In order to implement the goals and objectives of the Davis general plan, South Davis and East Davis specific plans and the redevelopment plan of the city and to mitigate the impacts caused by new and anticipated developments identified in the Davis general plan, the South Davis specific plan, the East Davis specific plan and the redevelopment plan, projects described in the major projects financing plan must be or had to be constructed. The city council has determined that a development impact fee is needed in order to finance these public improvements and to pay for new development's fair share of the acquisition and improvement construction costs and other costs necessary or convenient to insure conformity to or implementation of the general plan. In establishing the fee described in the following sections, the city council has found the fee to be consistent with its general plan and, pursuant to Government Code Section 63913.2, has considered the effects of the fee with respect to the city's housing needs as established in the housing element as well as all other elements of the general plan.
(Ord. 1549 § 1)
(a) 
A major projects financing fee is hereby established on issuance of all development permits for development in the city to pay for public improvements to implement the Davis general plan, South Davis specific plan, East Davis specific plan and major projects financing plan. The city council shall, in a council resolution, set forth the specific amount of the fee, describe the benefit and impact areas on which the major projects financing fee is imposed, list the specific public improvements to be financed, describe the estimated cost of these facilities, describe the reasonable relationship between this fee and the various types of new developments and set forth time for payment. To the extent that the major projects financing fee includes components for financing projects already included in fees collected under other city ordinances (i.e. sewer connection, water connection, and Quimby Act park fees), such other fees, when paid, shall be a credit against the appropriate components of the major projects financing fee. To the extent that some or all of the projects financing or to be financed by the major projects financing fee are financed through a community facilities district, special assessment district or other financing mechanism, participation in such other financing mechanism shall be a credit against the appropriate component of the major projects financing fee. As described in the fee resolution, this major projects financing fee shall be paid by each developer either prior to issuance of a building permit or prior to issuance of a certificate of occupancy of the commercial or industrial project or the respective dwelling units in a residential project, or at such earlier time permitted by law, as set forth in, if applicable, Government Code Section 66007. On an annual basis, the city council shall review the fees to determine whether the fee amounts are reasonably related to the burden of developments and whether the described public facilities are still needed.
(b) 
As used in this section development permit means any permit or approval from the city including, but not limited to, a general plan amendment, zoning or rezoning of property, a conditional use permit, subdivision map, revised final planned development, building permit or other permit for construction or reconstruction.
(Ord. 1549 § 1; Ord. 1839 § 1)
The revenue raised by payment of this fee shall be placed in a separate and special account and such revenues, along with any interest earnings on the account, shall be used solely to:
(a) 
Pay for the city's future construction of facilities described in the resolution enacted pursuant to Section 15.12.020, or to reimburse the city for those described or listed facilities constructed by the city with funds advanced by the city from other resources; or
(b) 
Reimburse developers who have been required or permitted by Section 15.12.040 to install such listed facilities which are oversized with supplemental size, length or capacity.
(Ord. 1549 § 1)
Whenever a developer is required, as a condition of approval of a development permit, to construct a public facility described in a resolution adopted pursuant to Section 15.12.020, which facility is determined by the city to have supplemental size, length or capacity over that needed for the impacts of that development, and when such construction is necessary to ensure efficient and timely construction of the facilities network, a reimbursement agreement with the developer and a credit against the fee, which would otherwise be charged pursuant to this article on the development project, shall be offered. The reimbursement amount shall not include the portion of the improvement needed to provide services or mitigate the need for the facility or the burdens created by the development. This reimbursement provision is supplemental to the provisions relating to reimbursement in the city's subdivision ordinance, Chapter 36 of the Davis Municipal Code and the Subdivision Map Act.
(Ord. 1549 § 1)
A developer of any project subject to the fee described in Section 15.12.020 may apply to the city council for a reduction or adjustment to that fee, or a waiver of that fee, based upon the absence of any reasonable relationship or nexus between the impacts of that development and either the amount of the fee charged or the type of facilities to be financed. The application shall be made in writing and filed with the city clerk not later than ten days prior to the public hearing on the development permit application for the project. The application shall state in detail the factual basis for the claim of waiver, reduction or adjustment. The city council shall consider the application at the public hearing on the permit application or at a separate hearing held within sixty days after the filing of the fee adjustment application, whichever is later. The decision of the city council shall be final. If a reduction, adjustment or waiver is granted, any change in use within the project shall invalidate the waiver, adjustment or reduction of the fee.
(Ord. 1549 § 1)