HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance - 2315 - Amend Title 16.0ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF REDDING
AMENDING CHAPTER 16.20 (DEVELOPMENT
IMPACT FEES) OF THE REDDING MUNICIPAL CODE
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDDING DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Chapter 16.20 (Development Impact Fees) is hereby amended to read as set forth in
Exhibit A, attached hereto and made a part hereof.
Section 2. The passage of this ordinance is not a "project" according to the definition in the
California Environmental Quality Act, and therefore is not subject to the provisions requiring environmental
review.
Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect 60 days after the date of its adoption, and the City
Clerk shall certify to the adoption thereof and cause its publication according to law.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was introduced and read by the City Council at
a regular meeting on the 2nd day of September, 2003; and was duly read and adopted at a regular meeting on
the 16thday of September, 2003, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Kight,
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
Attest:
Connie Strohmayer, City ~e-rk
Mathena, Pohlmeyer, Stegall and Cibula
MARK I~I. ~
Form Approved:
Brad L. Fuller, City Attorney
Chapter 16.20
Development Impact Fees
16.20.010 Purpose and title.
A. Purpose. The purpose of this chapter is to assist in the implementation of the city of Redding general
plan and to mitigate the impact of development identified in the documents titled comprehensive impact
fee study for the city of Redding dated May 19, 2000, and the final Environmental Impact Report for the
city of Redding general plan.
B. Title. This chapter shall be known as and may be cited as the Development Impact Fees Ordinance.
(Ord. 2283 §§ 2 (part), 2001)
16.20.020 16.20.020 Definitions.
A. For the purposes of this chapter, the words set out in this section shall have the following meanings:
"Approved plans" means plans approved under the city"s municipal code.
"Building department" means the building department of the city.
"Capital improvement" includes planning, preliminary engineering, engineering design studies, land surveys,
land or right-of-way acquisition, engineering, permitting, construction and inspection of all the necessary
features of any construction project.
"Commercial" means all those uses defined as commercial uses by Redding Municipal Code Title 18,
Zoning, as may be amended from time-to-time.
"Developer" means a person, firm, partnership, corporation or other entity that excavates, fill~, builds
structures or otherwise improves or changes a specific parcel or tract of land.
"Development" means the construction, alteration, addition, occupancy or use of any building or structure,
or alteration of land which allows a change in land use.
"Director" means the city"s director of public works or other city officials he may designate to carry out
the administration of this chapter.
"District boundary" means any street or road which is used to describe a district boundary.
"Existing" means at present or in effect as of the time of the adoption of the ordinance establishing this
chapter.
"Expansion" of the capacity of a road applies to all road and intersection capacity enhancements and
includes, but is not limited to, extensions, widening, intersection improvements, upgrading signalization and
expansion of bridges.
"Facility" means something that is built, installed, purchased or established to serve a particular purpose.
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EXHIBIT A
"Feepayer" is a person commencing a land development activity that generates a need for additional city
facilities and requires the issuance of a building permit or permit for mobile home installation.
"Floor area" means the area included within the surrounding exterior walls of a building or portion thereof,
exclusive of any crawl space, area used exclusively for parking or loading, breezeway, attic without floor
and any open porch, deck, balcony or terrace that are not used for commercial, office, or industrial
purposes. The floor area of a building or portion thereof not provided with surrounding exterior wal[q shall
be the usable area under the horizontal projection of the roof or floor above, where such horizontal
projection exists. The city shall develop administrative procedures for determimn' g the square footage of
any project which cannot be calculated using this definition of floor area.
"Guest room" means a room designated for overnight accommodation that does not qualify as a dwelling
unit. Examples include hotel rooms, motel rooms, convalescent hospital rooms, and dormitory rooms. For
a suite of rooms, rooms for sleeping shall be guest rooms. All space in buildings containing guest rooms,
which is in a separate area from the guest rooms, shall be subject to nonresidential development fees.
Examples of such space are hotel and convalescent hospital reception areas, meeting rooms and dining
areas.
"Industrial" means facilities where manufacturing, assembling and storage is to occur, as more specifically
defined below:
1. Establishments that engage in the mechanical or chemical transformation of materials or substances into
new products. The establishments are usually described as plants, factories, mills and characteristically use
power-driven machinery and materials handling equipment.
2. Establishments that engage in assembling component parts of manufactured products are also considered
manufacturing if the new product is neither a structure nor a fixed improvement. Also included is the
blending of materials such as oils, plastic resins or liquors.
3. The product of a manufacturing or assembly establishment is finished in the sense that it is ready for
utilization or consumption, or is semi-finished to become a raw material for further manufacturing or
assembly.
4. Warehouse and distribution centers that store, transport or distribute manufactured or assembled
products.
"Land development activity generating traffic" means any change in land use, or any construction of
buildings or structures, or any change in the use of any structure, that attracts or produces vehicular trips.
"Level of service (LOS)" means the measure 0f congestion commonly used in traffic planning, based on
the volume of traffic on a roadway or at an intersection, and the capacity of the roadway or intersection.
"Mandatory or required right-of-way dedications and/or roadway improvements" means such
noncompensated dedications and/or roadway improvements required by the city.
"Office/general" means all those uses defined as office or public uses by Redding Municipal Code Title 18,
Zoning, as may be amended from time-to-time.
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"Open space land use" means land use classifications, parks and golf, agriculture, greenway, recreation and
undesignated.
"Person" means any individual, firm, company, association, partnership, society, corporation or group, and
includes the plural as well as the singular.
"Premi.qes" means an improved lot, piece or parcel of land or a legally divisible portion thereof and any
building or part thereof and its appurtenances situated thereon.
"Private" means property or facilities owned by individuals, corporations and other organizations, and not
by city, state or federal governments or local agencies.
"Public" means property or facilities owned by city, state or federal governments or local agencies,
including, but not limited to, community services districts and the Redding redevelopment agency.
Residential housing types:
1. "Dwelling" means a building designed exclusively for residential occupancy, including single-family,
duplex and multiple-family, but not including a hotel, motel, asylum or jail or other facility where people
are housed by reason of illness or under legal restraint.
2. "Dwelling unit" means one or more habitable rooms designed for occupancy by only one family for living
and sleeping purposes.
3. "Dwelling, Multiple Family" means a building or portion thereof used and designed as a residence for
two or more families living independently of each other, with an individual kitchen for each, including
duplexes, apartment houses, apartment hotels and flats.
4. "Dwelling, Single Family" means a building containing only one kitchen, designed for or used to house
not more than one family, including all domestic employees of the family.
5. "Dwelling, Single Family Attached" means a dwelling unit on an individual lot that has at least one
common wall with one or more other dwelling units on separate lots.
6. "Group Residential" means shared living quarters without separate kitchen or bathroom facilities for each
room or unit. This classification includes boardinghouses, dormitories and private residential clubs, but
excludes residential hotels.
7. "Manufactured housing park" means a planned development with common area amenities and individual
spaces for each unit. Spaces for mobile homes may be rented or owned.
8. "Mobile home park" means a tract of land containing one or more mobile home lots or pads.
9. "Multiple Family Residential" means two or more dwelling units on a site or lot. Types of multiple-family
dwellings include, but are not limited to, duplexes, townhouses, garden apartments, group residential
facilities and high-rise apartment buildings, and includes manufactured housing parks.
10. "Residential Hotels" means establishments offering rooms for rent for semi-transient or permanent
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residents on a weekly or monthly basis.
"Site-related improvements" are capital improvements and right-of-way dedications for direct access
improvements to and/or within the development in question. Direct access improvements include, but are
not limited to, the following:
1. Access roads leading to the development;
2. Driveways and roads within the development, including those intended for emergency use;
3. Acceleration and deceleration lanes, and right- and left-turn lanes leading to those roads and driveways;
4. Traffic-control measures for those roads and driveways; and
5. Curb, gutter, sidewalk and parking lanes adjacent to the development.
"Square foot" means every square foot of floor area as defined herein.
"Study" initially means the Comprehensive Impact Fee Study for the city of Redding dated May 19, 2000.
In future years, as updated or replacement development impact fee studies are completed, it shall mean
those updated or replacement development impact fee studies.
"Undeveloped land" means a parcel of land that is without any building, structure or improvement.
"Use" means the purpose for which land or premises or a building thereon is designed, arranged or
intended, or for which it is or may be occupied or maintained.
"Use accessory" means a use incidental and accessory to the principal use of a lot or a building located on
the same lot.
"Utility engineer" means the city engineer or his representative designated to assist the public works
manager assigned to administer the functions of the storm drainage utility division.
B. Interpretation of definitions. The director of development services or his designee shall, upon written
request, interpret the provisions of the preceding definitions as they relate to a specific development and
shall make other determinations as provided within the preceding definitions.
(Ord. 2283 §§ 2 (part), 2001)
16.20.030 Fire facilities impact fee.
A. Purpose. The purpose of the fire facilities impact fee is to provide and equip one new fire station
required by new development at a location to be determined by the pattern and density of growth. There
is a demand for new fire stations and equipment in response to development identified in the city of Redding
general plan. Evidence indicates that the demand is directly related to the impacts of new development and
is necessary to maintain adequate levels of fire protection, suppression, rescue and emergency medical
activities and to provide required response times to the area served and to maintain reasonable insurance
rates for the affected property owners.
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B. Fee schedule. The fire facilities impact fee imposed pursuant to this section shall be based on the fee
schedule in effect on the date of the feepayer"s application for the appropriate building permit and shall
be paid to the city prior to the issuance of a building permit or a permit for mobile-home installation, as
follows:
1. Single Family.
a. Effective 4/23/01: The base fee shall be $106. The fee collected shall be 25% of the base fee.
b. Effective 1/1/02: The base fee in effect 4/23/01 shall be increased by the Construction Cost Index as
published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record. The fee collected shall be 40% of the
base fee.
c. Effective 1/1/03: The base fee in effect 1/1/02 shall be increased by the Construction Cost Index as
published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record. The fee collected shall be 55% of the
base fee.
d. Effective 1/15/04: The base fee in effect 1/1/03 shall be increased by the Construction Cost Index as
published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record. The fee collected shall be 70% of the
base fee.
e. Effective 1/15/05: The base fee in effect 1/15/04 shall be increased by the Construction Cost Index as
published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record. The fee collected shall be 85% of the
base fee.
f. Effective 1/15/06: The base fee in effect 1/15/05 shall be increased bythe Construction Cost Index as
published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record. The fee collected shall be 100% of the
base fee.
g. Effective 1/15/07 and on each January 15 thereafter the fee shall be increased by the Construction Cost
Index as published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record.
2. Multiple Family--base fee is per dwelling unit.
a. Effective 4/23/01: The base fee shall be $74. The fee collected shall be 25% of the base fee.
b. Effective 1/1/02: The base fee in effect 4/23/01 shall be increased by the Construction Cost Index as
published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record. The fee collected shall be 40% of the
base fee.
c. Effective 1/1/03: The base fee in effect 1/1/02 shall be increased by the Construction Cost Index as
published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record. The fee collected shall be 55% of the
base fee.
d. Effective 1/15/04: The base fee in effect 1/1/03 shall be increased by the Construction Cost Index as
published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record. The fee collected shall be 70% of the
base fee.
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e. Effective 1/15/05: The base fee in effect 1/15/04 shall be increased by the Construction Cost Index as
published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record. The fee collected shall be 85% of the
base fee.
f. Effective 1/15/06: The base fee in effect 1/15/05 shall be increased by the Construction Cost Index as
published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record. The fee collected shall be 100% of the
base fee.
g. Effective 1/15/07 and on each January 15 thereafter the fee shall be increased by the Construction Cost
Index as published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record.
3. Commercial--base fee is per 1,000 square feet.
a. Effective 4/23/01- The base fee shall be $63. The fee collected shall be 25% of the base fee.
b. Effective 1/11/02: The base fee in effect 4/23/01 shall be increased by the Construction Cost Index as
published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record. The fee collected shall be 40% of the
base fee.
c. Effective 1/1/03: The base fee in effect 1/1/02 shall be increased by the Construction Cost Index as
published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record. The fee collected shall be 55% of the
base fee.
d. Effective 1/15/04: The base fee in effect 1/1/03 shall be increased by the Construction Cost Index as
published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record. The fee collected shall be 70% of the
base fee.
e. Effective 1/15/05: The base fee in effect 1/15/04 shall be increased by the Construction Cost Index as
published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record. The fee collected shall be 85% of the
base fee.
f. Effective 1/15/06: The base fee in effect 1/15/05 shall be increased by the Construction Cost Index as
published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record. The fee collected shall be 100% of the
base fee.
g. Effective 1/15/07 and on each January 15 thereafter the fee shall be increased by the Construction Cost
Index as published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record.
4. Office/general--base fee is per 1,000 square feet.
a. Effective 4/23/01: The base fee shall be $94. The fee collected shall be 25% of the base fee.
b. Effective 1/1/02: The base fee in effect 4/23/01 shall be increased by the Construction Cost Index as
published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record. The fee collected shall be 40% of the
base fee.
c. Effective 1/1/03: The base fee in effect 1/1/02 shall be increased by the Construction Cost Index as
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published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record. The fee collected shall be 55% of the
base fee.
d. Effective 1/15/04: The base fee in effect 1/1/03 shall be increased by the Construction Cost Index as
published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record. The fee collected shall be 70% of the
base fee.
e. Effective 1/15/05: The base fee in effect 1/15/04 shall be increased bythe Construction Cost Index as
published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record. The fee collected shall be 85% of the
base fee.
f. Effective 1/15/06: The base fee in effect 1/15/05 shall be increased by the Construction Cost Index as
published in the most-recent November issue of the Engineering News Record. The fee collected shall be
100% of the base fee.
g. Effective 1/15/07 and on each January 15 thereafter the fee shall be increased by the Construction Cost
Index as published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record.
5. Industrial--base fee is per 1,000 square feet.
a. Effective 4/23/01: The base fee shall be $50. The fee collected shall be 25% of the base fee.
b. Effective 1/1/02: The base fee in effect 4/23/01 shall be increased by the Construction Cost Index as
published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record. The fee collected shall be 40% of the
base fee.
c. Effective 1/1/03: The base fee in effect 1/1/02 shall be increased by the Construction Cost Index as
published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record. The fee collected shall be 55% of the
base fee.
d. Effective 1/15/04: The base fee in effect 1/1/03 shall be increased by the Construction Cost Index as
published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record. The fee collected shall be 70% of the
base fee.
e. Effective 1/15/05: The base fee in effect 1/15/04 shall be increased by the Construction Cost Index as
published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record. The fee collected shall be 85% of the
base fee.
f. Effective 1/15/06: The base fee in effect 1/15/05 shall be increased by the Construction Cost Index as
published in the most-recent November issue of the Engineering News Record. The fee collected shall be
100% of the base fee.
g. Effective 1/15/07 and on each January 15 thereafter the fee shall be increased by the Construction Cost
Index as published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record.
(Ord. 2283 §§ 2 (part), 2001)
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16.20.040 Citywide transportation development impact fee.
A. Purpose. The purpose of this fee is to provide for costs of street widening and reconstruction, traffic
signals, transit facilities, bike paths, bridge widenings and freeway interchange improvements related to new
development in accordance with the development forecast under the city of Redding general plan. As the
amount of new development contemplated by the general plan occurs, there will be an additional burden
on the citywide surface transportation system. Without funding identified capital improvements, there will
be an unacceptable level of traffic congestion, delays, accidents and generally reduced public safety
throughout the city. Air quality could be adversely affected as has been demonstrated in other studies when
idle/standing times are increased.
B. Transportation impact fee zone. There is established the most-recent November Engineering News
transportation development impact fee zone, with its boundaries being the incorporated limits of Redding,
California, as they may exist from time-to-time.
C. Fee schedule. The fee imposed pursuant to this section shall be based on the fee schedule in effect on
the date of the feepayer's application for the appropriate building permit and shall be paid to the city prior
to the issuance of a building permit or a permit for mobile home installation, as follows:
1. Single Family.
a. Effective 4/23/01: The base fee shall be $2,446. The fee collected shall be 55.5% of the base fee.
b. Effective 1/1/02: The base fee in effect 4/23/01 shall be increased by the Construction Cost Index as
published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record. The
fee collected shall be 64.5% of the base fee.
c. Effective 1/1/03: The base fee in effect 1/1/02 shall be increased by the Construction Cost Index as
published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record. The fee collected shall be 73.5% of the
base fee.
d. Effective 1/15/04: The base fee in effect 1/1/03 shall be increased by the Construction Cost Index as
published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record. The fee collected shall be 82.5% of the
base fee.
e. Effective 1/15/05: The base fee in effect 1/15/04 shall be increased by the Construction Cost Index as
published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record. The fee collected shall be 91.5% of the
base fee.
f. Effective 1/15/06: The base fee in effect 1/15/05 shall be increased by the Construction Cost Index as
published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record. The fee collected shall be 100% of the
base fee.
g. Effective 1/15/07 and on each January 15 thereafter the fee shall be increased by the Construction Cost
Index as published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record.
2. Multiple Family--base fee is per dwelling unit.
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a. Effective 4/23/01' The base fee shall be $1,542. The fee collected shall be 55.5% of the base fee.
b. Effective 1/1/02: The base fee in effect 4/23/01 shall be increased by the Construction Cost Index as
published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record. The fee collected shall be 64.5% of the
base fee.
c. Effective 1/1/03: The base fee in effect 1/1/02 shall be increased by the Construction Cost Index as
published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record. The fee collected shall be 73.5% of the
base fee.
d. Effective 1/15/04: The base fee in effect 1/1/03 shall be increased by the Construction Cost Index as
published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record. The fee collected shall be 82.5% of the
base fee.
e. Effective 1/15/05: The base fee in effect 1/15/04 shall be increased by the Construction Cost Index as
published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record. The fee collected shall be 91.5% of the
base fee.
f. Effective 1/15/06: The base fee in effect 1/15/05 shall be increased by the Construction Cost Index as
published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record. The fee collected shall be 100% of the
base fee.
g. Effective 1/15/07 and on each January 15 thereafter the fee shall be increased by the Construction Cost
Index as published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record.
3. Commercial--base fee is per 1,000 square feet.
a. Effective 4/23/01: The base fee shall be $3,913. The fee collected shall be 55.5% of the base fee.
b. Effective 1/1/02: The base fee in effect 4/23/01 shall be increased by the Construction Cost Index as
published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record. The fee collected shall be 64.5% of the
base fee.
c. Effective 1/1/03: The base fee in effect 1/1/02 shall be increased by the Construction Cost Index as
published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record. The fee collected shall be 73.5% of the
base fee.
d. Effective 1/15/04: The base fee in effect 1/1/03 shall be increased by the Construction Cost Index as
published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record. The fee collected shall be 82.5% of the
base fee.
e. Effective 1/15/05: The base fee in effect 1/15/04 shall be increased by the Construction Cost Index as
published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record. The fee collected shall be 91.5% of the
base fee.
f. Effective 1/15/06: The base fee in effect 1/15/05 shall be increased by the Construction Cost Index as
published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record. The fee collected shall be 100% of the
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base fee.
g. Effective 1/15/07 and on each January 15 thereafter the fee shall be increased by the Construction Cost
Index as published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record.
4. Office/general--base fee is per 1,000 square feet.
a. Effective 4/23/01' The base fee shall be $4,280. The fee collected shall be 55.5% of the base fee.
b. Effective 1/1/02: The base fee in effect 4/23/01 shall be increased by the Construction Cost Index as
published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record. The fee collected shall be 64.5% of the
base fee.
c. Effective 1/1/03: The base fee in effect 1/1/02 shall be increased by the Construction Cost Index as
published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record. The fee collected shall be 73.5% of the
base fee.
d. Effective 1/15/04: The base fee in effect 1/1/03 shall be increased by the Construction Cost Index as
published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record. The fee collected shall be 82.5% of the
base fee.
e. Effective 1/15/05: The base fee in effect 1/15/04 shall be increased by the Construction Cost Index as
published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record. The fee collected shall be 91.5% of the
base fee.
f. Effective 1/15/06: The base fee in effect 1/15/05 shall be increased by the Construction Cost Index as
published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record. The fee collected shall be 100% of the
base fee.
g. Effective 1/15/07 and on each January 15 thereafter the fee shall be increased by the Construction Cost
Index as published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record.
5. Industrial--base fee is per 1,000 square feet.
a. Effective 4/23/01: The base fee shall be $2,201. The fee collected shall be 55.5% of the base fee.
b. Effective 1/1/02: The base fee in effect shall be increased by the Construction Cost Index as published
in the most-recent November Engineering News Record. The fee collected shall be 64.5% of the base fee.
c. Effective 1/1/03: The base fee in effect 1/1/02 shall be increased by the Construction Cost Index as
published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record. The fee collected shall be 73.5% of the
base fee.
d. Effective 1/15/04: The base fee in effect 1/1/03 shall be increased by the Construction Cost Index as
published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record. The fee collected shall be 82.5% of the
base fee.
e. Effective 1/15/05: The base fee in effect 1/15/04 shall be increased by the Construction Cost Index as
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published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record. The fee collected shall be 91.5% of the
base fee.
f. Effective 1/15/06: The base fee in effect 1/15/05 shall be increased by the Construction Cost Index as
published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record. The fee collected shall be 100% of the
base fee.
g. Effective 1/15/07 and on each January 15 thereafter the fee shall be increased by the Construction Cost
Index as published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record.
D. Exemptions and credits.
1. Exemptions. Any claim of exemption must be made no later than the time of application for a building
permit or permit for mobile home installation. Any claim not so made shall be deemed waived. The
following shall be exempted from payment of the impact fee:
a. Alterations or expansion of an existing building where no additional dwelling units are created, where
the use is not changed, and where no additional vehicular trips will be produced over and above those
produced by the existing use;
b. The construction of accessory buildings or structures which will not produce additional vehicular trips
over and above those produced by the principal building or use of the land and which will not be used for
other than storage;
c. The replacement of a demolished, destroyed or partially destroyed building or structure with a new
building or structure of the same size and use; provided that no additional trips will be produced over and
above those produced by the original use of the land by the introduction of a use that generates more
traffic;
d. The installation of a replacement mobile home on a lot or other such site when an impact fee for such
mobile home site has previously been paid pursuant to this chapter, or where a mobile- home legally existed
on such site on or prior to July 5, 1990;
e. Surplus property sold by the Redding Redevelopment Agency, which is a remainder of land acquired for
public improvements, or for mitigation of an environmental impact.
2. Credits.
a. Credit shall not be given for site-related improvements, right-of-way dedication or providing paved
access to the property.
b. Ail mandatory or required right-of-way dedications and/or roadway improvements made by a feepayer
subsequent to July 5, 1990, except for site-related improvements, shall be credited on a pro-rata basis
against impact fees required by this chapter. Such credits shall be determined and provided as set forth in
subsection D(2c) of this section.
c. A feepayer may obtain credit against all or a portion of impact fees otherwise due or to become due by
offering to dedicate nonsite-related right-of-way and/or to construct nonsite--related roadway
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improvements. This offer must specifically request or provide for an impact fee credit. Such construction
must be in accordance with city or state design standards, whichever are applicable. If the director accepts
such an offer, whether the acceptance is before or after the effective date of the ordinance establishing this
chapter, the credit shall be determined and provided in the following manner:
i. Credit for the dedication of nonsite--related right-of-way shall be valued at (a) one hundred fit~een
percent of the most-recent assessment value by the Shasta County Assessor; or (b) by such other
appropriate method as the city may have accepted prior to July 5, 1990, for particular right-of-way
dedications and/or roadway improvements; or (c) at the option of the feepayer, by fair market value
established by private M.A.I. appraisers acceptable to the city. Credit for the dedication of right-of-way
should be provided when the property has been conveyed at no charge to, and accepted by, the city.
ii. Applicants for credit for construction of nonsite--related road improvements shall submit acceptable
engineering drawings, specifications and construction cost estimates to the director. The director shall
deternfine credit for roadway construction based upon either these cost estimates or upon alternative
engineering criteria and construction cost estimates if the director determines that such estimates submitted
by the applicant are either unreliable or inaccurate. The director shall provide the applicant with a letter or
certificate setting forth the dollar amount of the credit, the reason for the credit and the legal description
or other adequate description of the
project or development to which the credit may be applied. The applicant must sign and date a duplicate
copy of such letter or certificate indicating his agreement to the terms of the letter or certificate and return
such signed document to the director before credit will be given. The failure of the applicant to sign, date,
and return such document within sixty calendar days shall nullify the credit.
iii. Except as provided in subsection D(2c4) of this section, credit against impact fees otherwise due will
not be provided until:
(a) The construction is completed and accepted by the city or state, whichever is applicable;
(b) A suitable maintenance and warranty bond is received and approved by the city when applicable;
(c) All design, construction, inspection, testing, bending, and acceptance procedures are in strict
compliance with the then-current city public works improvement standards when applicable.
iv. Credit may be provided before completion of specified roadway improvements if adequate assurances
are given by the applicant that the standards set out in subsection D(2c3) of this section will be met and if
the feepayer posts security as provided below for the costs of such construction. Security in the form of
a performance bond, in'evocable letter of credit or escrow agreement shall be posted with and approved
by the city attorney in an amount determined by the director. If the road construction project will not be
constructed within one year of the acceptance of the offer by the director, the amount of the security shall
be increased by 10% compounded for each year of the life of the security. The security shall be reviewed
and approved by the city attorney prior to acceptance of the security by the director. If the road
construction project is not to be completed within two years of the date of the feepayer"s offer, the city
council, must approve the road construction project and its scheduled completion date prior to the
acceptance of the offer by the director.
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d. Any claim for credit must be made no later than the time of application for a building permit or permit
for mobile home installation. The date in support of the claim for credit must be submitted to the director
prior to issuance of the occupancy permit, or the claim shall be deemed invalid. Any claim not so made shall
be deemed waived.
e. Credits shall not be transferable fi:om one project or development to another without the approval of the
city council, and may only be transferred to a development in a different impact fee zone upon a finding by
the city council that the dedication of right-of-way or road construction for which the credit was given
benefits such different impact fee zone.
f. In the event fee schedules are subsequently changed to reflect increases or decreases in construction costs
or other relevant factors, then a feepayer may request within six months of the date the fee was paid a
recalculation of credits to fairly reflect such change in circumstances.
g. Determinations made by the director pursuant to the credit provisions of this section may be appealed
to the planning commission by filing a written request with the director together with a fee established by
resolution of the city council, within ten calendar days of the director"s determination.
E. Special benefit zone. In the event a special benefit zone is adopted by the city council by resolution
pursuant to Section 16.20.180(C), credits may be allowed pursuant to the terms of the resolution. All
special benefit zones in existence on the effective date of the ordinance establishing this chapter are hereby
abolished, unless specifically continued by resolution or ordinance of the city council. All funds collected
and held in an account or fund for an abolished special benefit zone shall continue to be held in an account
or fund and used to finance the construction of the facilities for which such funds were intended, with such
additional funds as are available fi:om the citywide transportation development impact fee and such other
funds identified pursuant to the State Mitigation Fee Act, except that refunds shall be made of all funds
collected in any special benefit zone which is to be dissolved as provided for in the Comprehensive Impact
Fee Study for the city of Redding dated May 19, 2000.
(Ord. 2283 §§ 2 (part), 2001)
16.20.050 Dana Drive traffic impact fee.
A. Purpose. The purpose of this fee is to provide for the costs of street widening and reconstruction, traffic
signals, bridge widenings and freeway interchange improvements related to new development within the
Dana Drive traffic impact fee zone in accordance with the development forecast under the city of Redding
general plan. As the amount of new development contemplated by the general plan occurs, there will be
an additional burden on the district"s surface transportation system in the Dana Drive impact fee zone.
Without funding identified capital improvements, there will be an unacceptable level of traffic congestion,
delays, accidents and generally reduced public safety. Air quality could be adversely affected as has been
demonstrated in other studies when idle/standing times are increased.
B. Transportation impact fee zone. There is established the Dana Drive traffic impact fee zone with
boundaries as shown in Exhibit A attached and incorporated into this chapter by this reference.
C. Definition. For the purposes of this section:
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1. "Study" initially means the Dana Drive Traffic Benefit District Summary Report dated February 6, 1990,
and the updated project list and cost estimates dated October 2000 and approved by the city council on the
date of adoption of the ordinance establishing this chapter. In future years, as updated or replacement
imPaCt fee studies are completed, it shall mean those updated or replacement impact fee studies.
D. Fee schedule. The fee imposed pursuant to this section shall be based on the fee schedule in effect on
the date of the feepayer"s application for the appropriate building permit and shall be paid to the city prior
to the issuance of a building permit or a permit for mobile home installation, as follows:
1. Multiple Family.
a. Effective 1/1/03: The fee shall be $416.62 per dwelling unit.
b. Effective 1/15/04 and on each January 15 thereafter the fee shall be increased by the Construction Cost
Index as published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record.
2. Office/general.
a. Effective 1/1/03: The fee shall be $1,157.26 per 1,000 square feet.
b. Effective 1/15/04 and on each Januaryl 5 thereafter the fee shall be increased by the Construction Cost
Index as published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record.
3. Commercial.
a. Effective 1/1/03: The fee shall be $1,058.06 per 1,000 square feet.
b. Effective 1/15/04 and on each January 15 thereafter the fee shall be increased by the Construction Cost
Index as published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record.
E. Exemptions and credits. The exemptions and credits detailed in subsection D of Section 16.20.040 are
included within this section by this reference.
(Ord. 2283 §§ 2 (part), 2001)
16.20.060 Hawley Road/Chum Creek Road traffic impact fee.
A. Purpose. The purpose of this fee is to provide for the costs of street widening and reconstruction, traffic
signals, bridge widenings and freeway interchange improvements related to new development within the
Hawley Road/Chum Creek Ro ad traffic impact fee zone in accordance with the development forecast under
the city of Redding general plan. As the amount of new development contemplated by the general plan
occurs, there will be an additional burden on the district"s surface transportation system in the Hawley
Road/Chum Creek Road traffic impact fee zone. Without funding identified capital improvements, there
will be an unacceptable level of traffic congestion, delays, accidents and generally reduced public safety.
Air quality could be adversely affected as has been demonstrated in other studies when idle/standing times
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are increased.
B. Transportation impact fee zone. There is established the Hawley Road/Chum Creek Road traffic impact
fee zone with boundaries as shown in Exhibit B attached and incorporated into this chapter by this
reference.
C. Definition. For the purposes of this section:
1. "Study" initially means the Hawley Road/Chum Creek Road Benefit Zone Study dated January 2001 and
the cost and local share study set forth in the Comprehensive Impact
Fee Study for the city of Redding dated May 19, 2000. In future years, as updated or replacement impact
fee studies are completed, it shall mean those updated or replacement impact fee studies.
D. Fee schedule. The fee imposed pursuant to' this section shall be based on the fee schedule in effect on
the date of the feepayer"s application for the appropriate building permit and shall be paid to the city prior
to the issuance of a building permit or a permit for mobile home installation, as follows:
1. Single Family.
a. Effective 1/1/03: The fee shall be $80.04 per dwelling unit.
b. Effective 1/15/04 and on each Januaryl 5 thereafter the fee shall be increased by the Construction Cost
Index as published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record.
2. Multiple Family.
a. Effective 1/1/03: The fee shall be $51.08 per dwelling unit.
b. Effective 1/15/04 and on each January 15 thereafter the fee shall be increased by the Construction Cost
Index as published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record.
3. Office/general.
a. Effecti,ce 1/1/03: The fee shall be $141.91 per 1,000 square feet.
b. Effective 1/15/04 and on each January 15 thereafter the fee shall be increased by the Construction Cost
Index as published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record.
4. Commercial.
a. Effective 1/1/03: The fee shall be $129.74 per 1,000 square feet.
b. Effective 1/15/04 and on each January 15 thereafter the fee shall be increased by the Construction Cost
Index as published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record.
E. Exemptions and credits. The exemptions and credits detailed in subsection D of Section 16.20.040 are
included within this section by this reference.
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(Ord. 2283 §§ 2 (part), 2001)
16.20.070 Canyon Creek Road traffic impact fee
A. Purpose. The purpose of this fee is to provide for the costs of street widening and reconstruction, traffic
signals, bridge widenings and freeway interchange improvements related to new development within the
Canyon Creek Road traffic impact fee zone in accordance with the development forecast under the city of
general plan. As the mount of new development contemplated by the general plan occurs, there will be
an additional burden on the district"s surface transportation system in the Canyon Creek Road traffic
impact fee zone: Without funding identified capital improvements, there will be an unacceptable level of
traffic congestion, delays, accidents and generally reduced public safety. Air quality could be adversely
affected as has been demonstrated in other studies when idle/standing times are increased.
B. Transportation impact fee zone. There is established the Canyon Creek Road traffic impact fee zone
with boundaries as shown in Exhibit C attached and incorporated into this chapter by this reference.
C. Definition. For the purposes of this section:
1. "Study" initially means the Canyon Creek Road Benefit Zone Study dated January 2001 and the updated
project list and cost estimates contained therein and in the Comprehensive Impact Fee Study for the city
of Redding dated May 19, 2000. In future years, as updated or replacement impact fee studies are
completed, it shall mean those updated or replacement impact fee studies.
D. Fee schedule. The fee imposed pursuant to this section shall be based on the fee schedule in effect on
the date of the feepayer"s application for the appropriate building permit and shall be paid to the city prior
to the issuance of a building permit or a permit for mobile home installation, as follows:
1. Single Family.
a. Effective 1/1/03: The fee shallbe $2,246.14 per dwelling unit.
b. Effective 1/15/04 and on each January 15 thereafter the fee shall be increased by the Construction Cost
Index as published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record.
E. Exemptions and credits. The exemptions and credits detailed in subsection D of Section 16.20.040 are
included within this section by this reference.
(Ord. 2283 §§ 2 (part), 2001)
16.20.080 Water system impact fees.
A. Purpose. The purpose of the water system impact fee is to further and protect the health and safety of
the citizens of the city by providing for facilities to ensure a continuing supply of potable water, including
new water mains and storage reservoirs. Federal, state and city regulations establish minimum standards
for potable water required to adequately serve residential and other land uses, as well as to provide for fire
protection. As the population increases and new development locates or existing development expands in
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the city, there will be an attendant demand to expand the facilities necessary to provide an adequate supply
of potable water for domestic consumption, fire protection and nondomestic purposes such as industry and
commerce. This section is intended to complement the requirements of RMC Chapter 14.08, and any
conflicts or interpretations will be governed by RMC Chapter 14.08.
B. Definitions. For the purposes of this section:
1. "AWWA" means the American Water Works Association.
2. "Household equivalent" means any premises served by a standard 5/8-inch water meter. Typically, this
would include single-family residences, duplex dwelling units, and small commercial businesses served by
a standard 5/8-inch meter. Household equivalents for larger meters, ~ h-inch, 1-inch, 1 ~A~A-inch, 2-inch,
3-inch, 4-inch, 6-inch and 8-inch, have been computed using the ratio of the larger meter"s AWWA rated
capacity to the AWWA"s rated capacity of a standard 5/8-inch meter.
3. "User" means any person or persons, all entities, public or private, residential, industrial, commercial,
governmental, or institutional, who receive water as defined by the California State Department of Health
Services, Division of Drinking Water, as either potable or reclaimed at a service connection, fire hydrant
or fire service system that is further defined by the RMC.
C. Fee schedule. Fees and charges imposed pursuant to this section shall be based on the fee schedules in
effect on the date of the user"s application for the appropriate building permit and shall be paid to the city
prior to the issuance of any water connection permit, or any physical connection to the water system fi.om
the premises to which the charges apply.
1. Water connection charges. The charge represents a contributive share of the costs to provide funds for
use in constructing all or a portion of capital improvements necessary to serve new customers. Each
premises as defined in this chapter applying for a new water service, as distinguished fi.om a change in
location, shall paythe current connection charge, based on meter size, per household equivalent, as follows:
a. Assessment of household equivalents.
Meter Size Household Equivalent Ratio
5/8" 1
3/4 1.5
1 2.5
1 1/2 5
2 8
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3 16
4 25
6 5O
8 8O
b. Amount of connection charge. The connection charge per household equivalent shall be as follows:
i. Effective 4/23/01: The base fee shall be $3,734. The fee collected shall be 69.5% of base fee.
ii. Effective 1/1/02: The base fee in effect 4/23/01 shall be increased by the Construction Cost Index as
published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record. The fee collected shall be 75.5% of the
base fee.
iii. Effective 1/1/03: The base fee in effect 1/1/02 shall be increased by the Construction Cost Index as
published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record. The fee collected shall be 81.5% of the
base fee.
iv. Effective 1/15/04: The base fee shall be $3,977. The fee collected shall be 100% of the base fee.
v. Effective 1/15/05: The base fee shall be $4,931.. The fee collected shall be 100% of the base fee.
vi. Effective 1/15/06: The base fee shall be $6,115. The fee collected shall be 100% of the base fee.
vii. Effective 1 / 15/07 and on each January 15 thereafter the fee shall be increased by the Construction Cost
Index as published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record.
2. Front footage charges. For each water connection made into a lateral which has not been constructed
or financed by means of a local assessment district, or through any other means in which the applicant or
his predecessor-in-interest obtained a vested interest, there shall be paid by the applicant a fi:ont footage
charge for lateral connection computed at the rates set forth below per foot of street frontage of the
premises to be connected as follows:
a. Effective 1/1/03: The fee shall be $14.69 per lineal front foot.
b. Effective 1/15/04 and on each Januaryl 5 thereafter the fee shall be increased by the Construction Cost
Index as published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record.
The charge shall be computed on the from footage of the lot or logical divisible portion thereof, but in no
case less than sixty feet. Comer lots shall be computed on the basis of the length of the front lot line. Flag
lots, whether by easement or deeded access, shall be computed on the basis of the length of the narrow side
of the lot, irrespective of the portion used for access, except that a minimum charge based on a 60-foot
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fi'ontage shall be assessed.
When the real property for which the connection request is made fronts on a substandard main in which
the property owner or his predecessor-in-interest has a vested interest, the established front footage charge
will be reduced by a percentage credit determined by the ratio of the diameter of the substandard main bears
to the diameter of a six-inch water line.
(Ord. 2283 §§ 2 (part), 2001)
16.20.090 Sewer system impact fees. 16.20.090 Sewer system impact fees.
A. Purpose. The purpose of the sewer system impact fee is to further and protect the health and safety of
the citizens of the city by providing for the construction of sewage and wastewater facilities, including new
sewer drains, treatment plants and aeration ponds. As new development occurs, there will be an additional
burden placed on the existing sewer and wastewater collection, treatment and disposal systems. Federal,
state and city health requirements set minimum standards for effluent treatment that results in the demand
for new sewer and wastewater facilities. This section is intended to complement the requirements of RMC
Chapter 14.16, and any conflicts or interpretations will be governed by RMC Chapter 14.16.
B. Definitions. For the purposes of this section:
1. "Food preparation facility" means any facility which packages, processes, assembles, portions or
performs any operation which changes the form, flavor or consistency of food, but does not include
trimming or produce. Food includes any raw or processed substance, ice, beverage or ingredient intended
to be used as food, drink, confection, or condiment for human consumption. A food preparation facility
does not include any facility for which an oil and grease interceptor (or grease trap under sink that has not
been converted to an interceptor) is not required.
2. "Household equivalent" means the basic quantitative unit of wastewater volume and strength
representing that wastewater generated by a typical single-family residence connected to the sewer
collection system during an average day. It is mathematically defined by the formula contained in RMC
Section 14.16.020.
3. "Lateral" means a public sewer that receives wastewater from one or more sewer connections.
4. "Line tap" means the action by the city of installing an opening in a lateral to accommodate a sewer
connection.
5. "POTW" means publicly-owned treatment works of the city, including the entire facilities for collecting,
transporting, pumping, treating and disposing of domestic and industrial wastewaters, located within and
outside the city limits and either owned, operated, maintained or controlled by the city.
6. "Sewer" means only those conduits intended to carry sewage and wastewater (commonly called sanitary
sewers), and does not mean conduits used to carry storm water (commonly called storm sewers).
7. "Sewer connection" means a privately owned and maintained conduit that conveys wastewater fi'om a
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single premises to a public sewer.
8. "Special benefit charge" means a charge applied to developing properties in addition to the normal
connection charges to finance Master Sewer Plan projects relative to the construction of POTW where
deficiencies are uniquely confined to specific geographic areas.
9. "Trunk sewer" means a public sewer which transports sewage away from a general area, neighborhood,
or subdivision.
10. "User" means any person or persons, all entities, public or private, residential, industrial, commercial,
governmental or institutional, who discharge or cause to be discharged wastewater and waterborne wastes
into the POTW of the city, or who directly or indirectly cause impact or potential impact to the POTW of
the city.
11. "Wastewater" means the spent water from residences, commercial buildings, industrial plants,
institutions and business offices, including liquid and waterborne wastes, but excluding uncontaminated
groundwater, surface water and storm water.
C. Fee schedule. Sewer charges and fees imposed pursuant to this section shall be based on the fee schedule
in effect on the date of the user"s application for the appropriate building permit and shall be paid to the
city prior to the issuance of a sewer connection permit and as a condition precedent to any sewer
connection into the wastewater system. Where a new, changed, or expanded use of the property causes or
has the potential to cause increased impact to the POTW, the applicant shall pay those applicable charges
for the increased impact. Sewer connection charges include connection charges for system improvement
and treatment plant expansion and front footage charges, and may include a special benefit charge defined
in this chapter.
1. Sewer connection charges. Sewer connection charges for the computed reasonable contributive share
of the cost of construction of system improvement (tnmk sewers, interceptors and pumping facilities) and
treatment plant expansion shall be paid per household equivalent as follows:
a. Assessment of household equivalents.
i. Residential Connections.
(a) Single-family dwelling units shall be assessed at the rate of one household equivalent per unit, including:
(1) Homes used for the purpose of maintaining six or fewer mentally disordered or otherwise handicapped
persons and complying with Sections 5115 and 5116 of the California Welfare and Institutions Code; and
(2) Homes used as a residential care facility for the elderly which serve six or fewer persons and complying
with Section 1569.84 and 1569.85 of the California Health and Welfare Code.
(b) Multiple-family dwelling units, including apartments, condominiums, residence hotels and transient
multiple housing units such as hotels and motels shall be assessed at the rate of 0.53 household equivalent
per trait.
(c) Mobile home park and overnight camper and trailer parks shall be assessed at the rate of one-half
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household equivalent per pad.
ii. Nonresidential Connections. Each nonresidential unit shall be assessed a household equivalent value as
determined by one or more of the procedures identified below, but no connection shall be assessed less than
one household equivalent:
(a) Similarity to like discharges served by the city"s POTW;
(b) Field measurements ofwastewater flow and wastewater constituents and characteristics;
(c) Calculation o fwastewater flow based on expected or actualwater consumption, and taking into account
water used in manufactured products and for irrigation, cooling and evaporation;
(d) Typical values reported in the literature when the procedures identified above are inadequate to
characterize the expected discharge.
b. Amount of connection charge for system improvements. The system improvement connection charge
per household equivalent shall be as follows:
i. Effective 4/23/01' The base fee shall be $2,145. The fee collected shall be 88% of base fee.
ii. Effective 1/1/02: The base fee in effect 4/23/01 shall be increased by the Construction Cost Index as
published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record. The fee collected shall be 90.5% of the
base fee.
iii. Effective 1/1/03 · The base fee in effect 1/1/02 shall be increased by the Construction Cost Index as
published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record. The fee collected shall be 93% of the
base fee.
iv. Effective 1/15/04: The base fee shall be $2,613.47. The fee collected shall be 100% of the base fee.
v. Effective 1/15/05' The base fee shall be $3,254.13. The fee collected shall be 100% of the base fee.
vi. Effective 1/15/06: The base fee shall be $4,053.15. The fee collected shall be 100% of the base fee.
vii. Effective 1/15/07 and on each January 15 thereafter the fee shall be increased by the Construction
Cost Index as published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record. This charge shall not
apply, and an exemption shall be given, for the properties in the Clover Creek Assessment District. (The
Clover Creek Assessment District will not make use of or benefit fi.om the system improvements financed
by this connection charge.)
c. Amount o fconnection charge for treatment plant expansion. The system improvement connection charge
per household equivalent shall be as follows:
i. Effective 4/23/01: The base fee shall be $1,106. The fee collected shall be 88% of base fee.
ii. Effective 1/1/02: The base fee in effect 4/23/01 shall be increased by the Construction Cost Index as
published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record. The fee collected shall be 90.5% of the
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base fee.
iii. Effective 1/1/03: The base fee in effect 1/1/02 shall be increased by the Construction Cost Index as
published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record. The fee collected shall be 93% of the
base fee.
iv. Effective 1/15/04: The base fee shall be $1,347.53. The fee collected shall be 100% of the base fee.
v. Effective 1/15/05: The base fee shall be $1,677.87. The fee collected shall be 100% of the base fee.
vi. Effective 1/15/06: The base fee shall be $2,089.85. The fee collected shall be 100% of the base fee.
vii. Effective 1/15/07 and on each January 15 thereafter the fee shall be increased by the Construction Cost
Index as published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record.
2. Front footage charge. For each wastewater connection made into a lateral that has not been constructed
or financed by means of a local assessment district, or through any other means in which the applicant or
his predecessor-in-interest obtained a vested interest, there shall be paid by the applicant a front footage
charge for lateral connection computed at the rates set forth below per foot of street frontage of the
premises to be connected, as follows:
a. Effective 1/1/03: The fee shall be $17.32 per foot of street frontage of the premises.
b. Effective 1/15/04 and on each January 15 thereafter, the fee shall be increased by the Construction Cost
Index as published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record.
The front footage of the premises, whether it be an interior or corner lot, shall be computed on the basis
of the length of the front lot line; provided that the minimum charge for any premises shall be based on a
sixty-foot frontage. Flag lots, whether by easement or deeded access, shall be computed on the basis of the
length of the narrow side of the lot, irrespective of the portion used for access, except that a minimum
charge based on a sixty-foot frontage shall be assessed.
3. Special benefit charge. This charge will be collected from owners of new development in localized areas
that require sewer facilities not considered a part of the regional development of sewer system facilities.
Any such charge, as an additional development impact fee, must comply with the provisions of the State
Mitigation Fee Act, beginning with Government Code Section 66000, and must be adopted by ordinance
pursuant to State Health and Safety Code Section 5471.
D. Deferred payment of sewer connection charges for a portion of the premises. When only a portion of
a legally divisible lot or parcel is developed, and the remaining portion is to continue undeveloped or be
used solely for the growing of agricultural crops, the sewer connection charge and the front footage charge
shall be computed only upon the basis of the improved portion of the legally divisible lot or parcel; and in
no event shall any premises so determined constitute an area of less than six thousand square feet nor shall
it have frontage of less than sixty feet. The director shall determine in such case which portion of the legally
divisible lot or parcel constitutes the premises, and his decision shall not be subject to review in the absence
of proof of fi'aud or discrimination.
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(Ord. 2283 §§ 2 (part), 2001)
16.20.100 Park and recreation facilities impact fees.
A. Purpose. The purpose of the parks and recreation facilities impact fee is to
provide for the planning, acquisition, improvement, expansion and financing of public parks, playgrounds
and recreational facilities. Increases in development and population result in an increased need for park and
recreation facilities. If this need were not met, the well-being of city residents could be adversely affected.
In order to address this potential and to meet city recreation standards, it is appropriate that new
development pay for additional park and recreation facilities attributable to the impact of such development.
B. Fee schedule. A fee for each residential building permit shall be paid to the city as required by this
section, except for permits issued covering work performed on buildings or structures owned by any city,
county, state or federal agency or any public agency or district. Fees imposed pursuant to this section shall
be based on the fee schedule in effect on the date of the feepayer"s application for the appropriate building
permit and shall be paid to the city prior to the issuance of a building permit or a permit for mobile home
installation, as follows:
1. Single Family.
a. Per dwelling unit fee.
i. Effective 4/23/01: The base fee shall be $1,324. The fee collected shall be 57.5% of base fee.
ii. Effective 1/1/02: The base fee in effect 4/23/01 shall be increased by the Construction Cost Index as
published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record. The fee collected shall be 66% of the
base fee.
iii. Effective 1/1/03: The base fee in effect 1/1/02 shall be increased by the Construction Cost Index as
published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record. The fee collected shall be 74.5% of the
base fee.
iv. Effective 1/15/04: The base fee in effect 1 / 1/03 shall be increased by the Construction Cost Index as
published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record. The fee collected shall be 83% of the
base fee.
v. Effective 1/15/05: The base fee in effect 1/15/04 shall be increased by the Construction Cost Index as
published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record. The fee collected shall be 91.5% of the
base fee.
vi. Effective 1/15/06: The base fee in effect 1/15/05 shall be increased by the Construction Cost Index as
published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record. The fee collected shall be 100% of the
base fee.
vii. Effective 1 / 15/07 and on each January 15 thereafter the fee shall be increased by the Construction Cost
Index as published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record.
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b. Per bedroom fee.
i. Effective 4/23/01' The base fee shall be $91. The fee collected shall be 48% of base fee.
ii. Effective 1/1/02: The base fee in effect 4/23/01 shall be increased by the Construction Cost Index as
published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record. The fee collected shall be 58.5% of the
base fee.
iii. Effective 1/1/03: The base fee in effect 1/1/02 shall be increased by the Construction Cost Index as
published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record. The fee collected shall be 69% of the
base fee.
iv. Effective 1/15/04: The base fee in effect 1/1/03 shall be increased by the Construction Cost Index as
published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record. The fee collected shall be 79.5% of the
base fee.
v. Effective 1/15/05: The base fee in effect 1/15/04 shall be increased by the Construction Cost Index as
published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record. The fee collected shall be 90% of the
base fee.
vi. Effective 1/15/06: The base fee in effect 1/15/05 shall be increased by the Construction Cost Index as
published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record. The fee collected shall be 100% of the
base fee.
vii. Effective 1/15/0~7 and on each January 15 thereafter the fee shall be increased by the Construction Cost
Index as published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record.
2. Multiple Family.
a. Per dwelling unit fee.
i. Effective 4/23/01: The base fee shall be $1,063 The fee collected shall be 57.5% of base fee.
ii. Effective 1/1/02: The base fee in effect 4/23/01 shall be increased by the Construction Cost Index as
published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record. The fee collected shall be 66% of the
base fee.
iii. Effective 1/1/03: The base fee in effect 1/1/02 shall be increased by the Construction Cost Index as
published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record. The fee collected shall be 74.5% of the
base fee.
iv. Effective 1/15/04: The base fee in effect 1/1/03 shall be increased by the Construction Cost Index as
published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record. The fee collected shall be 83% of the
base fee.
v. Effective 1/15/05: The base fee in effect 1/15/04 shall be increased by the Construction Cost Index as
published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record. The fee collected shall be 91.5% of the
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b~e ~e.
vi. Effective 1/15/06: The base fee in effect 1/15/05 shall be increased by the Construction Cost Index
as published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record. The fee collected shall be 100% of
the base fee.
vii. Effective 1/15/07 and on each January 15 thereafter the fee shall be increased by the Construction Cost
Index as published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record.
b. Per bedroom fee.
i. Effective 4/23/01' The base fee shall be $91. The fee collected shall be 48% of base fee.
ii. Effective 1/1/02: The base fee in effect 4/23/01 shall be increased by the Construction Cost Index as
published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record. The fee collected shall be 58.5% of the
base fee.
iii. Effective 1/1/03: The base fee in effect 1/1/02 shall be increased by the Construction Cost Index as
published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record. The fee collected shall be 69% of the
base fee.
iv. Effective 1/15/04: The base fee in effect 1/1/03 shall be increased by the Construction Cost Index as
published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record. The fee collected shall be 79.5% of the
base fee.
v. Effective 1/15/05: The base fee in effect 1 / 15/04 shall be increased by the Construction Cost Index as
published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record. The fee collected shall be 90% of the
base fee.
(6) Effective 1/15/06: The base fee in effect 1/15/05 shall be increased by the Construction Cost Index
as published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record. The fee collected shall be 100% of
the base fee.
vii. Effective 1 / 15/07 and on each January 15 thereafter the fee shall be increased by the Construction Cost
Index as published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record.
C. Use of fees. Said fees may be used at the discretion of the city council for the acquisition, construction,
and equipping of neighborhood parks, school/park combinations, community parks and regional parks
located within the city and further, within an area two air miles outside the city, subject to making the State
Mitigation Fee Act findings to support such extraterritorial expenditures.
D. Increase of residential density. In those cases where between the time of the approval of the final map
of the subdivision and the time of application for a building permit on a parcel or parcels o f land within that
subdivision, a request for increased residential density has been filed and approved, in addition to the fees
provided for in this section, the property owner shall pay to the city an additional fee in an amount equal
to the difference between the fees paid pursuant to RMC Chapter 17.42 at the time of approval of the final
map for the subdivision, and the fees that would have been charged under such chapter if the density was
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at that time the same as it is at the time of the building permit application.
E. Credit for land dedication or prior payment of in-lieu fees. Where pursuant to RMC Chapter 17.42 park
land has been dedicated or an in-lieu park fee paid with the recording of a parcel or final map, the amount
of the park fee to be paid as established by resolution shall be reduced
by the in-lieu fee paid or the value of the land dedicated. The credit for the value of the land dedicated shall
be as determined in RMC Chapter 17.42.
(Ord. 2283 §§ 2 (part), 2001)
16.20.110 Storm drainage impact fees.
A. Purpose. The purpose of the storm drainage impact fee is to finance the cost of drainage and storm
water detention projects, including mains, tributary systems, creek improvements and detention basins that
are related to new development. New development increases the amount of impervious surfaces due to
more roof area, paved streets, driveways and parking lots. Flooding potential is thereby increased,
particularly during periods of high intensity and/or sustained rainfall, creating an unacceptable hazard to
citizen welfare and safety. The storm water drainage impact fees will finance the improvements necessary
to maintain adequate drainage, flood protection, and storm water detention throughout the city in response
to the impacts of new development. This section is intended to complement the requirements of RMC
Chapter 14.18, and any conflicts or interpretations will be governed by RMC Chapter 14.18.
B. Definitions. For the purposes of this section:
1. "Storm drain" means a drain which carries storm water, surface runoff, street wastewater and drainage,
but excludes sanitary sewage and industrial wastes.
2. "Storm drainage system" means all facilities, structures and natural watercourses used for collecting and
conducting storm water to, through and from drainage areas to the points of final outlet, including, but not
limited to, any and all of the following: inlets, conduits and appurtenant features, canals, creeks, channels,
catch basins, ditches, streams, gulches, gullies, flumes, culverts, siphons, retention or detention basins,
dams, flood wails, levees and pumping stations.
C. Fee schedule. Fees imposed pursuant to this section shall be based on the fee schedule in effect on the
date of the feepayer"s application for the appropriate building permit and shall be paid prior to the issuance
of a building permit or a permit for mobile home installation, as follows:
1. Single Family.
a. Effective 4/23/01: The base fee shall be $391. The fee collected shall be 54% of the base fee.
b Effective 1/1/02: The base fee in effect 4/23/01 shall be increased by the Construction Cost Index as
published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record. The fee collected shall be 63% of the
base fee.
c. Effective 1/1/03: The base fee in effect 1/1/02 shall be increased by the Construction Cost Index as
published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record. The fee collected shall be 72% of the
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base fee.
d. Effective 1/15/04: The base fee shall be $404.81. The fee collected shall be 100% of the base fee.
e. Effective 1/15/05: The base fee shall be $485.77. The fee collected shall be 100% of the base fee.
f. Effective 1 / 15/06 and on each January 15 through 1 / 15/10: The base fee shall be increased by 20%. The
fee collected shall be 100% of the base fee.
g. Effective 1/15/11: The base fee in effect 1/15/10 shall be increased by 11%.
h. Effective 1 / 15/12 and on each January 15 thereat~er the fee shall be increased by the Construction Cost
Index as published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record.
2. Multiple Family--fee is per dwelling unit.
a. Effective 4/23/01: The base fee shall be $192. The fee collected shall be 54% of the base fee.
b. Effective 1/1/02: The base fee in effect 4/23/01 shall be increased by the Construction Cost Index as
published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record. The fee collected shall be 63% of the
base fee.
c. Effective 1/1/03: The base fee in effect 1/1/02 shall be increased by the Construction Cost Index as
published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record. The fee collected shall be 72% of the
base fee.
d. Effective 1/15/04: The base fee shall be $198.79. The fee collected shall be 100% of the base fee.
e. Effective 1/15/05: The base fee shall be $238.54. The fee collected shall be 100% of the base fee.
f. Effective 1 / 15/06 and on each January 15 through 1 / 15/10: The base fee shall be increased by 20%. The
fee collected shall be 100% of the base fee.
g. Effective 1/15/11: The base fee in effect 1/15/10 shall be increased by 11%.
h. Effective 1/15/12 and on each January 15 thereafter the fee shall be increased by the Construction
Cost Index as published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record.
3. Commercial--base fee is per 1,000 square feet.
a. Effective 4/23/01: The base fee shall be $245. The fee collected shall be 54% of the base fee.
b. Effective 1/1/02: The base fee in effect 4/23/01 shall be increased by the Construction Cost Index as
published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record. The fee collected shall be 63% of the
base fee.
c. Effective 1/1/03: The base fee in effect 1/1/02 shall be increased by the Construction Cost Index as
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published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record. The fee collected shall be 72% of the
base fee.
d. Effective 1/15/04: The base fee shall be $253.66. The fee collected shall be 100% of the base fee.
e. Effective 1/15/05: The base fee shall be $304.39. The fee collected shall be 100% of the base fee.
f. Effective 1/15/06 and on each January 15 through 1/15/10: The base fee shall be increased by 20%. The
fee collected shall be 100% of the base fee.
g. Effective 1/15/11: The base fee in effect 1/15/10 shall be increased by 11%.
h. Effective 1/15/12 and on each January 15 thereafter the fee shall be increased by the Construction
Cost Index as published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record.
4. Office/general--base fee is per 1,000 square feet.
a. Effective 4/23/01: The base fee shall be $225. The fee collected shall be 54% of the base fee.
b. Effective 1/1/02: The base fee in effect 4/23/01 shall be increased by the Construction Cost Index as
published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record. The fee collected shall be 63% of the
base fee.
c. Effective 1/1/03: The base fee in effect 1/1/02 shall be increased by the Construction Cost Index as
published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record. The fee collected shall be 72% of the
base fee.
d. Effective 1/15/04: The base fee shall be $232.95. The fee collected shall be 100% of the base fee.
e. Effective 1/15/05: The base fee shall be $279.55. The fee collected shall be 100% of the base fee.
f. Effective 1/15/06 and on each January 15 through 1/15/10: The base fee shall be increased by 20%. The
fee collected shall be 100% of the base fee.
g. Effective 1/15/11: The base fee in effect 1/15/10 shall be increased by 11%.
h. Effective 1/15/12 and on each January 15 therea~er the fee shall be increased by the Construction
Cost Index as published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record.
5. Industrial--base fee is per 1,000 square feet.
a. Effective 4/23/01: The base fee shall be $164. The fee collected shall be 54% of the base fee.
b. Effective 1/1/02: The base fee in effect 4/23/01 shall be increased by the Construction Cost Index as
published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record. The fee collected shall be 63% of the
base fee.
c. Effective 1/1/03: The base fee in effect 1/1/02 shall be increased by the Construction Cost Index as
published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record. The fee collected shall be 72% of the
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base fee.
d. Effective 1/15/04: The base fee shall be $169.80. The fee collected shall be 100% of the base fee.
e. Effective 1/15/05: The base fee shall be $203.76. The fee collected shall be 100% of the base fee.
f. Effective 1 / 15/06 and on each January 15 through 1 / 15/10: The base fee shall be increased by 20%. The
fee collected shall be 100% of the base fee.
g. Effective 1/15/11: The base fee in effect 1/15/10 shall be increased by 11%.
h. Effective 1/15/12 and on each January 15 thereafter the fee shall be increased by the Construction
Cost Index as published in the most-recent November Engineering News Record.
(Ord. 2283 §§ 2 (part), 2001)
16.20.120 Imposition of development impact fees.
A. Any person who, after the effective date of the ordinance establishing this chapter, seeks to develop land
or construct within the incorporated limits of the city as they exist from time-to-time by applying for a
building permit, a permit for mobile home installation or to make an improvement to land which will
generate the need for additional city facilities, is required to pay impact fees in the manner and mount set
forth in this chapter.
B. No permits or extension of permits granted beyond the first such extension or connections to the
infrastructure of city utilities for the activities listed in subsection A of this section shall be granted unless
and until the impact fees required have been paid to the city.
C. When a completed application for a building permit is filed with the city to construct a building or
structure which replaces a building or structure of the same size and use that was demolished, destroyed
or partially destroyed within three years of the date of filing of the application, an exemption for payment
of the development impact fee required by this chapter shall be available to the land development applicant.
Any claim of exemption must be made no later than the time of application for the building permit. The
approval of any partial exemption fi'om any impact fee occurring by virtue of an increase in the size of the
new building or structure or a change in use of the premises shall be at the sole discretion of the director,
subject to any administrative guidelines which may be adopted by resolution of the city council fi'om time-
to -time.
(Ord. 2283 §§ 2 (pm), 2001)
16.20.130 Establishment of development impact fee accounts and use of funds.
A. There is established a development impact fee account or fund for each fee authorized by this chapter.
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B. Fees collected fi:om development impact fees levied pursuant to this chapter shall be used to fund capital
improvements and land purchases related to the purpose of each fee as outlined within this chapter.
C. No funds shall be used for periodic or routine maintenance.
D. In the event that bonds or similar debt instruments are issued for advanced provision of capital facilities
for which impact fees may be expended, impact fees may be used to pay debt service on such bonds or
similar debt instrtmaents to the extent that the facilities provided are of the type described in subsection B
of this section.
E. At least biannually, the director shall present to the city council a proposed capital improvement
program, assigmg funds, including any accrued interest, fi.om the impact fee account or fund to specific
improvement projects and related expenses. Moneys, including any accrued interest, not assigned in any
fiscal period shall be retained in the same impact fee account or fund until the next fiscal period, except as
provided by the refund provisions of Section 16.20.170.
F. Funds may be used to provide refunds as described in Section 16.20.170.
G. The city is entitled to retain a reasonable amount, but not more than five percent of the funds collected,
as compensation for the expense of collecting the fee and administering this chapter.
(Ord. 2283 §§ 2 (part), 2001)
16.20.140 Schedule for construction and/or acquisition of facilities funded with development impact fees.
The city shall have twelve months fi'om the effective date of the ordinance establishing this chapter to
establish a schedule for the construction and/or acquisition of facilities shown in the exhibits to each
development impact fee study or in exhibits to this chapter. Except for facilities specifically approved by
the director for construction by a property owner, all facilities shall be constructed in accordance with the
biannual review of the various fee programs and, further, as specifically approved biannually by the city
council as part of its budget, fee review, or capital improvement plan. The requirements of this section are
in addition to the requirements of the State Mitigation Fee Act, Government Code Section 66001 and
66005. (Ord. 2283 §§ 2 (part), 2001)
16.20.150 Credit and reimbursement for construction of facilities.
A. Construction of facilities in plan year.
1. The director may authorize, or a condition to the approval for a land use entitlement may require, an
owner of property to construct certain facilities or portions thereof specified in the Comprehensive Impact
Fee Study for the city of Redding dated May 19, 2000, the Capital Improvement Program as updated fi'om
time-to-time, or such other capital facilities lists which have been approved by the city council. Such
direction or authorization shall result in a credit in lieu of all, or a portion of, a particular fee required by
this chapter to be paid by such owner that relates to the improvement constructed. The owner is entitled
to a credit if the owner (a) constructs the improvements, (b) finances an improvement by cash or other
means approved by the city council, (c) makes dedications of land in support of the facility, or (d) a
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combination of the above. The credit to be provided to the property owner shall be determined by the
director based on the actual costs of improvements plus actual costs for engineering and city administration.
The construction of a facility authorized by this section must consist of a usable facility or segment and be
approved by the city and constructed in accordance with the city"s public improvement design standards.
The property owner must post a bond or other security in a form reviewed and approved by the city
Attorney prior to acceptance by the director for the complete performance of the construction in order to
receive credit prior to completion of construction.
2. If the mount of fee credit is less than the mount of the otherwise applicable fee, the property owner
shall thereafter pay an amount which, when added to the credit received for the construction of facilities,
equals the fee obligation.
3. If the amount of fee credit is greater than the amount of the otherwise applicable fee, the property owner
shall be paid the difference fi.om the appropriate development impact fee fund, after the project is accepted
by the city, and at the end of the fiscal year in which the project is planned to be completed under the
appropriate fee study, providing funds are available, except as specified in subsection B o fthis section. With
specific approval of the city council, reimbursement may occur after the year in which the project is planned
and accepted by the city if, in the opinion of the director, the delay is necessary to assure the orderly
implementation of the city capital improvement plan. Interest equivalent to the rate earned during the period
of delayed reimbursement by the trust account shall be applied to a credit following acceptance of the
improvements, or as otherwise agreed between the city and the developer.
B. Construction of facilities prior to scheduled year.
1. If the construction described in subsection A of this section occurs before the fiscal year for which
construction is scheduled under a development impact fee study, the property owner may receive credit
against the applicable fee if approved by the director or his designee. The property owner shall be
reimbursed fi'om the appropriate development impact fee fund at the end of the year in which the project
is scheduled. Reimbursement is available only to the degree fimds are available in any given year. If
reimbursement cannot be made during one year, the unreimbursed portion will continue in following years
until repaid. The reimbursable amount shall be the cost of the facility as determined in subsection A of this
section or as otherwise agreed between the city and the owner.
2. To implement subsection B(1) of this section, the property owner or developer and the city shall first
enter into a reimbursement agreement. In addition to its other terms, the agreement shall provide that:
a. No fund of the city, other than the appropriate development impact fee fund, is liable for payment of any
obligations arising fi.om the agreement.
b. The credit or taxing power of the city is not pledged for the payment of any obligations arising fi.om the
agreement.
c. The land owner shall not compel the exercise of the city taxing power or the forfeiture of any of its
property to satisfy any obligations arising fi.om the agreement.
d. The obligation arising from the agreement is not a debt of the city, nor a legal or equitable pledge,
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charge, lien, or encumbrance upon any of its property, or upon any of its income, receipts, or revenues, and
is payable only fi.om the fees deposited in the appropriate city development impact fee account.
e. The reimbursable amount shall be adjusted annually in accordance with the most-recent Engineering
News Record Index applicable to the fees themselves, or otherwise adjusted by agreement between the
parties.
(Ord. 2283 §§ 2 (part), 2001)
16.20.160 Enforcement.
A. All charges relating to development impacts applicable to any premi,qes provided for in this chapter shall
be deemed a debt owing to the city.
B. Any person who makes a connection to the city utilities infrastructure without first having paid
applicable charges in full, or otherwise violates a provision of this chapter, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
and shall be subject to having such connections disconnected.
C. A violation of this chapter shall be prosecuted in the same manner as misdemeanors are prosecuted; and
upon conviction, the violator shall be punishable according to law. However, in addition to or in lieu of any
criminal prosecution, the city shall have the power to sue in civil court to enforce the provisions of this
chapter.
D. The conviction or punishment of any person for a misdemeanor violation resulting fi.om the connection
to infi'astructure of city utilities without first obtaining a permit to do so shall not relieve the person fi.om
paying the charges due and unpaid applicable fees.
(Ord. 2283 §§ 2 (part), 2001)
16.20.170 Refund or reimbursement of fees paid.
A. If a building permit or permit for mobile home installation expires without commencement of
construction, then the feepayer shall be entitled to a refund, without interest, of the impact fee paid as a
condition for its issuance, except that the city shall retain a reasonable amount--not more than five percent
of the fee, but not less than thirty dollars--to offset a portion of the costs of collection and refund. The
feepayer must submit an application for such a refund to the director within thirty calendar days of the
expiration of the permit.
B. Any fimds not expended, encumbered, or scheduled pursuant to Government Code Section 66001 by
the end of the fiscal year immediately following five years fi.om the date the impact fee was paid, and for
which the findings required by Government Code Section 66001 (d) are not made pursuant to Government
Code Section 66006, shall, upon application of the then-current landowner, be returned to such landowner
with interest earned during the five-year period; provided that the landowner submits an application for
refund to the director within one hundred eighty calendar days of the expiration of the five-year period. This
provision does not apply to any sewer or water impact fees authorized by this chapter.
C. Except as provided in subsection B of this section, the city shall reftmd to the current record owner on
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a prorated basis the unexpended or uncommitted portion of the fee, and any interest accrued thereon, for
which need cannot be established.
(Ord. 2283 §§ 2 (part), 2001)
16.20.175 Conditional waiver of impact fees for industrial uses.
All or any portion o fdevelopment impact fees imposed upon industrial uses as defined in Section 16.20.020
may be waived by resolution of the city council pursuant to council Policy No. 804 entitled "Industrial
Development Incentive Policy," or such successive industrial development policy as may be adopted by the
city council from time-to-time.
(Ord. 2287 §§ 1, 2001)
16.20.180 Other authority.
A. This chapter is intended to establish a supplemental method for funding the cost of certain public
facilities, services and infi'astructure, the demand for which is reasonably related to and thereby reasonably
resulting from the level and type of new development proposed in the city of Redding general plan.
B. The provisions of this chapter shall not be construed to limit the power of the city council to impose any
other fees or exactions or to continue to impose existing obligations on the right to develop within the city,
but shall be in addition to any other requirements which the city council is authorized to impose, or has
previously imposed, as a condition of approving a plan, a development, rezoning, or other entitlement. In
particular, individual property owners shall remain obligated to fund, construct, and/or dedicate the
improvements, public facilities, and other exactions required by, but not limited to, the city codes, public
improvement design standards, and other applicable documents, and to mitigate environmental impacts
from development.
C. The city council may adopt a special benefit zone for the purpose of assessing a development impact fee
when it finds that a citywide development impact fee is not sufficient to meet the needs for new public
facilities in a localized area of the city. Any such charge, as an additional development impact fee, must
comply with the applicable provisions of the State Mitigation Fee Act, beginning with Government Code
Section 66000. Development impact fees for sewer, water, and storm drainage must be adopted by
ordinance. All other development impact fees may be adopted by resolution of the city council. The
resolution or ordinance adopting the development impact fee within a special benefit zone shall include the
method of calculation or formula for determining the mount of credit to be applied to the applicable
citywide development impact fee, or provide that the fee shall be in addition to the applicable citywide
development impact fee, without any credit or offset.
(Ord. 2283 §§ 2 (part), 2001)
16.20.190 Review.
A. Within one hundred eighty days following the last day of each fiscal year, the director shall prepare and
make available to the public an activity report covering the fiscal year for the city council identkfying the
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current fee amount charged (if not set forth in this chapter), the beginning and ending balance of fees in
each trust account, the amount Of fees collected and the interest earned, an identification of each public
improvement on which fees were expended, the capital facilities to be constructed and the identification
of an approximate date by which the construction of each facility to be constructed will commence if the
director determines that sufficient funds have been collected to complete financing on an incomplete public
improvement. In preparing the report, the director shall adjust the estimated costs of the public
improvements in accordance with the Engineering Construction Cost Index as published by Engineering
News Record for the elapsed time period fi.om the previous July 1 or the date the cost estimate was
developed.
B. The city council shall review the report at a noticed public hearing held not earlier than fifteen days after
the report is made available to the public. Within five years following the adoption of any impact authorized
by this chapter, and every five years thereafter, the city council shall make the findings required by
Government Code Section 66001 for all impact fees authorized by this chapter, except that such findings
are not required for sewer and water impact fees. At any time the city council may revise the impact fee
program to include additional projects not foreseen as being needed, provided that the appropriate findings
required by the Mitigation Fee Act and other appropriate state law are made.
C. In addition to the procedures identified in subsection B of this section, the development impact fees and
studies shall be comprehensively updated (1) in conjunction with or following a comprehensive general plan
update; (2) when the city council determines that growth has occurred at rates significantly above the
estimates set forth in the general plan such that additional or different fees and facilities are needed; or (3)
more fi.equently if directed by the city council, by ordinance, or, if authorized by this chapter, by resolution
after a noticed public hearing.
(Ord. 2283 §§ 2 (part), 2001)
16.20.200 Implementation.
The city council may adopt by resolution any administrative procedures necessary to carry out the intent
of this chapter. (Ord. 2283 §§ 2 (part), 2001)
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