The Board of Supervisors of the county finds as follows:
(A) New public and private development, both residential and commercial, places an undue burden on existing county roads and creates a need for new county roads;
(B) The increasing volume of construction of residences and commercial buildings continues to generate traffic which causes the degeneration of existing county roads. These existing roads consequently require repair, improvement, reconstruction and expansion as a direct consequence of the impacts of new development;
(C) The need to repair, improve, reconstruct and expand roads creates a need to replace aging equipment necessary to handle the consequences of the increased traffic;
(D) Reconstruction and improvement of existing roads economically reduces a need for costly new construction. Therefore, reconstruction of existing roads is essential in the overall plan in developing transportation and transit facilities;
(E) Additionally, the impacts of growth in San Benito County require the construction of completely new county roads. Recently, the voters authorized a temporary increase in the local sales tax (known as Measure A) to partially address the need for new roads. However, Measure A funds do not provide all of the funds needed to finish the construction of these essential new roads;
(F) Revenue generated by the traffic impact fee ordinance will allow the combination of the impact fee funds with the Measure A revenue in order to construct the necessary new roads. The revenue generated by the traffic impact fee will also create funds to purchase new rights-of-way to expand existing roads and create new roads;
(G) Revenue generated by the traffic impact fee will create funds to purchase essential road equipment necessary to accomplish the reconstruction and construction of new roads; and
(H) Also the revenue generated by the traffic impact fee will create funds to cover reconstruction costs involving existing roads.
(1966 Code, § 15B-3) (Ord. 554, § 1(part))