SAFCA Development Impact Fee

“As described in the program documents, implementation of the Fee Program ensures that new structures placed in the Program Area do not increase Sacramento's exposure to flood damages and associated governmental costs.”

“The Fee Program mitigates this impact by funding a series of flood risk reduction measures that would build on the flood risk reduction accomplishments of the various SAFCA assessment districts and related construction efforts.”

“Since the inception of the Fee Program in January 2009, the DIF has been collected by the agencies with jurisdiction over development in the Program Area (City of Sacramento, County of Sacramento, and County of Sutter).”

2009-01-01 (Fee Program approved 2008, effective 2009-01-01)

“The SAFCA Act of 1990 (SAFCA Act) gives the SAFCA Board of Directors (Board) the authority to prescribe, revise, and collect fees as a condition of development of land. The Fee Program was approved in 2008 and became effective on January 1, 2009. The last update to the Fee Program occurred in October of 2016, at which time a new rate structure and administrative procedures were updated. In addition, the rates established in the 2016 update became effective on January 1, 2017 and have not been updated since.”

at building permit

“Pursuant to these procedures, the DIF is collected as a condition of obtaining a building permit.”

City of Sacramento Community Development Department (one of three collecting agencies named)

“Each of these agencies has entered into fee collection agreements with SAFCA, by which they administer the Fee Program and receive compensation in an amount equal to about two to three percent of the total Fee Program collections. These agreements incorporate, by reference, an administrative procedures manual.”

“The program incorporates certain credits to pre-existing structures that may be used to reduce the amount of the fee, particularly in redevelopment areas, and exemptions for agricultural structures, additions or replacements for damaged structures, minor additions to single-family residential structures, structures raised above the 200-year floodplain, and structures located in historic Old Town Sacramento.”

“Upon receipt of a building permit application, the responsible land use agency makes an initial determination of the applicability of the Fee Program, based on the location of the proposed development project and computes the fee, taking into account applicable credits.”

“If approved, DIF increases will be effective on July 1, 2020 in accordance with the Fee Program policy and procedures.”