Traffic Impact Fee - City Core

“Development Impact Fees — The City of Shafter development fee structure is provided below in Table IV-4. The Richland School District exempts housing for seniors (ages 55 or older) from paying school impact fees. All of these fees have been developed in accordance with the Mitigation Fee Act. The fee structure incentivizes effective use of services and compact development in that residential development in the City Core area is generally subject to lower development impact fees than residential development in Southeast Shafter due to the existing developed infrastructure and lower cost of providing services in the City Core area.”

“Fees and Exactions — Fees and exactions required of a development pay for public facilities associated with a residential development. The City of Shafter charges two types of fees: development impact fees and planning processing fees.”

“The fee structure incentivizes effective use of services and compact development in that residential development in the City Core area is generally subject to lower development impact fees than residential development in Southeast Shafter due to the existing developed infrastructure and lower cost of providing services in the City Core area.”

at building permit

“Planning-related fees are collected at time of project application submittal; development impact fees are collected at the time of building permit issuance and are primarily assessed based upon a per unit/lot basis.”

City of Shafter, the agency that levies it

“An approved site plan is sent to the Building Division after corrections are submitted and approved, fees are collected and verification of payment of school fees, development impact fees per Ordinance, utility connections; the Building Division then issues construction permit upon payment of permit fees”

“Table IV-5 Development Impact Fee Applicability for Residential Projects | DWELLING UNIT | PARK | SCHOOL | SEWER | STORM DRAIN | TRAFFIC | WATER || Replacement Unit (no new connections) 0 X 0 0 0 0 || Addition to Existing Unit 0 X 0 X 0 0 || Remodel 0 X 0 0 0 0 || Connect Existing Unit to Water and Sewer 0 X X X 0 X || Annex Existing Unit to City -- -- 0 -- -- 0 || Move Unit into or within City X 0 X X X X || 0 = No Fee Required; X = Fee Required”

“Program 1.1.3: Large Sites ... Offer incentives for the development of affordable housing including but not limited to: ... Deferral or waiver of fees related to the subdivision for projects affordable to lower income households”