TRANSPORTATION CORRIDORY AGENCY - PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE - EST 1986

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rr^ - 12/17jt5 ORDINANCE NO. NS- AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA ADDING SECTION 8 -45 TO THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE ADOPTING A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE AND BRIDGE FEE PROGRAM WHEREAS, Government Code Section 66484.3 authorizes the City to require by ordinance the payment of a fee as a condition of approval of a final subdivision map or as a con- dition of issuing a building permit for the purpose of de- fraying the cost of constructing major thoroughfares and bridges; and WHEREAS, the City Council desires to adopt such a fee program in order to insure that future development shall pay a share of the costs of constructing transportation systems adequate to serve that development. NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Santa Ana does ordain as follows: SECTION l: That the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended by adding a section, to be numbered 8 -45, which said sec- tion reads as follows: Sec. 8 -45. Major Thoroughfare and Bridge Fee a. A building permit applicant, as a condition of issuance of a building permit, shall pay a fee as hereinafter established to defray the costs of constructing bridges over waterways, rail- ways, freeways and canyons, or constructing major thoroughfares. b. Definitions. (1) The term construction -as used in this section includes preliminary studies, de- sign, acquisition of right -of -way, administration of construction contracts, and actual construction. (2) The term "major thoroughfare" means those roads designated as transportation cor- ridors and major, primary, secondary, or commuter highways on the Master Plan of Arterial Highways, the Circulation Element of the General Plan. The primary purpose of such roads is to carry through traffic and provide a network connecting to the State highway system.