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6/16/88
ORDINANCE NO. NS-1967
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA
AMENDING SECTION 8-44 OF THE SANTA ANA
MUNICIPAL CODE TO PROVIDE FOR THE SET-
TING OF TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM IMPROVE-
MENT PROGRAM AREA FEES BY RESOLUTION OF
THE CITY COUNCIL
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: That section 8-44 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code
is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 8-44.
Transportation system improvement fee.
(a) In addition to any other charges, there shall
be a special fee required as a condition precedent to
the issuance of certain building permits for construction
or improvement on those properties lying at least partial-
ly within any portion of the city designated by resolution
of the city council as a transportation system improve-
ment program area.
(b) The building official shall require the payment
of a special fee in such amount as the City Council shall
set by resolution before a building permit will be issued
when an application for a building permit indicates the
following:
(1)
(2)
A construction or improvement project which
will result in an increase of floor area is
on a parcel of land which lies wholly or
partially within the boundaries of a trans-
portation improvement program area; and
The estimated cost of the proposed construc-
tion or improvement, as determined by the
building official, will exceed twenty thousand
dollars ($20,000.00). For purposes of this
section the valuation per square foot shall
not exceed that listed in the latest edition
of "Building Standards Magazine" containing
a building valuation data chart.
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(C) The following construction and improvement pro-
jects are specifically excluded from the requirements of
this section:
(1)
Construction of single-family residential units
and accessory structures to be constructed on
parcels in any Residential Estate ("RE") or
Single-Family Residence ("RI") district.
2)
Tenant improvements and maintenance work which
will not increase the floor area of existing
structures.
3) Off-street parking facilities, whether surface
or structured.
(d Any resolution of the city council establishing
a transportation system improvement program area
shall have affixed thereto a map specifically describ-
ing the boundary of such transportation system improve-
ment program area and shall be on file in the office
of the clerk of the council.
(e.) The purpose of a transportation system improve-
ment program is to identify and designate those areas
where the transportation system may experience a
significant reduction in the level of service unless
corrective measures are instituted concurrent with
increased transportation demands. Fees collected for
building projects and improvements on properties in a
transportation systems improvement program area shall
be used to improve the transportation system within
such area when such improvements will substantially
benefit the transportation system within the area.
SECTION 2: Until such time as a different fee is set by
resolution of the City Council in accordance with section 8-44
of the Santa Ana Municipal Code as amended by this ordinance,
the fee required by that section for Transportation System
Improvement Program Area A shall continue to be one percent
(1%) of the estimated cost of the construction or improvement
which is the subject of a building permit application for
which payment of a fee is required by that section.
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ORDINANCE NO. NS-1967
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SECTION 3: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause,
phrase or portion of this ordinance is for any reason held to
be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of
competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the
validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City
Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby declares that it would
have adopted this ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence,
clause, phrase or portion thereof irrespective of the fact that
any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases,
or portions be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
ADOPTED this ]St day of August , 1988.
ATTEST:
/
Clerk of the Council /
COUNCI LMEMBERS:
Young
McGuigan ~
Acosta ~
Griset ~
Hart Absent
May ~
Pulido Aye
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Edwar~'~J .Con.per
City At torn~--y