Northeast Area Greenbelt Fee

“The purpose of this article is to establish a traffic facility construction and fee requirement, an urban design facilities construction and fee requirement, a public facilities construction and fee requirement, a park and recreational facilities construction and fee requirement, and a Northeast Area facility construction and fee requirement that impose upon future development projects an equitable share of the cost of mitigating future public facilities demands created by such projects. (Ord. No. 2013-11, § 2.)”

“As part of the prior Northeast Area Fee report, the City determined that the greenbelt preservation obligation associated with proposed new development in the Northeast of the City is for the acquisition of conservation easements of 200 acres at an estimated cost of $7,000 per acre (consistent with prior 2003 cost estimates). ... Areas to be preserved are generally on the west and east side of Peabody Pool currently preserved either via conservative easement or Development Agreement. As a result, new residential development in the Northeast Area will be required to fund $1.6 million through a greenbelt fee.”

“Except as otherwise provided in this article, a developer of property in the Northeast Area shall pay the following development impact fees pursuant to the procedures set forth in this article and in an amount established by resolution of the City Council: ... c. Northeast Area Greenbelt Fee.”

2013 (Ord. No. 2013-11, § 2; subsection re-enacted by Ord. No. 2022-12, § 3)

“25.1505 Establishment of northeast area development impact fees. Except as otherwise provided in this article, a developer of property in the Northeast Area shall pay the following development impact fees pursuant to the procedures set forth in this article and in an amount established by resolution of the City Council: a. Northeast Area Traffic Impact Fee. b. Northeast Area Linear Park Fee. c. Northeast Area Greenbelt Fee. ... (Ord. No. 2013-11, § 2; Ord. No. 2022-12, § 3.)”

Ordinance No. 2013-11, § 2, as amended by Ordinance No. 2022-12, § 3

“25.1505 Establishment of northeast area development impact fees. Except as otherwise provided in this article, a developer of property in the Northeast Area shall pay the following development impact fees pursuant to the procedures set forth in this article and in an amount established by resolution of the City Council: a. Northeast Area Traffic Impact Fee. b. Northeast Area Linear Park Fee. c. Northeast Area Greenbelt Fee. ... (Ord. No. 2013-11, § 2; Ord. No. 2022-12, § 3.)”

at building permit issuance, by Fairfield Municipal Code s. 25.1506

“Fairfield Municipal Code s. 25.1506, "Payment of fees": "Pursuant to California Government Code Section 66007(b), the City has established reserve accounts and appropriated funds to those accounts ... Therefore, fees required by this article shall be paid at the time of issuance of a building permit for a development."”

City of Fairfield, the agency that levies it. City of Fairfield, Community Development - Building Safety Division

“CITY OF FAIRFIELD / COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT - BUILDING SAFETY DIVISION / DEVELOPMENT FEES ... NOTE: The fee schedule mentioned above only includes the fees that are collected with the building permit.”

“Non-residential development in the Northeast Area pays transportation fees, but not linear parks or greenbelt preservation fees.”

“b. A developer shall be entitled to a credit to the amount of fees required by this article to the extent that the developer constructs, pursuant to City standards and requirements, public facilities that were included in the project lists used to determine the fees established pursuant to this article. 1. Credits shall be earned when the Developer has entered into an improvement agreement with the City to construct such public facility. The City is not obligated to enter into such improvement agreement with the Developer.”