Police Impact Fee

“In order to continue to provide effective law enforcement services to the citizens of the city of Hanford and to provide the necessary capital improvements to support said law enforcement services, the city council has determined that a police service development impact fee is needed in order to finance capital improvements for the city of Hanford police department so that effective police service can continue and to ensure that new development pays its share of the costs of these capital improvements. In establishing the development impact fee described in the following sections, the city council has found the development impact fee to be consistent with the city's general plan. (Ord. 98-14, 1998)”

“The revenues raised by payment of this development impact fee shall be placed in a separate and special account and such revenues, along with any interest earnings on that account, shall be used solely to: A. Pay for the capital improvements identified in the separate city council resolution enacted pursuant to Section 15.46.020 above, or to reimburse the city for funds advanced by the city or from other sources for such capital improvements; or B. Reimburse to developers who have been required or permitted by Section 15.46.050, to install such described capital improvements which are oversized with supplemental capacity. (Ord. 98-14, 1998)”

1998 (Ord. 98-14, codified as HMC ch. 15.46); current amount by Resolution 26-41-R (2026-06-16)

“In order to continue to provide effective law enforcement services to the citizens of the city of Hanford and to provide the necessary capital improvements to support said law enforcement services, the city council has determined that a police service development impact fee is needed in order to finance capital improvements for the city of Hanford police department so that effective police service can continue and to ensure that new development pays its share of the costs of these capital improvements. In establishing the development impact fee described in the following sections, the city council has found the development impact fee to be consistent with the city's general plan. (Ord. 98-14, 1998)”

“In order to continue to provide effective law enforcement services to the citizens of the city of Hanford and to provide the necessary capital improvements to support said law enforcement services, the city council has determined that a police service development impact fee is needed in order to finance capital improvements for the city of Hanford police department so that effective police service can continue and to ensure that new development pays its share of the costs of these capital improvements. In establishing the development impact fee described in the following sections, the city council has found the development impact fee to be consistent with the city's general plan. (Ord. 98-14, 1998)”

at building permit

“The police protection development impact fee established hereunder shall apply to the issuance of any building permit issued on or after the date identified in the separate city council resolution. (Ord. 98-14, 1998) | The separate city council resolution shall identify when the development impact fee shall be paid by each developer.”

City of Hanford, the agency that levies it

“NOT FOUND — no collecting-agency statement appears in the Development Impact Fees section. What the document does establish about a NEIGHBOURING agency is the opposite case: "The following applicable fees are not adopted by the City of Hanford. You must contact the agency for up-to-date fees.”

“The following shall be exempted from payment of the police protection development impact fee: A. Alterations of an existing building where no additional square footage is constructed, where the use is not changed, and where the need for law enforcement services is not increased over and above the need for law enforcement services from the existing use. B. The construction of accessory buildings or structures which will not produce additional need for law enforcement services over and above the need for law enforcement services associated with the principal building or from the existing use of the land. C. The replacement of a destroyed or partially destroyed building or structure with a new building or structure of the same size and use provided such replacement does not result in a need for increased law enforcement services over and above the need for law enforcement services from the original use of the building or structure. D. The installation of a replacement mobilehome on a lot or other such site when a police protection development impact fee for such mobilehome site has previously been paid pursuant to this chapter or where a mobilehome legally existed on such site on or prior to the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter. Any claim of exemption must be made no later than the time of application for a building permit or permit for mobilehome installation. Any claim not so made shall be deemed waived. (Ord. 98-14, 1998)”