HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCES - 11101987 - 87-98 ORDINANCE NO. 87-98
(Establishing Contra Costa 'County Fire Protection
District Area Development Fees)
The Board of Supervisors of the County of Contra Costa
ordains as follows:
SECTION I. AUTHORITY. This Ordinance is enacted pursuant to
Division 818 of the County Ordinance Code (Ord. 86-49) .
SECTION II. NOTICE AND HEARING. This Ordinance is adopted
pursuant to the procedure set forth in Government Code Sections
54986, 54992 and 65962, and all required notices have been given
and public hearings held.
SECTION III . SERVICE AREA. The service area affected by this
Ordinance shall be the entire service area and territory of, the
Contra Costa County Fire Protection District.
SECTION IV. EXISTENCE OF OVEREXTENSION. Based upon the findings
submitted by the Fire Chief of the Contra Costa County Fire
Protection District (which have been reviewed and considered by
this Board) , evidence presented at the public hearing, and
information known to this Board, it is hereby determined that the
fire protection facilities within the service area for the Contra
Costa County Fire Protection District are not adequate to serve
the fire protection needs of said service area and that, as such,
said fire facilities -are overextended.
.' SECTION V. FEES. On and after the effective date of this
Ordinance the following fees shall be collected pursuant to this
Ordinance and County Ordinance Code Sections 818-6.202 and 818-
6.210 (Ord. 86-49) :
A. Fire Protection Facilities Fee. Each person who applies
for a building permit within the service area affected by this
Ordinance (hereinafter "Applicant" ) shall, at the time of such ,
Application and prior to issuance, pay a fire protection
facilities fee in accordance with the following schedule:
Single Family Residential $300.00 per dwelling unit
Multi-Family Residential $200.00 per dwelling unit
Mobile Home Residential $200.00 per dwelling unit
All Other .New Construction $ 0.20 per sq. ft.
. B. Administration Fee. In addition to the foregoing, each
Applicant, at the time of application for and prior to the
issuance of a building permit, shall pay an administration fee,
which is determined to be the estimated average cost of processing
the permit, and which shall be- computed as follows:
For All Residential Construction $20.00 per dwelling unit
For Non-Residential Construction A sum equal to 1% of the
fire protection facilities
fee.
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SECTION VI PLAN AND ACCOUNT. On January 14, 1986 a proposed five
year construction and financing plan for fire facilities
improvements adopted by the District was approved by the County.
A revised version of the plan was approved by the Board on March
17, 1987 . A separate account entitled Contra Costa County Fire
Protection District Area Development Fees" is hereby established
(Trust Fund No.' 8504 ) and its funds appropriated therefor. All
fire protection facilities fees collected pursuant to this
Ordinance shall be placed in said account for expenditure and the
incurring of obligations to implement the said five year plan.
SECTION VII SEVERABILITY. If any fee or provision of this
Ordinance is held invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent
jurisdiction, that holding shall not affect the validity or
enforceability of the remaining fees or provisions, and the Board
declares that it would have adopted each part of this Ordinance
irrespective of the validity of any other part.
SECTION VIII . DELAY. If for any reason, this Ordinance's fees
are not collected as provided in Section V, they shall also be due
and paid at the date of the final inspection, or the date the
certificate of occupancy is issued, whichever occurs last.
SECTION IX. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordinance shall become
effective 60 days after passage, and within 15 days of passage,
shall be published once with the names of the Supervisors voting
for and against it in the Contra Costa. Times, a newspaper of
general circulation published in this County.
PASSED and ADOPTED on November 10 , 1987, by the following
vote:
AYES: Supervisors Powers, Schroder, Torlakson, Mcpeak.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Fanden.
ABSTAINMne,
ATTEST. PHIL BATCHELOR,
Clerk of the Board of Chairperson, Board of
Supervisors and County Supervisors
Administrator
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