The purpose of this chapter is to require that new development
mitigate its impact on fire protection facilities and services in
the City. New development creates additional demands for fire protection
services and creates a need for additional fire protection facilities.
On the basis of its "Fire Protection Facilities Impact Fee Analysis,"
the City has determined that developer fees are necessary to finance
new fire protection facilities required to meet the fire protection
service needs of new development and to maintain adequate fire service
levels within the City. The fee will pay for new development's fair
share of the costs of constructing and equipping new fire protection
facilities.
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As a condition to the issuance of a building permit for any
improvement on a lot or parcel of property within the City, the applicant
shall pay a fire facilities impact fee as set forth in a separate
ordinance and as amended from time to time to fund the cost of constructing
and equipping fire protection facilities as identified in the "Fire
Facilities Impact Fee Analysis."
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Staff shall from time to time review the estimated costs of
the facilities funded by this chapter, the continued need for those
facilities, and the reasonable relationship between such need and
the impact of new development, pending or anticipated, for which the
fee is charged. Staff shall report its findings to the City Council
at a noticed public hearing, and the City Council may adjust the fee
based on staff's recommendation.
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Fees paid pursuant to this chapter shall be placed in a separate
and special account. These funds, and interest earned thereon, shall
be expended solely for the design, construction and equipping, or
reimbursement for construction and equipping, of the fire protection
facilities identified in the "Fire Protection Facilities Impact Fee
Analysis."
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A.
Projects
of a temporary nature (one year or less) may be exempted by the City
Council from the provisions of this chapter.
B.
The
fire facilities impact fee may be waived or reduced by the City Council
for low and moderate income housing projects with at least 25 percent
of the dwelling units set aside and affordable for low and moderate
income households, and for senior housing projects with less than
25 percent of the project's dwelling units set aside for low and moderate
income households, if doing so will further the implementation of
the City's General Plan.
C.
New
public facility improvements constructed by public agencies may be
exempted by the City Council from the provisions of this chapter,
if doing so will further the implementation of the General Plan.
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