The city council of the city of Santa Clara (the "council") finds and determines that growth and development activity in the city will create additional demand and need for public streets and roads, publicly owned parks, open space and recreational facilities, storm drainage, electrical facilities, sanitary sewer facilities, culinary water facilities, and public safety facilities in the city and the council finds that growth and development activity should pay a proportionate share of the cost of such planned facilities needed to serve the growth and development activity. The council further finds that impact fees are necessary to achieve an equitable allocation to the costs borne in the past and to be borne in the future, in comparison to the benefits already received and yet to be received. Therefore, pursuant to Utah Code Annotated, title 11, chapter 36a, the council adopts this chapter to assess impact fees for planned facilities. The provisions of this chapter shall be liberally construed in order to carry out the purpose of the council in establishing the impact fee program. (Ord. 2011-02)