San Gabriel Municipal Code Ch. 154 Development Impact Fees

(A) Findings and purpose.

(1) One of the amenities that makes a city a desirable place to live and contributes to the quality of life is having adequate open space and recreational facilities within the city.

(2) The City Council desires to make sure that the city has adequate open space and recreational facilities to serve its existing and future residential population.

(3) The Open Space Chapter of the 2004 General Plan identifies a target of four acres of open space per 1,000 residents; the city does not have adequate facilities or funding to meet this target.

(4) The City Council's purpose in enacting this section is to implement an open space and recreation fee that will be imposed on new residential development to ensure that such development is funding a share of the costs of developing open space areas to help meet the 2004 General Plan standard of four acres of open space per 1,000 residents.

(B) Open space and recreation fee.

(1) An open space and recreation fee is hereby established to be imposed upon all new residential development in the city in an amount to be determined by resolution of the City Council. The amount of the fee shall not exceed the new development's fair share of the costs of developing new open space and recreation facilities, including the acquisition, design, construction, equipment and financing.

(2) The fees imposed by this section shall be deposited in the Park and Recreational Facilities Fund and shall be used only to finance the acquisition, expansion, and development of park, recreational and open space facilities that are needed as a result of new development within the city.

(C) Credit. Any person otherwise required to pay a fee under this section may, with city approval, receive a credit when that owner constructs a park, recreation or open space improvement. The credit shall offset, on a proportionate basis without interest, the park and recreation impact fee required to be paid under this section.

(Ord. 533-C.S., passed 11-16-04)

(A) Findings and purpose.

(1) Having adequate sewer capacity is essential to the health, well-being and quality of life of all of those who live and work within the city.

(2) The Community Facilities Chapter of the 2004 General Plan identifies a target sewer capacity of a peak factor of two times the average flow and half full capacity.

(3) Existing sewer capacity in the city is not sufficient to accommodate existing and future development within all areas of the city based on the target adopted in the 2004 General Plan.

(4) The City Council's purpose in enacting this section is to implement a sanitary sewer facility fee that will be imposed on new development throughout the city to ensure that such development is funding its share of the costs to upgrade the city's sewer system to handle the additional flow created by such development, with such systems to be sized to meet the General Plan standard.

(B) Sewer fee.

(1) A sanitary sewer system impact fee is hereby established to be imposed upon all new development in the city in an amount to be determined by resolution of the City Council. The amount of the fee shall not exceed the new development's fair share of the costs of the sanitary sewer improvements.

(2) The fees imposed by this section shall be deposited in a Sanitary Sewer System Facilities Fund and shall be used only to finance those sewer improvements, or portions thereof, that are identified by resolution of the City Council that are needed as a result of new development within the city.

(C) Credit. Any person otherwise required to pay a fee under this section shall receive a credit when that person constructs a portion of the sanitary sewer system that is to be funded by the fee.

(Ord. 533-C.S., passed 11-16-04)

(A) Findings and purpose.

(1) An adequate police department, which includes a facility large enough to accommodate the sworn and non-sworn staff, contributes to the safety, well-being and quality of life of all of those who live and work within the city.

(2) The Community Facilities Chapter of the 2004 General Plan includes a goal of providing a high level of police services for the city, which goal includes providing sufficient police facilities.

(3) The current police facilities are inadequate for the current population as well as new growth expected within the city. In order to provide adequate police facilities, it is necessary to upgrade the facilities in terms of both size and equipment.

(4) The City Council's purpose in enacting this section is to implement a police facilities fee that shall be imposed upon all new development within the city in order to ensure that such development is helping to pay its share of the costs in upgrading the city's police facilities.

(B) Police facility fee.

(1) A Police Facility fee is hereby established to be imposed upon all new development in the city in an amount to be determined by resolution of the City Council. The amount of the fee shall not exceed the new development's fair share of the costs of the new police facilities, including acquisition, design, construction and financing.

(2) The fees imposed by this section shall be deposited in the Police Facility Fund and shall be used only to finance the acquisition, design, and construction of new police facilities identified by resolution of the City Council that are needed as a result of new development within the city.

(Ord. 533-C.S., passed 11-16-04)

(A) Findings and purpose.

(1) An adequate fire department, which includes a facility large enough to accommodate staff and equipment, is essential to and contributes to the safety and quality of life of all of those who live and work within the city.

(2) The Community Facilities Chapter of the 2004 General Plan includes the goal of providing a high level of fire protection and emergency response, which goal includes the target of constructing new or modifying existing fire stations.

(3) Existing fire facilities within the city are inadequate for the current population as well as new growth expected within the city.

(4) The City Council's purpose in enacting this section is to implement a fire facility fee that will be placed on all new development in the city to ensure that such development is funding a share of the costs of upgrading the existing fire facilities.

(B) Fire facility fee.

(1) A fire facility fee is hereby established to be imposed upon all new development in the city in an amount to be determined by resolution of the City Council. The amount of the fee shall not exceed the new development's fair share of the costs of the new facility, including acquisition, design, construction and financing.

(2) The fees imposed by this section shall be deposited in the Fire Facility Fund and shall be used only to finance new fire facilities identified by resolution of the City Council that are needed as a result of new development within the city.

(Ord. 533-C.S., passed 11-16-04)

(A) Findings and purpose.

(1) Traffic congestion is one factor which leads to a deterioration in the quality of life, as well as wastes productive time of those caught in traffic.

(2) Traffic congestion and interrupted traffic flow are a problem within the city and this problem will continue to worsen as the city builds out.

(3) The Mobility Chapter of the 2004 General Plan identifies level of service “D” as the target to be attained for principal intersections throughout the city. This chapter also identifies the long-range improvements to streets and intersections that are required to meet the target.

(4) The City Council's purpose in enacting this section is to implement a traffic impact fee that shall be placed upon all new development within the city in order to ensure that such development is helping to pay its share of the costs in upgrading the city's traffic system to maintain a level of service “D” at all intersections of arterial streets as required by the current General Plan. Maintaining a level of service “D” at the intersections requires a level of service “C” for the associated roadway links.

(B) Traffic impact fee.

(1) A traffic impact fee is hereby established to be imposed upon all new development within the city in an amount to be determined by resolution of the City Council. The amount of the fee shall not exceed the new development's fair share of the costs of improvements which shall be based upon that portion of the costs of the improvements attributable to that development, based upon maintaining a level of service “D” at all intersections of arterial streets.

(2) The costs shall include design, construction, financing and acquisition costs.

(3) The fees imposed by this section shall be deposited in the Traffic Impact Fund and shall be used only to finance those roadway improvements identified by resolution of the City Council that are needed as a result of new development within the city.

(C) Credit. Any person otherwise required to pay a fee under this section shall receive a credit when such person constructs a portion of the roadway system that is to be funded by the fee.

(Ord. 533-C.S., passed 11-16-04)