This chapter shall be known as the San Joaquin County regional
transportation impact fee program ordinance.
(Ord. 1318 § 1, 2005)
Substantial population and employment growth is expected in
San Joaquin County through 2025 and beyond. This growth will cause
impacts on the regional transportation network ("RTIF network") including
increased congestion and related impacts unless substantial improvements
are completed. The regional transportation impact fee program ("RTIF
program") is intended to impose a fee to provide funding for transportation
and transit improvements that help mitigate these impacts. New development
throughout the county will be subject to the fee which will be proportional
to the impact caused on the regional transportation network by such
new development. The funding derived from the RTIF program shall be
used in combination with other funding available to complete the needed
transportation and transit improvements.
(Ord. 1318 § 1, 2005)
For the purpose of this chapter, and any resolution implementing
the ordinance codified in this chapter, the following words, terms
and phrases shall have the following meanings:
"Development project" or "project"
means any project undertaken for the purpose of development
including the issuance of a permit for construction or reconstruction,
but not a permit to operate.
"Industrial project"
means any development project that proposes manufacturing,
transportation, logistics or warehousing as identified in the RTIF
land use fee category summary.
"Measure K"
means the "San Joaquin County Transportation Authority Local
Transportation Improvement Plan: Air Quality, Mandatory Developer
Fees and Growth Management Ordinance" which establishes and implements
a retail transactions and use tax, as may be extended from time to
time.
"Multifamily residential unit"
means a development project that uses a single parcel for
two or more dwelling units within one or more buildings, including
duplexes, townhouses, condominiums and apartments as identified in
the RTIF land use fee category summary.
"Office project"
means any development project that involves business activities
associated with professional or administrative services, and typically
consists of corporate offices, financial institutions, legal and medical
offices, personal and laundry services, or similar uses, and religious
centers as identified in the RTIF land use fee category summary.
"Participating agencies"
means the county of San Joaquin and each of the cities situated
in San Joaquin County if such agencies have (1) adopted the RTIF program
fee by ordinance and/or resolution and (2) entered into the operating
agreement.
"Regional transportation impact fee program" or "RTIF program"
means the regional program established by the operating agreement
by the participating agencies and the San Joaquin council of governments
(SJCOG) to impose, collect and distribute an RTIF program fee to assist
in the funding of transportation improvements to the regional transportation
network.
"Regional transportation network"
means the regional network of highways and arterials as identified
in the RTIF technical report and which may be amended from time to
time by SJCOG.
"Residential dwelling unit"
means a building or portion thereof which is designed primarily
for residential occupancy by one family including single-family and
multifamily dwellings. Residential dwelling unit shall not include
hotels or motels.
"Retail project"
means any development project retailing merchandise, generally
without transformation, and rendering services incidental to the sale
of merchandise at a fixed point of sale as identified in the RTIF
land use fee category summary.
"RTIF capital projects report"
means the report adopted by SJCOG annually which identifies
the RTIF capital projects as amended from time to time by SJCOG.
"RTIF operating agreement" or "operating agreement"
means the regional transportation impact fee program operating
agreement establishing the administration of the RTIF program as adopted
by each participating agency and SJCOG which may be amended from time
to time by the parties thereto.
"RTIF technical report"
means the San Joaquin County Regional Transportation Impact
Fee (RTIF) Technical Report dated October 27, 2005, and prepared pursuant
to California
Government Code Section 66000 et seq., the Mitigation
Fee Act.
(Ord. 1318 § 1, 2005)