Fire Facilities

“The purpose of the Fire Facilities development impact fee is to ensure that new development in the City of Hemet pays its fair and proportionate share of the capital costs necessary to provide fire protection and emergency response at the City's established level of service.”

“Fee revenues will be used solely for capital improvements that add or expand City-owned station capacity, including land acquisition (if required), planning, environmental review, design, permitting, construction, and related site or building work. Expenditures are limited to the growth-related share of such improvements and include the capital projects identified in the Fire Facilities program totaling $42,898,735, as shown in Table 4-3. Fees will not fund operations, routine maintenance, or like-for-like replacements that do not increase capacity.”

“The fee applies citywide to net new development (additions minus demolitions) across the following land use categories: Single-Family Residential, Multiple-Family Residential, Mobile Home Dwelling Units, Commercial Lodging Rooms, Retail, Commercial, & Service Uses, Industrial Uses, and Institutional Uses.”

2001-01-23

“The City introduced its DIF Program and the Fire Facilities Fee on January 23, 2001, with the adoption of Ordinance No. 1639, resulting in a revision and renumbering of the City Municipal Code.”

Ordinance No. 1639

“The City introduced its DIF Program and the Fire Facilities Fee on January 23, 2001, with the adoption of Ordinance No. 1639, resulting in a revision and renumbering of the City Municipal Code.”

“Administration and Schedule Management: The City will state when fees are due, typically at building permit issuance, and authorize annual indexing to a recognized construction-cost index.”

City of Hemet, the agency that levies it

“The City is both the imposing and administering agency and will collect, manage, and account for the fee under Fund 332, Fire Facilities. Revenues are restricted to fire capital facilities that expand or add capacity, consistent with this program. The City owns, operates, and maintains its fire station system; no outside agency coordination or fund transfer is required.”

“Threshold: ADUs under 750 square feet are exempt from DIFs (§ 65852.2(f)(3)(A)). ADUs that are 750 square feet or larger may be assessed.”

“This appendix documents the City of Hemet's Net New Development Impact Fee (DIF) calculation method. The calculation ensures that only the net new development impact is subject to DIFs, with credits for existing legal uses and fees applied solely to incremental increases, in accordance with the Mitigation Fee Act (Gov. Code §§ 66000 et seq.) and AB-602.”