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REL:mb 5/7/91 <br /> <br />RESOLUTION NO. 91-041 <br /> <br />A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF <br />THE CITY OF SANTA ANA SETTING THE <br />FIRE FACILITIES FEE AND DESIGNATING <br />THE FIRE FACILITIES FOR WHICH FEE <br />REVENUES MAY BE EXPENDED. <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, section 8-46 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code <br />("SAMC") establishes the authority for the city Council to set fees <br />on development to pay for fire facilities; <br /> <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE <br />CITY OF SANTA ANA AS FOLLOWS: <br /> <br /> 1. The fee charged pursuant to SAMC section 8-46 until July <br />1, 1990 shall be $0.37 per square foot of floor area in the <br />construction or improvement which is the subject of a building <br />permit application for which payment of a fee is required by said <br />section 8-46. On July 1, 1991 and thereafter on July i of each <br />calendar year, the fee shall be adjusted to reflect the percentage <br />of construction cost increase or decrease as published in the most <br />recent Engineering News Record Building Cost Index. <br /> <br /> 2. The purpose of the fee and the us9 to which the fee is to <br />be put are identified in SAMC 8-46. The public facilities to be <br />financed by the fee are identified in Exhibit A, attached hereto <br />and incorporated herein. <br /> <br /> 3. The fee applies to all types, of development projects <br />which include the construction of a building in excess of two <br />stories high. The use of the fee for the fire facilities <br />identified in this resolution and the need for those fire <br />facilities is reasonably related to such development projects <br />because the expanding number of such development projects create <br />the need for such fire facilities and are benefitted by the <br />availability of such fire facilities. <br /> <br /> 4. A building is exempt from the payment of the fee imposed <br />by this resolution in either of the following circumstances: <br /> <br />(a) State or Federal law requires such exemption; <br /> <br /> (b) Application for the building permit for such <br />building was filed pursuant to Chapter 3 of the Building Code prior <br />to the date on which notice of the public hearing on the fee <br />imposed by this resolution was first published; provided, however, <br />this exemption shall cease to apply if such application expires <br />without issuance of the building permit, or if the building permit <br />issued pursuant to such application expires without commencement of <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br /> <br />