HomeMy WebLinkAbout61 - Ordinances ORDINANCE NO. 61
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CI%Y OF RANCHO
CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING A SYSTEMS DEVELOPMt~NT
FEE ON NEW DEVEIOPM~NT IN THE CITY.
The City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga, California
does ordain as follows:
SECTION 1: There is hereby imposed by this ordinance a fee
to provide a predictable and equitable funding source for capital improvements
by requiring those developing property to "buy into" the pre-existing
City infrastructure so that the impact of new growth on existing improvements
will be borne equitably by new development.
SECTION 2: Fee Schedule. The Systems Development Fee
schedule and corresponding method of fee payment shall be in conformance
with and equal to an amount as set by Resolution by the City Council of
of the City of Rancho Cucamonga.
SECTION 3: Payment of Fee. Any applicant for building
permit for a new development shall pay the Systems Development Fee in
conjunction with payment of the building permit fee.
SECTION 4: Exemptions. Any parcel of land which, on the
date of application for a building permit, meets the following criteria
shall be exempt from paying a Systems Development Fee:
a. Alterations which do not increase the floor area of a
structure.
b. Additions to single family residential dwellings which do
not constitute the addition of a living unit as defined
by the building code;
SECTION 5: Segregation and Use of Revenues. Ail funds
derived from the Systems Development Fee are to be segregated by accounting
practices from all other funds of the City and shall be used for no
other purposes than the construction and expansion of City streets
and highway capital improvements to provide additional capacity and/or
safety capabilities required because of new development. Up to twentv-f~ve
(25%) of these funds may be expended for the purpose of planning and
engineering design and administrative services of such capital improve-
ments. Initial funds collected under this Ordinance may be utilized
to conduct Systems Planning studies designated by the City Council bv
Resolution.
Designation of expenditure of funds available from the Systems Develop-
ment Fee shall be made by the City Council. Funds may be accumulated
for expected future expansion costs.
SECTION 6: Severability. If any section sub-section, sub-
division paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase in the Ordinance, or
any part thereof, ~s for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional,
such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining sections
of portions of this Ordinance or any part thereof. The City Council
hereby declares that it would have passed each section, sub-section,
sub-division, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance
irrespective of the fact that any one or more ~ection, sub-section,
sub-divisions, paragraphs, sentences, clauses or phrases mav be de-
clared invalid or onconstitutionai.
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SECTION 7: The Mayor shall sign this Ordinance and the
City Clerk shall attest to the same, 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 18th day of April, 1979.
AYES: Mikels, Palombo, West, Frost.
NOES: None
ABSENT: Schlosser