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HEARING - Department of Transportation recommending the Board consider the following:
1) Adopt and authorize the Chair to sign Resolution 213-2024, which includes the updated Traffic Impact Fee (TIF) Nexus Study, and completes the 2024 Major Update to the Traffic Impact Fee Program; and
2) Find that adoption of the resolution is not a Project for purposes of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) because it is a government funding mechanism or other government funding activity within the meaning of CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(4).
FUNDING: Traffic Impact Fee Program.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
The Department of Transportation has been working on the Major Update to the Traffic Impact Fee (TIF) Program and the Capital Improvement Program (CIP) since the fall of 2023. This is the sixth and final Board meeting in the process. This final adoption is the culmination of the analyses performed and policy issues addressed.
The County’s TIF Program allocates the cost of roadway improvements based on the number of new vehicle trips generated in the PM peak hour for various land use types. Residential development includes new single-family and multi-family homes, as well as age-restricted single- or multi-family homes. For non-residential development, current land use categories include general commercial, hotel/motel/B&B, church, office/medical, and industrial/warehouse.
Most non-residential development generally falls into one of these above-listed categories, although a “per trip” fee may be charged when the County determines that use of the categories is not appropriate. This may be due to an uncommon land use or any other factors that, at the County’s sole discretion, render the category unrepresentative of the expected trip generation of the proposed land use. The alternate “per trip” method utilizes trip rates from the latest edition of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) Trip Generation Manual to create a more appropriate equiv...
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