(A) Findings and purpose.
(1) An adequate fire department, which includes a facility large enough to accommodate staff and equipment, is essential to and contributes to the safety and quality of life of all of those who live and work within the city.
(2) The Community Facilities Chapter of the 2004 General Plan includes the goal of providing a high level of fire protection and emergency response, which goal includes the target of constructing new or modifying existing fire stations.
(3) Existing fire facilities within the city are inadequate for the current population as well as new growth expected within the city.
(4) The City Council's purpose in enacting this section is to implement a fire facility fee that will be placed on all new development in the city to ensure that such development is funding a share of the costs of upgrading the existing fire facilities.
(B) Fire facility fee.
(1) A fire facility fee is hereby established to be imposed upon all new development in the city in an amount to be determined by resolution of the City Council. The amount of the fee shall not exceed the new development's fair share of the costs of the new facility, including acquisition, design, construction and financing.
(2) The fees imposed by this section shall be deposited in the Fire Facility Fund and shall be used only to finance new fire facilities identified by resolution of the City Council that are needed as a result of new development within the city.
(Ord. 533-C.S., passed 11-16-04)