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Department of Transportation recommending the Board adopt and authorize the Chair to sign Resolution 048-2023 approving the revised Traffic Impact Fee (TIF) Administrative Manual.
FUNDING: Traffic Impact Fee Program.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
A Traffic Impact Fee (TIF) is a fee levied by a local government or public agency to ensure that new development projects pay for the costs of providing transportation infrastructure or services required for the new development. Since 1984, the County has adopted and updated various Traffic Impact Fee Programs to ensure that new development on the western slope pays the costs of constructing and improving County and State roads necessary to serve new development. The TIF is paid at the time of issuance of a building permit (e.g., for single family home or non-residential buildings). TIF are calculated pursuant to Government Code 66000 et. seq. and the County’s General Plan policy. Generally, fees are based on the type of land use, quantity, location, impact on roads, and level of service.
TIF-funded projects are Capital Improvement Program (CIP) projects that are needed to accommodate new development projected over the next 20 years, which may include new roadways, roadway widenings, roadway intersection improvements, interchange improvements, transit, etc. Since these new projects are needed to accommodate new development, there is a nexus, pursuant to the Mitigation Fee Act, to charge new development a fee to pay for these new projects.
An Administrative Manual was created so that staff could consistently administer the fee program for all projects required to pay a Traffic Impact Mitigation (TIM) Fee. The original Administrative Manual was structured to be consistent with the TIM Fee Ordinance, which went into effect on February 13, 2017. On January 24, 2017 (Item 31, Legistar 14-0245 v24), the Board adopted Resolution 001-2017 implementing the TIM Fee Administrative Manual. The Administrative ...
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