Santa Barbara County Municipal Code § 21-72 Findings of fact

The board of supervisors finds that the development of property other than by means of a subdivision will contribute to the drainage, flood control and erosion problems of the areas specified in the drainage elements referred to in ordinances enacted under the State Business and Professions Code, section 11543.5. The board further finds that the development of land other than by subdivision will contribute to the drainage, flood control and erosion problems in the same relative proportions as the lands developed by subdivision. The board further finds that the development will require construction of the facilities described in the drainage element of the county master plan. The board further finds that the fees, as hereinafter specified, are fairly apportioned within the local drainage areas on the basis of benefits conferred on property proposed to be developed and on the need for local drainage facilities created by the proposed development within the local drainage area. The board further finds that the fees, as hereinafter specified, do not exceed, as to any property proposed to be developed within the local drainage area, the pro ratashare of the amount of the total actual or estimated cost of all facilities within the local drainage area which would be assessable on such property if such costs were apportioned uniformly on a per acre basis.

(Ord. No. 1554, § 2)

This division shall not apply to subdivisions nor to building permits for alterations or additions to existing buildings or structures.

(Ord. No. 1554, § 5)

The drainage facilities planned in the drainage element of the master plan are in addition to existing local drainage facilities serving the area at the time of the adoption of the drainage plan for the area.

(Ord. No. 1554, § 3)

In any area of the county where the drainage element of the county master plan has been adopted and a fee ordinance under the provisions of the State Business and Professions Code, section 11543.5, has been enacted and is in force, no building permit shall be issued for the original construction of a residence, commercial, industrial, school, church, shopping center or other building or structure or development unless and until a fee has been paid to the county in the amount of one hundred dollars per residential lot, or at the rate of five hundred dollars per acre for property to be developed as commercial, industrial, school, church, shopping center or other similar uses which substantially cover the ground and decrease the permeability of the soil, or at the rate of one hundred dollars per acre for property to be developed as park, golf course, green belt, agricultural or other similar uses which substantially preserve the permeability of the soil.

(Ord. No. 1554, § 4)

All fees paid to the county under the provisions of this division shall be deposited in the county treasury in the special fund created under the particular ordinance for that drainage area under the authority of the State Business and Professions Code, section 11543.5, which fund shall be maintained as a separate fund and expanded in the manner provided in the State Business and Professions Code, section 11543.5.

(Ord. No. 1554, § 6)

In any case in which the owner or developer or subdivider of land contributes cash or other valuable consideration approved by the board of supervisors toward the construction of the facilities included in the drainage element of the master plan, then such owner, subdivider or developer shall receive credit for such contribution upon the fees specified herein at the time such land is subdivided.

(Ord. No. 1554, § 7)