The purpose of this chapter is to assess environmental impact mitigation fees against all new residential construction, and all remodels adding additional area to existing residential buildings, all consistent with definitions found in state law, to mitigate the impacts of said construction on the ability of the Visalia Unified School District to house new students resulting from new development in the city. Furthermore:
A. This chapter is intended to assist in the implementation of the land use element of the General Plan; and
B. The purpose of this chapter is to regulate the use and development of land so as to assure that new development bears a proportionate share of the cost of capital expenditures necessary to provide school facilities in the Visalia Unified School District. (Ord. 2017-01 (part), 2017)