(a) The purpose of this Chapter is to implement the Yolo County General Plan policy providing for the adoption of development impact mitigation fees and for the collection of said fees at the time of the issuance of building permits. Subject to the requirements of this Chapter, said fees are to be collected by or allocated to a fire district within the County of Yolo for the acquisition of capital facilities in order to ensure the provision of the capital facilities necessary to maintain current levels of fire protection services necessitated by new Development (as hereinafter defined).
(b) The Board of Supervisors of the County of Yolo finds and declares as follows:
(1) Adequate fire protection facilities must be available to serve new Development.
(2) New Development requires the construction or expansion of fire protection facilities and the acquisition of equipment.
(3) In many areas of the County, property taxes and fire suppression assessments currently collected by the agencies providing fire protection services are insufficient to provide funds for expansion or construction of fire facilities and purchase of equipment necessitated by new Development, resulting in the potential for inadequate fire protection coverage for the new Development and the growing population.
(4) The above conditions, if not addressed, could place Yolo County 's growing population in a condition that is potentially perilous to its health and safety.
(5) The impacts of Development on the existing fire protection facilities and equipment cannot be alleviated without County involvement.
(6) For the above reasons, new methods for financing fire protection facilities and equipment necessitated by Development are needed in Yolo County.
(7) The provisions of this Chapter provide one such method, by permitting the imposition of fire district development impact mitigation fees when the conditions justifying the imposition of such fees exist as specified hereinafter and when the procedures for such imposition have been followed as specified hereinafter. (§ 1, Ord. 1313, eff. February 5, 2004)