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HEARING - Community Development Services, Planning and Building Department, recommending the Board adopt and authorize the Chair to sign Resolution 172-2017, thereby adopting the 2017 Traffic Impact Mitigation Fee Schedule Update, including the updates for cost adjustments in the Traffic Impact Mitigation Fee Nexus Study. (Est. Time: 15 Min.)
FUNDING: Funding for the Traffic Impact Mitigation Fee Schedule Update is included in the adopted Fiscal Year 2017/18 budget and is provided by the Traffic Impact Mitigation Fee Program and Road Fund.
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DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATION
Community Development Services (CDS), Planning and Building Department, Long Range Planning Unit, recommending the Board adopt and authorize the Chair to sign Resolution 172-2017, thereby adopting the 2017 TIM Fee Schedule Update, including the updates for cost adjustments in the TIM Fee Nexus Study.
DISCUSSION/BACKGROUND
A TIM Fee is a fee levied by a local government or public agency to ensure that new development projects pay for all or their portion of the costs of providing public infrastructure or services to the new development. Since 1984, the County has adopted and updated various TIM Fee Programs to ensure that new development on the County’s West Slope pays the costs of constructing and improving County and State roads necessary to serve new development. The TIM Fee is paid at the time of issuance of a building permit, e.g., for a single family home or non-residential buildings. TIM Fees are calculated pursuant to Government Code 66000 et. seq. (the Mitigation Fee Act) and the County’s General Plan policy. Generally, fees are based on the type of land use, quantity, location, and impact on roads and highways.
TIM Fee funded projects are Capital Improvement Program (CIP) projects that are needed to accommodate new development projected over the next 20 years, which includes roadway widenings, interchange improvements, etc. Since these new projects are needed to acc...
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