Section 10-11.01.   Establishment of fees.  
   (a)   There are hereby adopted and established the following five Yolo County aggregate mining fees which shall be imposed and administered in accordance with this chapter:
      (1)   The CCRMP Implementation (Creek Stabilization) Fee of $0.25 per ton of aggregate material sold.
      (2)   The Maintenance and Remediation Fee of $0.02 per ton of aggregate material sold.
      (3)   The OCMP Administration Fee of $0.08 per ton of aggregate material sold.
      (4)   The Cache Creek Conservancy Contribution (Habitat Restoration) Fee of $0.10 per ton of aggregate material sold.
      (5)   The Twenty Percent Production Exception Surcharge of $0.20 per ton of aggregate material sold in excess of the approved annual permitted production.
   (b)   The fees identified in items (1) through (4) above are mandatory fees totaling $0.45 per ton that apply as described herein to all aggregate materials sold after January 1, 2007 in the unincorporated areas of Yolo County along Cache Creek. These fees shall collectively be known as the Gravel Mining Fees. The fee identified in item (5) is also mandatory but only applies to mining over a specified limit as described in Section 10-11.02(e).
   (c)   The fees described in items (1) through (4) above shall be adjusted annually on January 1 as follows, distributed proportionally among the four fees based on the 2007 ratio. The fee described in item (5) shall remain a flat fee.
      January 1, 2007   $0.450 cents per ton (beginning April 1 for 2007 only)
      January 1, 2008   $0.468 cents per ton
      January 1, 2009   $0.487 cents per ton
      January 1, 2010   $0.506 cents per ton
      January 1, 2011   $0.526 cents per ton
      January 1, 2012   No adjustment (fees remain at $0.526 cents per ton)
      January 1, 2013   $0.470 cents per ton
Commencing on January 1, 2014, and each year thereafter through and including a final adjustment on January 1, 2026, the fees applicable to gravel sold during that calendar year shall increase at a rate of four percent. For example, this means that the fees shall rise on January 1, 2014 by four percent to $0.489 cents per ton for gravel sold during the calendar year, and an additional four percent to $0.508 cents per ton on January 1, 2015 for gravel sold during the 2015 calendar year.
      January 1, 2014   $0.489 per ton
      January 1, 2015   $0.508 per ton
      January 1, 2016   $0.529 per ton
      January 1, 2017   $0.550 per ton
      January 1, 2018   $0.572 per ton
      January 1, 2019   $0.595 per ton
      January 1, 2020   $0.618 per ton
      January 1, 2021   $0.643 per ton
      January 1, 2022   $0.669 per ton
      January 1, 2023   $0.696 per ton
      January 1, 2024   $0.724 per ton
      January 1, 2025   $0.752 per ton
      January 1, 2026   $0.783 per ton
(§ 1, Ord. 1196, eff. January 1, 1997, as amended by § 2, Ord. 1430, eff. July 4, 2013, § 2, Ord. 1437, eff. January 2, 2014, § 2, Ord. 1445, eff. August 14, 2014, Ord. 1518, eff. February 13, 2020, and § 2, Ord. 1527, eff. November 5, 2020)