To implement the goals and objectives of the general plan currently applicable to the City and to mitigate the impacts caused by future development in the City, certain fire-fighting facilities must be constructed. The City Council has determined that a fire impact fee is needed to finance those fire-fighting facilities and to pay for each development’s fair share of the construction and acquisition costs of those improvements. In establishing the fire impact fee described in the following sections, the City Council has found the fee to be consistent with the general plan currently applicable to the City, and pursuant to Government Code Section 65913.2, has considered the effects of the fee with respect to the City’s housing needs as established in the housing element of the current general plan.
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A fire impact fee is established to pay for fire-fighting facilities.
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Pursuant to Government Code Section 66001, the City Council shall, in a Council resolution adopted after a duly noticed public hearing, set forth the amount of the fire impact fee, describe the benefit and impact area on which the fire impact fee is imposed, list the public facilities to be financed, describe the estimated cost of those facilities, describe the reasonable relationship between the use of the fire impact fee and the need for the public facilities and the types of future development projects on which the fire impact fee is imposed, and set forth time for payment.
The revenues raised by payment of the fire impact fee shall be accounted for in a capital project fund. Separate and special accounts within the fund shall be used to account for revenues, along with any interest earnings on such account. These monies shall be used for the following purposes:
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To pay for design; engineering; acquisition; acquisition of property interests for, including, without limitation, right-of-way acquisition for and construction of the public facilities designated in the City Council resolution; and reasonable costs of outside consultant studies related thereto;
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To reimburse the City or applicable fire district providing fire services within the City for designated public facilities constructed by the City and/or fire district with funds (other than gifts or grants) from other sources together with accrued interest;
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To pay for and/or reimburse costs of program development and ongoing administration of the impact fee program.
Revenue raised by payment of the fire impact fee may be transferred to the East Contra Costa County Fire District and used by the District for the above purposes if the City and District have entered into a written agreement, approved by their respective council and board of directors, regarding the transfer and use of such funds.
(Ord. 01-21, 2/23/2021)
The City Council may, by resolution, adopt administrative guidelines to provide procedures for the calculation, deferred payment and other administrative aspects of the fire impact fee.