This chapter is adopted pursuant to the city’s police powers and the Mitigation Fee Act (Cal. Gov’t Code §§ 66000 et seq.) for the purpose of imposing fees on applicants seeking to construct development projects. The purpose of the fees is to minimize, to the greatest extent practicable, the impact that new development has on the city’s public services and public facilities. Toward that end, the city intends that applicants for such development projects pay their fair share of the costs of providing such public services and public facilities. Accordingly, the amount of each impact fee is calculated based upon the gross square footage of nonresidential development, number of residential dwelling units, type or density or intensity of use, vehicle trip generation, or other appropriate methodology which ensures that the fee is roughly proportional to the impacts of new development on public facilities. The city assumes responsibility for and will pay for with general city revenues all public facility needs for existing development.
(Ord. 1076, passed 11-3-03)