The purpose of this chapter is to establish transportation impact
fees in accordance with the provisions of the California Government
Code. New development generates additional traffic in the City that
incrementally impacts the City's existing transportation facilities,
endangers the safety of pedestrians and bicyclists, and threatens
the quality of life of Claremont residents. The transportation impact
fees are necessary in order to fund needed improvements to the City's
circulation and transportation systems to reduce the cumulative transportation
impacts caused by new development, and are apportioned to new development
based on new development's fair share of the estimated costs of the
improvements.
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Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the developer
of any new development project shall pay a transportation impact fee.
A. Transportation
impact fee amounts for new development shall be established by separate
resolution of the City Council. Such resolution shall list the specific
transportation improvements to be financed and the estimated costs
of the transportation improvements, and describe the reasonable relationship
between the transportation impact fees and the various types of new
development.
B. For
each specific new development project, the Director of Community Development
shall determine the type of development and the corresponding fee
to be charged in accordance with the resolution enacted pursuant to
this chapter.
C. City
staff shall from time to time review the transportation impact fees,
prepare reports to the City Council regarding the continued need for
the improvements and their relationship to new development, and schedule,
notice and conduct public hearings. Considering the reports from staff,
the City Council may adjust the fee amounts.
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For purposes of this chapter, new development shall mean the
subdivision of land for new residential dwelling units, the construction
of new dwelling units, the construction of residential group quarters,
the expansion of group quarters, the construction of commercial, office,
industrial, educational and other nonresidential buildings, the addition
of floor space to existing commercial, office, industrial, educational,
or other nonresidential buildings, new student enrollment or increase
in student enrollment at a educational institution, or a change in
land use.
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Fees collected pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited,
invested, accounted for and expended pursuant to California Government
Code Section 66006. The revenue raised by payment of the fees shall
be placed in a separate and special account, and such revenues, along
with any interest earnings on the account, shall be expended solely
to:
A. Pay
for the City's future design and construction of transportation improvements
listed in the City Council resolution enacted pursuant to this chapter;
B. Reimburse
the City for transportation improvements listed in the City Council
resolution enacted pursuant to this chapter and constructed with funds
advanced by the City from other sources; or
C. Reimburse
developers who have been required to construct transportation improvements
subject to the provisions in the following section.
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A developer, who is required to construct a transportation improvement
as a condition of approval of a development permit, may receive a
credit against the transportation impact fee that would otherwise
be charged on the development project pursuant to this chapter, subject
to the following:
A. The
improvement is part of the transportation improvements listed in the
resolution adopted pursuant to this chapter and is otherwise a component
of improvements to be financed by the fee to be paid pursuant to this
chapter.
B. The
credit does not include the cost of any portion of an improvement
needed to provide adequate circulation to the proposed development
or mitigate a direct impact created by the development.
C. The credit does not include the costs of off-site improvements otherwise required along the street frontage of new development pursuant to Chapter
16.139, Dedication and Off-Site Improvements.
D. The
credit does not exceed the fee amount that would otherwise be charged
on a development project pursuant to this chapter.
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