Transportation Impact Fee

“The purpose of this chapter is to regulate the use and development of land so as to assure that new development bears a proportionate share of the cost of capital expenditures necessary to provide a regional transportation system consistent with the Circulation Element of the Metropolitan Bakersfield General Plan.”

“Funds collected from transportation impact fees shall be used for the purpose of capital improvements to transportation facilities associated with the 'Regional Transportation Facilities List.' Such improvements shall be of the type as are made necessary by the new development. No funds shall be used for periodic or routine maintenance. Funds shall be used exclusively for capital improvements within the city or for projects outside the city but within the Bakersfield Metropolitan General Plan area which are a direct benefit to the city.”

“any person who applies to the city for the issuance of a building permit to make an improvement to land for one of the uses which is specified in the current resolution adopting the transportation impact fee schedule, and which will generate or attract additional traffic, shall be required to pay a transportation impact fee in a manner and amount set forth in this chapter provided that the land development activity is consistent with the designations of the Metropolitan Bakersfield General Plan.”

1992 (original); Core/Non-Core split adopted September 2003

“The purpose of this chapter is to regulate the use and development of land so as to assure that new development bears a proportionate share of the cost of capital expenditures necessary to provide a regional transportation system consistent with the Circulation Element of the Metropolitan Bakersfield General Plan. (Ord. 4150 §1, 2003; Ord. 3736 §1, 1996; Ord. 3513 §1, 1993; Ord. 3429 §1, 1992)”

“The purpose of this chapter is to regulate the use and development of land so as to assure that new development bears a proportionate share of the cost of capital expenditures necessary to provide a regional transportation system consistent with the Circulation Element of the Metropolitan Bakersfield General Plan. (Ord. 4150 §1, 2003; Ord. 3736 §1, 1996; Ord. 3513 §1, 1993; Ord. 3429 §1, 1992)”

at building permit

“For all projects, the fee payer shall pay the transportation impact fee required by this chapter and any required local mitigation fee to the appropriate city department, as determined by the administrator, at the time of issuance of a building permit.”

“'Administrator' means the city public works director or designee.”

“The following shall be exempted from payment of the transportation impact fee if claimed at the time of application for a building permit: Alterations or expansion of an existing building or use of land where no additional living units will be produced over and above those in the existing use of the property, the use is not changed, and where no additional vehicular trips will be produced over and above those produced by the existing use. Construction of accessory buildings or structures which will not produce additional vehicular trips over and above those produced by the principal building or use of the land. The replacement of a lawfully permitted building, mobile home or structure... with a new building, mobile home, or structure of the same use and at the same location, provided that no additional vehicular trips will be produced over and above those produced by the original use of the land. A building permit for which the transportation impact fee thereof has been or will be paid or otherwise provided for pursuant to a written agreement, zoning approval or development agreement... A building permit which does not result in any additional generation or attraction of traffic as determined by the administrator.”

“Transportation fee credits may be granted under the following procedures and when proper claims are made at the time of application for a building permit. Credit requests for construction of any facility included in the Regional Transportation Facilities List require: A project description in sufficient detail; and A complete cost estimate consistent with the unit costs established by the Regional Transportation Facilities List... Credit requests for land dedication included in the Regional Transportation Facilities List require: A deed to convey title to the appropriate governmental body... Notwithstanding the above, no credit shall be given for local roads or payments to special assessment or taxing districts... Credits granted under this section shall not exceed the actual documented costs, or, the facility's Regional Transportation Facilities List total cost, whichever is less... the total credit granted for any one development shall not exceed the total transportation impact fees attributable to that same development.”

“(escalation mechanism) "Each fiscal year, the administrator shall present to the city council a proposed fee schedule as defined in Section 15.84.030. The fee schedule shall be adjusted annually by the annual Construction Cost Index. Also, the fee schedule shall be evaluated to account for changes in the Regional Transportation Facilities List, changes in cost estimates for the various projects on the list, and any other item which would change new developments proportionate share of the cost of the Regional Transportation Facilities List. This fee schedule shall be adopted by a resolution of the city council following a noticed public hearing.”