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ORDINANCE NO. NS-1728
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA
AMENDING SECTION 8-44 OF THE SANTA ANA
MUNICIPAL CODE TO EXCLUDE OFF-STREET
VEHICLE PARKING FACILITIES FROM THE
TRANSPORATION SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT FEE
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA bNA DOES
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: That Section 8-44 of the Santa Ana
Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 8-44. Transportation system improvement
fee.
(a) In addition to any other charges, there
shall be a special fee required as a condition
precedent to the issuance of certain building
permits for construction or improvement on those
properties lying at least partially within any
portion of the city designated by resolution of
the city council as a transportation system im-
provement program area.
(b) The director of planning and develop-
ment services shall require the payment of a
special fee in the amount of one per cent of the
estimated cost of construction and improvement
for the transportation system improvement pro-
gram area before a building permit will be issued
when an application for a building permit indicates
the following:
(1) A construction or improvement project
which will result in an increase of floor area
is on a parcel of land which lies wholly or
partially within the boundaries of a transporta-
tion improvement program area; and
(2) The estimated cost of the proposed
construction or improvement, as determined by
the director of planning and development ser-
vices, will exceed twenty thousand dollars
($20,000.00). For purposes of this section
the valuation per square foot shall not exceed
that listed in the latest edition of "Building
Standards Magazine" containing a building val-
uation data chart.
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(c) The following construction and improve-
ment projects are specifically excluded from the
requirements of this section:
(1) Construction of single-family res-
idential units and accessory structures to be
constructed on parcels in any Residential Estate
("RE") or Single-Family Residence ("Ri") district.
(2) Tenant improvements and maintenance
work which will not increase the floor area of
existing structures.
(3) Off-street parking facilities,
whether surface or structured.
(d) Any resolution of the city council es-
tablishing a transportation system improvement
program area shall have affixed thereto a map
specifically describing the boundary of such
transportation system improvement program area
and shall be on file in the office of the clerk
of the council.
(e) The purpose of a transportation system
improvement program is to identify and designate
those areas where the transportation system may
experience a significant reduction in the level
of service unless corrective measures are insti-
tuted concurrent with increased transportation
demands. Fees collected for building projects
and improvements on properties in a transportation
systems improvement program area shall be used to
improve the transportation system within such area
when such improvements will substantially benefit
the transportation system within the area.
SECTION 2: If any section, subsection, sentence,
clause, phrase or portion of this ordinance is for any reason
held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any
court or competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not af-
fect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance.
The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby declares that
it would have adopted this ordinance and each section, sub-
section, sentence, clause, phrase or portion thereof irrespec-
tive of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections,
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sentences, clauses, phrases, or portions be declared invalid
or unconstitutional.
ADOPTED this 7th
day of ~a¥ , 1984.
~/. W~,~XEMBOURGER, ~yor
ATTEST:
E/Clerk of the Council
COUNCILMEMBERS:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Luxembourger Aye
Acosta Aye
Bricken Aye
Griset Aye
Johnson Aye
McGuigan Aye
Young Aye
EDWARD J/ C O~gR,
City Attorney