HomeMy WebLinkAbout75-B - Ordinances ORDINANCE NO. 75-B
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO
CUCAMONGA, AMENDING CHAPTER 13.08 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE
RELATIVE TO COMPREHENSIVE STORM DRAIN PLAN AND DRAINAGE
FEES
The City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga, California does
ordain as follows:
SECTION 1: Section 13.08 of the Rancho Cucamonga Municipal Code is
amended to read as follows:
13.08.010 Intent and purpose.
13.08.020 Drainage plan and local area.
13.08.030 Fees-Payment.
13.08.040 Fees-Amount.
13.08.050 Fees-Deposit and utilization.
13.08.060 Exceptions.
13.08.070 Single drainage fee payment.
13.08.080 Construction by developer-Reimbursement.
13.08.010 Intent and purpose. The city is seriously affected by
surface and storm waters and the continual subdivision and development of
property within the city has placed a serious demand on existing facilities
which handle surface and storm waters. In order to plan and develop drainage
facilities for the removal of surface and storm waters and to provide an
equitable manner for the apportionment of the cost of the development of such
facilities, the City Council does determine that a drainage plan must be
adopted and a drainage fee established to provide funds to be used for the
construction of the facilities described in the drainage plan. (Ord. 75,
Section 1, 1979).
13.08.020 Drainage plan and local area. The comprehensive storm
drain plans numbers 1 and 2, the index thereto and the appropriate plan sheets
for the area lying within the city limits of Rancho Cucamonga, together with
construction costs and other related material, which comprehensive storm drain
plans were prepared by the San Bernardino County Flood Control District, and
all revisions or amendments subsequently adopted by the City Council by
Resolution, are hereby found and declared to be the drainage plan for the
city. For the purposes of this chapter, planned drainage facilities shall mean
drainage contained within the drainage plan. The City Council finds that
drainage problems are approximately of equal magnitude in all areas of the
city, and declares that for the purposes of this chapter, all areas of the
city shall constitute one local drainage =rea. (Ord. 75, Section 2, 1979).
13.08.030 Fees-Payment.
A. As a condition of approval of a tentative map, a parcel map, the
waiver of a parcel map, director reviews, site approval, location and
development plan, conditional use permit, or the issuance of a building
permit, the city shall require the payment of a fee as provided in this
chapter for the purposes of defraying the actual or estimated cost of
constructing planned drainage facilities for the removal of surface and storm
waters from the local drainage area. The City Council finds that development
of property within the local drainage area will require construction of the
facilities described in the drainage plan, and the fees are fairly apportioned
on the basis of benefits conferred on the property in the local drainage area
and on the need for such facilities created by the proposed division or
development of property in the local drainage area. The City Council further
finds that the fee as to any property does not exceed the pro rata share of
the amount of the total actual or estimated cost of all facilities pursuant to
the drainage plan which would be assessable on any parcel of property if such
costs were apportioned on a per acre basis.
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B. Fees required to be paid by this chapter shall be paid at the
time of issuance of a building permit. (Ord. 75, Section 3, 1979).
13.08.040 Fees-Amount.
A. The fee required to be paid by this chapter is forty dollars and
fifty cents ($40.50) per one one-hundreth of an acre or fraction thereof.
B. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter the fee shall be
based on the area of the entire parcel with respect to which the building
permit is issued.
C. If the parcel with respect to which the building permit is
issued is larger than one acre, the fee shall be based on:
1. The area of the developed portion of the parcel. As used in
this chapter, the phrase "area of developed portion of the parcel" means the
~rea of that portion of the parcel lying within a single rectangle which
encloses all improvements, landscaped areas, storage areas, parking areas,
required access and required setback lines.
2. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision 1 of this
subsection, the fee shall not be based upon that portion of the area of the
developed portion of the parcel which was developed prior to the effective
date of the ordinance codified in this chapter, and which remains unchanged,
provided, however, that this exception shall not apply once the total area of
additions to structures, or new structures, constructed after the effective
date of the ordinance codified in this chapter, exceeds fifty percent of the
area of the structures on the parcel which existed on the effective date of
the ordinance codified in this chapter.
D. The amount of the fee and the area for which the fee shall be
considered paid shall be determined by the building official. (Ord. 75,
Section 1, 1980: Ord. 75, Section 4, 1979).
13.08.050 Fees-Deposit and utilization. The fee required to be
paid by this chapter shall be deposited in a "planned drainage facilities
fund" and shall be expended solely for the construction or reimbursement for
the construction of drainage facilities pursuant to the drainage plan or to
reimburse the city for the costs of engineering, planning and administrative
services to establish, design and construct the plan and facilities up to
twenty-five percent. Initial funds collected may be utilized for specific
planning and engineering studies as designated by resolution of the City
Council. (Ord. 75, Section 5,1979).
13.08.060 Exceptions. Drainage fees shall not be required as a
condition of the issuance of a building permit for:
A. Alterations;
B. Reconstruction;
C. An addition to a single-family residence when the addition does
not exceed six hundred fifty square feet in area;
D. Construction of garages, carports, storage buildings, patio
covers, swimming pools, and similar structures, accessory to a single family
residence. (Ord. 75, Section 6, 1979).
13.08.070 Single drainage fee payment. No portion of a parcel
shall be subject to payment of a drainage fee more than once. If a drainage
fee has been previously paid with respect to a parcel, or portion thereof,
credit shall be given for such prior payment, and a proper apportionment shall
be made, toward any fee payment required by this chapter. (Ord. 75, Section
7, 1979).
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13.08.080 Construction by developer-Reimbursement. Whenever the
construction of planned drainage facilities is necessary for the proper
drainage of a subdivision, the city may require the subdivider to construct
such facilities with credit being given by the city toward any fee payment
required by this chapter. If the cost of such construction exceeds the fee
which would otherwise be payable with respect to the subdivision, the City
Council will enter into a reimbursement a~reement with the developer. In the
event a reimbursement agreement is entered into, reimbursement shall be made
only after the fee required by this chapter is collected in connection with a
subdivision or development on other property in the area encompassed by the
reimbursement boundaries described in the reimbursement agreement. The basis
of reimbursement shall be the developer's actual cost of construction of the
planned drainage facilities. The term of a reimbursement a~reement shall be
as specified in the a~reement. (Ord. 75, Section 8, 1979).
SECTION 2: The Mayor shall sign this Ordinance and the City Clerk
shall cause the same to be published within fifteen (15) days after its
passage at least once in The Daily Report, a newspaper of general circulation
published in the City of Ontario, California, and circulated in the City of
Rancho Cucamonga, California.
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED this 2nd day of March, 1983.
AYES: Dahl, Buquet, Schlosser, Frost, Mikels
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
nD: MIkels~ Mayor
ATTEST: