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HomeMy WebLinkAboutNS-2197 - Amending Section 8-44 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code to Apply Transportation System Improvement Program Fees to Single-Family Residential DevelopmentORDINANCE NO. NS- 2197 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AMENDING SECTION 8-44 OF THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE TO APPPLY TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FEES TO SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA 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 improvement program area. (b) The building official shall require the payment of a special fee in such amount as the city council shall set by resolution 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 transportation improvement program area; and (2) The estimated cost of the proposed construction or improvement, as determined by the building official, 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 valuation data chart. (c) The following construction and improvement projects are specifically excluded from the requirements of this section: (1) Tenant improvements and maintenance work which will not increase the floor area of existing structures. (2) Off-street parking facilities, whether surface or structured. (d) Any resolution of the city council establishing a ORDINANCE NS-2197 ~ Page 2 17~ 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 instituted 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: Any single-family residential development which would be exempt from the payment of transportation system improvement program fees under section 8-44 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code as it read immediately prior to the adoption of this ordinance shall continue to be exempt from the payment of such fees if a final tract or parcel map for such development has been filed for approval with the city of Santa Ana in accordance with the Subdivision Map Act of the State of California prior to May 17, 1993. SECTION 3: 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 of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect 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, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases, or portions be declared invalid or unconstitutional. SECTION 4: Neither the adoption of this ordinance nor the repeal hereby of any ordinance shall in any manner affect the prosecution for violation of ordinances, which violations were committed prior to the effective date hereof, nor be construed as affecting any of the provisions of such ordinance relating to the collection of any such license or penalty or the penal provision applicable to any violation thereof, nor to affect the validity of any bond or cash deposit in lieu thereof, required to be posted, filed or deposited pursuant to any ordinance and all rights and obligations thereunder appertaining shall continue in full force and effect. 0 0 0 0 0 ORDINANCE NS-2197 Page 3 ADOPTED this 7th day of June , 1993. ATTEST: Cie the'Council ~o-61~the COUNCIL~EMBERS: Young Aye Pulido Aye Lutz Aye Mills Aye Moreno Aye Norton Aye Richardson Aye Young~ / APPROVED AS TO FORM: city Attorney CERTIFICATE OF ORIGINALITY & PUBLICATION State of California County of Orange of Santa Ana on with the Charter of the City of Santa Aha. I, JANICE C. GUY, Clerk of the Council, do hereby certify the attached Ordinance to be the original ordinance adopted by the City Council of the City ~ - 7 - ~ -~ ; and that said ordinance was published in accordance Date: