(A) The regional transportation impact fee is not intended to be the sole source of funding for construction of the regional system. Furthermore, the total amount of fees collected pursuant to this chapter shall not exceed the cost of construction of the regional system;
(B) The Merced County Association of Governments has calculated the regional transportation impact fee according to the following procedure:
1. MCAG determined the total costs of the regional transportation improvements;
2. MCAG established a capital improvements program. This will include each regional transportation improvement project with its total project cost, and sources of funds to pay for the project, specifically showing the amount for each project to be funded through the regional transportation impact fee;
3. MCAG determined the total amount to be funded by the fee by summing the fee shares of each project in the capital improvements program;
4. MCAG determined the total number of peak hour trips associated with new development, for each land use category listed in § 4-7-4 of this chapter, by using the MCAG traffic model and subtracting the number of peak hour trips generated in Merced County by each category in the year 2005 from the number of such trips generated by the same category in the year 2030;
5. MCAG determined a per trip cost by dividing the total amount to be funded by the fee by the total number of trips associated with new development;
6. MCAG determined a cost per unit of development for the land use categories listed in § 4-7-4 of this chapter. This cost will be calculated by multiplying the per trip cost by the average peak hour trips per unit of development. Units of development will be dwelling units for residential land uses, and 1,000 square feet of floor area for commercial, industrial, and other land uses; and
7. The fee for each new development is calculated by multiplying the cost per unit of development by the number of units being developed.
(C) As shown in the Regional Transportation Impact Fee Study, MCAG has determined that the cost per peak hour trip is $3,115;
(D) The regional transportation impact fee study has calculated the following transportation impact fee schedule for these land use categories:
Residential, single-family | $3,115 per dwelling unit |
Residential, multi-family | $1,892 per dwelling unit |
Retail commercial, general | $4,146 per 1,000 square foot floor area |
Retail commercial, high turnover | $12,082 per 1,000 square foot floor area |
Retail commercial, low turnover | $2,780 per 1,000 square foot floor area |
Retail commercial, over 50,000 square feet | $7,161 per 1,000 square foot floor area |
Office commercial | $3,337 per 1,000 square foot floor area |
Industrial/ag processing | $1,409 per 1,000 square foot floor area |
(E) Should the applicant believe the land use category in subsection (D) of this section is not appropriate for their application, the applicant may propose a more appropriate development category, subject to the approval of the City Manager or their designee, and alternative trip generation rate from the ITE trip generation code noted in this chapter for use in calculation of the appropriate trip generation rate; or
(F) Should the applicant believe the land use category in subsection (D) of this section is not appropriate for their application, the applicant may have prepared, at their own expense, a trip generation study conducted by a licensed traffic engineer that forecasts the anticipated peak hour trips for the proposed development. The study procedure and results shall require the approval of the City Manager or his or her designee.
(Ord. 613, passed 5-20-2014)