September 12, 2022. The ECRSP transportation impact fee is limited to providing funding in the amounts and for those improvements specified in the ECRSP Transportation Impact Fee Nexus Study. Nothing in this chapter shall restrict the ability of the city to require dedication of land, payment of fees or construction of improvements for needs other than, or in addition to, the improvements specified in the ECRSP Transportation Impact Fee Nexus Study.
(Ord. 3194-22 § 18)
(a) 
Commencing September 12, 2022, the ECRSP transportation impact fee is hereby imposed on development within the ECRSP district.
(b) 
The amount of the fee shall be established by resolution of the city council and shall be increased by the Engineering News-Record (ENR) Construction Cost Index for San Francisco urban area, published by McGraw Hill, on July 1 of every year. In addition, the amount of the fee may be periodically adjusted by the city council to reflect the current status and cost of improvements identified in the ECRSP Transportation Impact Fee Nexus Study.
(c) 
The fee shall be calculated at the time of complete building permit application submittal and shall be paid in full to the city before any building permit is issued.
(d) 
The fee shall be deposited in a fund designated solely for the ECRSP transportation improvements and shall be reviewed annually in order to make any findings required by state law.
(Ord. 3194-22 § 18)