HomeMy WebLinkAboutStaff Report 2411-3810CITY OF PALO ALTO
CITY COUNCIL
Special Meeting
Monday, December 02, 2024
Council Chambers & Hybrid
5:30 PM
Agenda Item
16.SECOND READING: Adoption of an Ordinance Amending the Municipal Fee Schedule to
Modify the Calculation for Park, Community Center and Library Development Impact
Fees from a per Unit to per Square Foot Basis; CEQA Status: Exempt Pursuant to
15061(b)(3). (FIRST READING: November 18, 2024 PASSED 7-0)
City Council
Staff Report
Report Type: CONSENT CALENDAR
Lead Department: City Clerk
Meeting Date: December 2, 2024
Report #:2411-3810
TITLE
SECOND READING: Adoption of an Ordinance Amending the Municipal Fee Schedule to Modify
the Calculation for Park, Community Center and Library Development Impact Fees from a per
Unit to per Square Foot Basis; CEQA Status: Exempt Pursuant to 15061(b)(3). (FIRST READING:
November 18, 2024 PASSED 7-0)
BACKGROUND
The City Council heard this item on November 18, 2024 for a first reading and approved it on a
7-0 vote. No changes were made to the ordinance, and it is now before the City Council for a
second reading.
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment A: Ordinance Amending the Fiscal Year 2025 Municipal Fee Schedule to Transition
Certain Development Impact Fees from Per-Unit to Per-Square Foot Fees
APPROVED BY:
Mahealani Ah Yun, City Clerk
***NOT YET APPROVED***
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Ordinance No. _____
Ordinance of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Amending the Fiscal Year 2025
Municipal Fee Schedule to Transition Certain Development Impact Fees from
Per-Unit to Per-Square Foot Fees
The Council of the City of Palo Alto ORDAINS as follows:
SECTION 1. Findings and Declarations. The City Council finds and declares as follows:
A. On September 28, 2021, the Governor of the State of California signed Assembly Bill 602,
effective January 1, 2022, amending the Mitigation Fee Act (California Government Code
Section 66000 et seq.). AB 602 set forth a number of standards and practices for a local
government conducting a nexus study to support a development impact fee.
B. One of the requirements of AB 602 is that a study adopted after July 1, 2022 must either
calculate the proposed fee proportionately to the square footage of the proposed units
or make specified findings explaining why square footage is not an appropriate metric.
C. The City of Palo Alto currently imposes Park, Community Center, and Library development
impact fees on a per-dwelling unit basis.
D. Program 3.1 (Fees Waivers and Adjustments) of the City of Palo Alto 2023-2031 Housing
Element calls for development impact fees for residential development to be converted
from a per-dwelling unit to a per-square foot standard.
E. The City Council has determined that square footage is an appropriate metric for
calculating Park, Community Center, and Library development impact fees imposed on
residential development and desires to amend the Fiscal Year 2025 Municipal Fee
Schedule accordingly.
SECTION 2. The Council of the City of Palo Alto amends the Fiscal Year 2023 Municipal
Fee Schedule by adopting the new fee for on-demand transit as set forth in Exhibit “A” and
incorporated here by reference.
SECTION 3. The Council finds that this ordinance is not a “project” under CEQA
because it has no potential for resulting in either a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect
change in the environment.
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***NOT YET APPROVED***
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SECTION 4. This ordinance shall be effective upon adoption as an amendment to the
City’s Fiscal Year 2025 budget.
INTRODUCED:
PASSED:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTENTIONS:
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Assistant City Attorney
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Mayor
APPROVED:
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City Manager
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Director of Planning and
Development Services
***NOT YET APPROVED***
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Attachment A
Planning and Development Services
Impact and In-Lieu Fees
Development Impact Fees - Residential
Single Family Multi-Family
Community Center Impact Fee
Note: ADUs under 750 sf exempt.
$1.45 per sq. ft. $3.44 per sq. ft.
Library Impact Fee
Note: ADUs under 750 sf exempt. $0.87 per sq. ft. $2.05 per sq. ft.
Park Impact Fee
Note: ADUs under 750 sf exempt. $18.78 per sq. ft. $44.50 per sq. ft.