The purpose of this chapter is to further the goals and objectives
of the city general plan public facilities and services element and
the Southport framework plan, and to provide a source of funding for
the storm drainage improvements identified in the city's Southport
drainage master plan. The city council has determined that a fee as
a condition of the issuance of building permits is necessary to defray
the actual or estimated cost of constructing the necessary improvements.
The fees authorized by this chapter are consistent with goal C of
the public facilities and services element of the city's general plan,
and with the Southport framework plan.
This chapter is enacted pursuant to the city's police powers under California Constitution Article XI, Section 7, and Government Code Section 66000, et seq.
(Ord. 97-2 § 3)
A.
Fee
Imposed. A drainage impact fee shall be imposed as a condition of
the issuance of all building permits in the Southport area. The city
council shall, by resolution, set forth the specific amount of the
drainage impact fee, identify the specific public improvements, describe
the reasonable relationship between the fee and the various types
of new development, and describe the relationship between the need
for the improvements and the various types of new development.
B.
Due
Date. The drainage impact fee shall be paid by each applicant prior
to issuance of the building permit.
C.
The
drainage impact fee shall be adjusted each succeeding July 1st, commencing
July 1, 1999, to reflect inflationary costs. The fees shall be adjusted
by the ratio which the Engineering News Record's Construction Cost
Index (twenty cities) for the most recent July 1st bears to the July
1, 1998 index.
(Ord. 97-2 § 3; Ord. 98-17 § 3)
Any fees pursuant to this chapter may provide for credits or
exemptions, as determined by the director of public works, for properties
which are included in a financing district providing funding for drainage
improvements; or which are subject to drainage mitigation fees and/or
conditions pursuant to agreement or other authority; or which have
constructed or provided drainage improvements.
(Ord. 97-2 § 3)
