HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESO 9494Resolution No 9494
Resolution of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Amending the City's
Fee Schedule to Adopt Rates for the Public Safety Facility Development
Fee and the General Government Facility Development Fee
RECITALS
A. Pursuant to Chapter 16.58 of the Municipal Code, the City levied
development impact fees upon new development in order to fund costs associated with
public facilities needed to provide services to such development.
B. Section 16.58.080 of the Municipal Code authorizes the levy of a Public
Safety Facility Development Fee to fund police and fire facilities (including fire apparatus
and vehicles) and a General Government Facility Development Fee to fund facilities
associated with· municipal administration. Collectively, these fees are referred to in this
Resolution as the "Fees."
C. At the request of the City, David Taussig & Associates has prepared a report
entitled "Development Impact Fee Justification Study, City of Palo Alto", dated
December 10, 2014 (the "Study"). The Study (i) identifies planned public safety and
general government facilities (the "Facilities") eligible for funding through the Fees, (ii)
studies facility costs that are allocable to new development; and (iii) recommends rate
schedules for the Fees that will equitably charge such costs to new development. The
Study is on file in the Office of the City Clerk, available for public inspection, adopted by
the City Council, and incorporated herein by reference.
D. On February 9, 2015, the City Council held a public hearing regarding the
proposed rates for the Fees.
E. The City Council now desires to set rates for the Fees and to amend the
City's Fee Schedule to include such rates.
The Council ofthe City of Palo Alto RESOLVES as follows:
SECTION 1. The rates for the Fees shall be as set forth in Attachment "A" to
this Resolution, which is incorporated herein by reference and adopted as an
amendment to the municipal fee schedule. These rates may be revised by resolution or
ordinance of the City Council
SECTION 2. The City Council finds that (i) there is a reasonable relationship
between the need for the Facilities and the development projects on which the Fees will
be imposed; (ii) there is a reasonable relationship between the Fees' use and
development projects on which the Fees will be imposed; and (iii) the Fees do not
exceed the estimated reasonable cost of providing the Facilities. The basis for these
findings are set forth in more detail in the Study, and the City Council adopts such basis
as set forth in the Study.
SECTION 3. The rates set by this Resolution shall be effective on the sixty-first
day following its adoption.
INTRODUCED AND PASSED: February 9, 2015
AYES: BERMAN, BURT, DUBOIS, FILSETH, HOLMAN, SCHARFF, SCHMID, WOLBACH
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ABSENT: KNISS
ABSTENTIONS:
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NEW IMPACT FEE RATES*
Impact Fee Residential Fees Non-Residential Fees
(per unit) (per 1,000 square feet)
Single Multi-Commercial Office/ Industrial
Family Unit Institutional
Public Safety Facilities $996 $797 $557 $743 $186
General Govt. Facilities $1,255 $1,004 $702 $937 $234
TOTAL $2,251 $1,801 $1,259 $1,680 $420
*These rates shall become effective 61 days after Council adoption of Resolution
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