HomeMy WebLinkAbout2020-003 - ResolutionRESOLUTION NO.2020-003
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF RANCHO
CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING A COST RECOVERY
FEE RELATED TO THE ETIWANDA HEIGHTS
NEIGHBORHOOD AND CONSERVATION PLAN
A. Recitals.
WHEREAS, the California Government Code allows the City to establish fees and charges for
municipal services, provided such fees and charges do no exceed the estimated reasonable cost
to the City in providing the service to which the fee or charge applies; and
WHEREAS, on October 2, 2019, the Rancho Cucamonga City Council adopted the Etiwanda
Heights Neighborhood & Conservation Plan (EHNCP), a new specific plan governing future
development in an area including 305 acres within City boundaries, and an additional 4,393 acres
in the City's Sphere of Influence that is in the process of annexation into the City; and
WHEREAS, Government Code Section 65456(a) provides that the legislative body, after
adopting a specific plan, may impose a specific plan fee upon persons seeking governmental
approvals which are required to be consistent with the specific plan; and
WHEREAS, Section 1.16.010 of the Rancho Cucamonga Municipal Code provides that the
City Council may adopt a resolution to establish a specific plan fee.
Now therefore, the City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga finds and resolves as follows:
SECTION 1: The City Council hereby specifically finds that all of the facts set forth in the Recitals,
Part A, of this Ordinance are true and correct.
SECTION 2: The City Council hereby specifically finds that the fees and charges set forth do not
exceed the estimated reasonable cost of providing the service for which the fee or charge be
levied.
SECTION 3: The City hereby amends Resolution 18-040, effective 60 days after the adoption of
this resolution, and adopts the following fees applicable to development within the EHNCP
boundaries to recover some of the costs associated with the preparation and adoption of the
Etiwanda Heights Neighborhood and Conservation Plan:
Fee per residential unit in the Neighborhood Area: $1,101 per unit
Fee per residential unit in the Rural Conservation Area: $1,914 per unit
Fee for commercial and other non-residential development: $.28 per square foot
These fees will be collected prior to issuance of the Certificate of Occupancy.
SECTION 4. The fees established in Section 3 above will be adjusted annually, commencing on
July 1, 2020, and each year thereafter, without further action of the City Council, based on the
Employee Cost Index for State and Local Government Employees, Total Compensation, during
the 12 month period ending on December 31st of the immediately preceding year, as released by
the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics and rounded to the nearest whole
dollar. If this index is discontinued, a replacement index, as determined by the City Council, shall
be utilized.
SECTION 5: The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of the Resolution.
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PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 19m day of February, 2020.
L. Dennis Michael, Mayor
ATTEST:
Janice C�. Rey Ids, City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO ) ss
CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA )
I, Janice C. Reynolds, City Clerk of the City of Rancho Cucamonga, do hereby certify
that the foregoing Resolution was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council of
the City of Rancho Cucamonga, at a Regular Meeting of said Council held on the 19th day of
February 2020.
AYES: Hutchison, Kennedy, Michael, Scott, Spagnolo
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAINED: None
Executed this 20th day of February, 2020, at Rancho Cucamonga, California.
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