Sec. 21-303. - Applicability of fees.

(a)

A commercial and industrial park and recreational facility development impact fee shall be charged upon approval for the following new development within the Goleta planning area:

(1)

The construction or installation of any new commercial or industrial buildings, including any additions to such existing buildings which add more than five hundred square feet of floor area.

(Ord. No. 4341, § 1)

Sec. 21-304. - Exemptions.

The following will be exempted from payment of the commercial and industrial park and recreational development impact fees referenced herein:

(a)

Any development project that has no park and recreational facility impact, as defined by section 21-301(i) of this ordinance.

(b)

Any development project that does not require a building permit that allows for the erection, moving, alteration, or improvement within the county.

(Ord. No. 4341, § 1)

Sec. 21-305. - Timing of fee payment.

(a)

Imposition of Fees.

(1)

Fees shall be imposed at the time of approval of any discretionary permit for development or, if the fees could not have been lawfully imposed as a condition of discretionary approval, at the time of any other subsequent permit required for the development to proceed, including but not limited to building permits.

(2)

When the applicant applies for a new permit following the expiration of a previously issued permit for a development project for which fees were paid, another fee payment is not required unless (i) the project has been changed in a way that alters its park and recreational impact, or (ii) the schedule of fees has been amended since the previous approval. In this event, the applicant shall pay the appropriate increase or decrease in the fees.

(3)

When fees are paid for a development project and the development project is abandoned without any further action beyond the obtaining of a permit or an approval, the payor shall be entitled to a refund of the fees paid, less a portion of the fees sufficient to cover costs of collection, accounting for and administration of the fees paid.

(b)

Payment of Fee.

(1)

Except as set forth in subsection (2) below, commercial and industrial park and recreational facility development impact fees shall be paid on the date the final inspection is approved.

(2)

The county shall require the payment of fees at an earlier time if the fees will be collected for public improvements of facilities for which an account has been established and funds appropriated and for which the county has adopted a proposed construction schedule or plan prior to final inspection, or the fees are to reimburse the local agency for expenditures previously made.

(3)

No building permit for any development project shall be issued unless a contract has been executed to pay the fees, and no final inspection for any development project shall be approved unless fees have been paid.

(Ord. No. 4341, § 1)