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HomeMy WebLinkAbout095-86 BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DANVILT~ In the Matter of: ) ) An Ordinance Adding Chapter 43, ) ORDINANCE NO. 95 Residential Transportation ) Improvement Program Fee, For ) Circulation Improvements To Be ) Charged for Residential Development ) in Danville ) ) The City Council of the City of Danville DOES ORDAIN as follows: SECTION 1. A new Chapter 43 is added to Title 8 (Planning and Land Use) of the Danville Municipal Code to read as follows: "CHAPTER 43 RESIDENTIAL TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FEE Section 8-4301 Intent and Purpose Section 8-4302 Fee Requirement Section 8-4303 Time of Payment Section 8-4304 Credit Section 8-4305 Appeal Section 8-4301. Intent and PutDose. The City Council of the City of Danville declares that: (1) Improvements to the circulation system are needed to promote the health, safety and general welfare of the citizens of Danville. (The need for improvements is documented in the "County Public Works Department Road Deficiency Study, 1968", the "Transportation and Parking Analysis, October 1984" prepared by JHK and Associates, and the Danville General Plan.) (2) New development within the entire City will create an additional burden on the existing circulation systems. (3) The General Plan includes goals and objectives relating to minimizing congestion and maximizing safety in the circulation system. Modifications are needed to mitigate existing and potential future circulation impacts. PAGE 1 ORDINANCE NO. 95 (4) In order to implement the General Plan, and promote the health, safety and general welfare it is necessary (among other implementation methods) that new development pay a fee to compensate for the additional burden it places on existing circulation systems. (5) Fees collected will be used throughout the City area based upon a priority ranking determined by the City Council. The projects selected as priorities may not necessarily provide a direct benefit to a development making a contribution. (6) This ordinance is adopted under the police power of the City, Article XI, Section 7 of the California Constitution, and under the appropriate provisions of the Planning and Zoning Law of the State of California, Government Code sections 65000 et seq. Section 8-4302. Fee Requirement. A person who applies for a permit for the erection or construction of a new residential unit shall pay to the City a residential transportation improvement program fee for circulation improvements in an amount to be determined by resolution of the City Council. Section 8-4303. Time of Payment. The transportation improvement program fee shall be paid to the City of Danville before issuance of a building permit. Section 8-4304. Credit. The City Council may approve, or designate the Director of Development Services to approve, full or partial credit against the residential transportation improvement program fee for a person who: (1) has made substantial off-site, traffic- or parking-related improvements in connection with a development project approved within the three years before the effective date of this chapter; or (2) makes substantial off-site traffic- or parking-related improvements in connection with the current development project. To qualify for credit under this subsection, the PAGE 2 ORDINANCE NO. 95 dedication or improvement must exceed that required for similar development projects. Section 8-4305. Appeal. A decision by the Director of Development Services regarding a residential transportation improvement program fee imposed under this chapter may be appealed in accordance with the appeal provisions of Chapter 26-2 of the Ordinance Code of Contra Costa County, adopted by the City by reference." SECTION 2. Effective Date. Under Government Code section 65962(b), this ordinance becomes effective sixty (60) days after adoption. SECTION 3. Publication. The City Clerk shall either a) have this ordinance published once within 15 days after adoption in a newspaper of general circulation or b) have a summary of this ordinance published twice in a newspaper of general circulation, once five days before its adoption and again within 15 days after adoption. The foregoing ordinance was introduced at a meeting of the City Council of the City of Danville held on August 4 1986, and approved and ordered published at a meeting of the City Council of the City of Danville held on August 18 1986, by the following vote: AYES: Lane, Mcr~eely~ ~.~ fe~artz, Sch]end~rf NOES: None ABSENT: ~nnett MAYOR ATTEST: PAGE 3 ORDINANCE NO. 95