HomeMy WebLinkAbout2009-05-12; City Council; CS-028; Revising the Traffic Impact Fee...1
ORDINANCE NO. CS-028
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
3 CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING TITLE 18, CHAPTER
18.42, OF THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE REVISING
4 THE TRAFFIC IMPACT FEE.
5 The City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, hereby ordains as follows:
6 SECTION 1: That Title 18, Chapter 18.42 of the Carlsbad Municipal Code is amended
7 by the amendment of Section 18.42.050(a) to read as follows:
0 "18.42.050 Fee.8
(a) A traffic impact fee of two hundred sixty-five dollars ($265) for each average daily trip
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generated by a residential project and a traffic impact fee of one hundred six dollars ($106) for
10 each average daily trip generated by a commercial or industrial project, pursuant to Section
18.42.020(e), shall be paid by the owner or developer prior to issuance of any building permit or
12 occupancy permit for a project. The traffic impact fee shall be adjusted annually as part of the
13 Capital Improvement Program budget process, by two percent or the annual percentage change in
14 the Caltrans Construction Cost Index (12-month index), whichever is higher."
15 SECTION 2: That Title 18, Chapter 18.42 of the Carlsbad Municipal Code, Section
18.42.050(d) is repealed.16
EFFECTIVE DATE: The Ordinance NS-885 was adopted at a noticed public hearing at
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which time the City Council of the City of Carlsbad also considered the Traffic Impact Fee Update
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Study which study and associated information was available to the general public for a period of at
19 least fourteen (14) days prior to the public meeting. The fee established by that ordinance applies
20 to the issuance of any building permit, for any residential, commercial or industrial development.
21 The Ordinance NS-890 temporarily reducing the fee established by Ordinance NS-885 for a one-
22 year period becoming effective on June 30, 2008 was adopted on May 15, 2008. Ordinance NS-
23 CS-028 reduces the fee established by NS-885 and shall become effective on July 1, 2009. The
24 City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Ordinance and cause it to be published at least once
25 in a publication of general circulation within fifteen days after its adoption.
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INTRODUCED AND FIRST READ at a regular meeting of the Carlsbad City Council on
the 5th day of May, 2009, and thereafter.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the
City of Carlsbad on the 12th day of May, 2009 by the following vote to wit:
AYES: Council Members Lewis, Kulchin, Hall and Blackburn.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Council Member Packard.
ABSTAIN: None.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY
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RONALD R. BALL, City Attorney
ATTEST: