HomeMy WebLinkAbout1994-09-20; City Council; NS-293; CMC 15.04/.08/20.08 adds & 20.09 repeal - Drainage area fees...a.
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ORDINANCE NO. NS-293
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, ADDING
TITLE 15 TO THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE TO ESTABLISH
DRAINAGE AREA FEES AND AMENDING TITLE 20 BY THE
AMENDMENT OF SECTION 20.08.130 AND THE REPEAL OF
CHAPTER 20.09
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11 WHEREAS, the Master Drainage Plan also includes a section requiring the implemc
12 of a Storm Water Quality Management Program pursuant to the Clean Water Act and the I+
13 Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit; and
14 WHEREAS, fees to implement the construction of various storm drain and water
15 enhancement improvements are set forth in the Master Drainage Plan; and,
16 WHEREAS, the City is authorized pursuant to Sections 65800 et seq, 66000 et I
x' 66410 et seq of the Government Code of the State of California to establish facility fees
WHEREAS, a report entitled "Master Drainage and Storm Water Quality Managemel
was completed in March 1994 and is incorporated as Exhibit A to this ordinance (her
referred to as the "Master Drainage Plan"; and,
WHEREAS, the Master Drainage Plan estimates the capital costs of construc
improvements to implement the Crty's Storm Drain Program; and,
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purpose of constructing public facilities needed or impacted by private development a(
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WHEREAS, the City Council has found that the drainage facility fees proposed p
to this ordinance are required for proper development of the City and that the facility c(
fair and accurate, and that the fees have been fairly apportioned within each Planne
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property within the Planned Local Drainage Fee Area; and, 26
need for such facilities created by the proposed development and the development (
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WHEREAS, the City Council has found that the Master Drainage Plan provides su 1
2 explanation as to how:
3 I. There is a reasonable relationship between the fee’s use and the type of develc projects upon which the fees are imposed.
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2. There is a reasonable relationship between the need for the Master Planned Dr Facilities and the type of development projects upon which the fees are imp
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3. There is a reasonable relationship between the amount of the drainage fee E cost of the drainage facilities attributable to development within each of the P Local Drainage Areas.
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9 those facilities and the fees are not levied for general revenue purposes; and,
WHEREAS, the fees so established do not exceed the reasonable costs of const
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commercial and industrial property and by maintaining the aesthetic environmental ball l4
threat of water born diseases and generally enhance property values by improving acc 13
quality of the City’s water resources, protect vital thoroughfares from flood damage, redl 1%
Master Drainage Plan have a general benefit to the public insofar as they improve thc 11
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that the drainage facilities included wii
the City; and,
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WHEREAS, a pro-rated cost to mitigate existing deficiencies with Master Plan dl
facilities within the existing developed areas will be funded through the imposition of dl
area fees on redevelopment and remodel projects; and,
WHEREAS, this study was available for public inspection and review at least ten (1
prior to this public hearing; and, i
WHEREAS, the City has mailed notice of this Council meeting to any and all parti
have filed wriien request to be notified of such meeting at least fourteen (14) days priol
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therein and to authorize expenditures for only those projects, bond payments o 27
to collect the fees so imposed and to maintain said fund or funds and the interest cc 26
WHEREAS, the Finance Director is directed to establish a new fund or funds ne(
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other income and amount of expenditure on each public facility. The fees deposited in thg 4
year determining the beginning and ending balances for the fiscal year and the fees, intere! 3
directed to make a report, at least annually, and within sixty (60) days of the close of the 2
construction activities set forth in the Master Drainage Plan. The Finance Director is fr
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8 City Council not less than fifteen (1 5) days after making said information available to the F
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Director is further directed to make this information available to the public and to report
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or funds shall not be commingled with any other fees or revenue of the City. The Fit
written findings that all or any portion of the fees remaining unexpended or uncommitted 10
The Finance Director shall monitor these funds so that, if required, the City Council may
1 1 fund for five (5) or more years are still necessary and needed for the purposes to which tl
12 is to be expended and demonstrate a reasonable relationship between that fee and the cc
13 the improvements.
14 NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California does ord
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l6 ll SECTION 1: That Title 20, Chapter 20.09 of the Carlsbad Municipal Code is t
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SECTION 2: That Title 15 entitled "Drainage Ordinance" is added to the Ca
Municipal Code to read as follows:
Chapter 15.04 (b) "Building Footprint" means
GENERAL REGULATIONS gross floor area of a structure measurec
the ground level elevation within
15.04.01 0 Title confines of the exterior wall surfaces.
This Title shall be known as the (c) "Master Drainage Plan" me'
"Drainage Ordinance." the report entitled "Master Drainage i
Storm Water Quality Management P~
15.04.020 Definitions. dated March, 1994 and any suppleme
For the purpose of this Title, the revision or modification thereto as may
following words or phrases shall be approved by City Council Resolution.
construed as defined in this section: (d) "Occupancy Permit" mean
(a) "Building Permit" means a permit required or issued pursuant
permit required by and issued pursuant to Chapter 21.60 of this code.
Chapter 18.04 of this code. (e) "Project" means on any prop
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subject to this chapter, any new building
permit or any redevelopment or remodel
permit wherein the building footprint is
increased by fifty (50) percent or greater
over the existing building footprint. (9 "Property subject to this chapter"
means any lot or parcel of land in the City.
(9) "Planned Local Drainage
Facility" means any storm drainage facility,
flood control facility or water quality
enhancement facility identified in the
Master Drainage Plan including drainage
easements, storm drain pipes, inlet
structures, outlet structure, sedimentation
and depollutant basins, drop structures, rip
rap, junction structures, environmental
mitigation measures, water quality
monitoring and testing equipment and
other improvements necessary to convey,
contain or enhance the quality of storm
water discharge.
(h) "Planned Local Drainage Area"
(PLDA) means one of four drainage areas
within the City identified within the Master
Drainage Plan. Separate Planned Local
Drainage Area (PLDA) fees are established
for each of the four drainage areas and
were calculated to be equal to or less than
the cost of the Planned Local Facility
Drainage improvements within each
respective PLDA.
Chapter 15.08
DRAINAGE AREA FEE
15.08.01 0 Purpose.
(a) This chapter imposes a fee to
pay for various storm drain improvements
within the City of Carlsbad. The amount of
the fee is based upon engineering analysis
and has been calculated to be equal to or
less than the cost of the drainage
improvement. The drainage improvements
funded by this fee are designated in the
report entitled "Master Drainage and Storm
Water Quality Management Plan" dated
March, 1994 on file with the City Engineer.
(b) This chapter is necessary to
ensure the completion of storm drainage,
flood control and water pollution control
improvements in a timely mann
concurrent with the need for SUI
improvements. The construction of tl
drainage improvements funded by this fl
will ensure compliance with the Cio
Growth Management standards relating
drainage facilities and with the water qual
improvement requirements of the Natior
Pollutant Discharge Elimination Systc
Permit issued for City storm draina!
facilities.
15.08.020 Prohibition of Development.
For any property subject to tt
chapter, notwithstanding any provision
this code to the contrary, no final or par
map shall be approved nor shall 2
building permit or occupancy permit
any project be issued and no person st
build, use or occupy any project, withc
first paying the fee established by,
otherwise complying with, this chapter.
15.08.030 Application Requirements.
In addition to any ott
requirements for a building per,
authorized pursuant to Title 18 of this Cc
and as established by the building offic
the applicant for a building permit shall:
(a) Submit a site plan showing 1
building footprint of all existing a
proposed habitable structures on 1
property subject to this chapter togetl
with a summary of the building footpl
areas for existing and propoa
structure(s).
(b) Pay the Planned Local Drain;
Area fee established by action of '
chapter.
(c) Subsections (a) and (b) of '
section shall apply to all new builc
construction, to all residential and n
residential remodels, enlargements
alterations where the proposed builc
footprint is increased by fifty (50) perc
or greater over the existing builc
footprint.
(d) This section shall not appl!
property which was subdivided s
Qctober 16, 1980 and for which
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subdivider for said property paid or
received credit for payment of any PLDA
fees.
15.08.040 Fee.
(a) The Planned Local Drainage
Area fee schedule shall be established by
City Council Resolution and shall be
considered part of this ordinance.
(b) A Planned Local Drainage Area
fee shall be paid by the owner or
developer prior to the issuance of any
building permit or occupancy permit or
prior to final or parcel map approval for a
project whichever occurs first. The
Planned Local Drainage Area fees shall be
adjusted annually based upon the January,
1994 Engineering News Record Los
Angeles Construction Cost Index of 549.1 3
based on the 1967 average = 100.
(c) If, as a condition of
development, the project owner or
developer is required to construct a
Planned Local Drainage facility, then the
developer may receive a credit against
payment of the Planned Local Drainage
Area fee. The amount of the fee credit
shall not exceed the facility cost as
estimated in the Master Drainage Plan plus
the adjustments provided for in subsection
(b) of this section. If the cost of the
Planned Local Drainage Facility installed by
the developer exceeds the amount of the
fee credit established by this subsection
the developer is eligible for reimbursement
on the balance of the facility costs
pursuant to section 15.08.080 of this
Chapter.
(d) The drainage fee paid for each
property subject to this chapter shall be
based upon the gross property acreage
(including easements and not more than
thirty (30) feet of the fronting street
right-of-way measured at right angles to the 1 property line along the full extent of the
street frontage) less any area of
constrained land as it may be defined in
section 21.53.230 and based upon the
runoff potential for the respective General
Plan designation for the property. The
runoff potential for each land UE
designation shall be as indicated with
Table 4-3 of the Master Drainage Plan.
(e) The applicant for a buildir
permit may request adjustment of the PLC
fees specified in this chapter upc
submittal of a written request to the Ci
Engineer. The request should include 2
explanation of the reason for the request€
adjustment and any documentation
support of the request. Upon review of tl
request, the City Engineer shall determil
whether to approve or deny the requestr
adjustment.
15.08.050 Exemption.
entities shall be exempt from the provisio
of this chapter.
15.08.060 Use of Fees.
Drainage Area Fees collect1
hereunder shall be segregated accordil
to their source and deposited into
planned local drainage facilities fu
established for each Planned Lo1
Drainage Area and the funds therein a
interest accruing thereto shall be expend
solely for the construction of or
reimbursement for construction of draina
facilities within the respective Plann
Local Drainage Area. All of the fc
collected shall be expended solely to bi
or finance Planned Local Drains
Facilities serving the City.
15.08.070 Assessment Districts.
If an assessment district or spec
taxing district is established for all or i
part of the area subject to this chapter
fund storm drain improvements which
or will be funded in whole or in part by
fee established by this chapter, the ow
or developer of a project may apply to
City Council for a credit against the fer
an amount equal to the assessment
taxes paid.
15.08.080 Reimbursement Agreements
The City Council may, at
Projects by public agencies
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discretion, enter into a reimbursement
agreement with a developer, when said
developer has constructed a Planned Local
Drainage Facility improvement.
Reimbursement shall be made only as fees
are collected in connection with the
development of other property in the same
Planned Local Drainage Area in which said
facilities were constructed. The schedule
of payments for the reimbursement shall
take into consideration the schedule of
Planned Local Drainage Facility
improvement construction contemplated in
the adopted Capital Improvement Program
and shall be made at the sole discretion of
the City Council. The amount of
reimbursement shall be limited to the actual
cost, including engineering and other
costs, of such facilities at the time they are
constructed. The term of reimbursement
agreements shall not exceed ten (10)
years. The payment of any reimbursement
shall be limited to the extent that funds are
available through the collection of the
PLDA Fees. If the amount of
reimbursement exceeds the cost of the
facility as estimated in the Master Drainas
Plan including the adjustments provided fc
in subsection 15.08.040(b), then the Ci
Council shall revise the facility fee schedu
accordingly. The developer requestir
reimbursement shall pay or recei\
appropriate fee credits based upon tt
revised fee schedule.
15.08.090 Advance of Funds bv City.
The City may advance money frc
any available source or fund for tl
construction of improvements which WOL
otherwise be paid for from fees collect1
pursuant to this chapter and reimbur
itself from future fees.
15.08.1 00 Expiration of Chapter.
This chapter shall be of no furtt-
force and effect when the City Coun
determines that the amount of fees whi
have been collected reaches an am01
equal to the cost of the storm drz
improvements.
l6 /I SECTION 3: That Title 20, Section 20.08.1 30 be amended to read as follows:
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"20.08.130 Drainaqe and sewer facilities -- Pavment of fees required.
Prior to filing of any final map or parcel map, the subdivider
shall pay or cause to be paid any fees for defraying the actual or
estimated costs of constructing planned drainage facilities for the
removal of surface and storm waters from local or neighborhood drainage
areas or sanitary sewer facilities for local sanitary sewer areas established
pursuant to Section 66483 of the Subdivision Map Act.
Payment of the fees for Planned Local Drainage Facilities shall
conform with the requirements of Chapter 15.08 of this code and shall be
paid prior to filing of the final or parcel map or issuance of building
permits whichever occurs first."
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once in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Carlsbad within fifteen (15) day 26
the City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this ordinance and cause it to be published i 25
EFFECTIVE DATE: This ordinance shall be effective sixty (60) days after its adoptic
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i1 1 ~JTRODUCED AND FIRST READ at a regular meeting of the Carkbad city Council
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on the 13th day of SEPTEMBER , 1994 by the following Vote to wit:
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Carisbad City CC
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held on the 20thday of SEPTEMBER , 1994 by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Council Members Lewis, Stanton, Kulchin, Nygaard, Finnila
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ATTEST:
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