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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 17392 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 ORDINANCE NO. 1739 ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BURLINGAME AMENDING DEVELOPMENT FEES FOR PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS IN THE BAYFRONT SPECIFIC PLANNING AREA The CITY COUNCIL of the CITY OF BURLINGAME does hereby ordain as follows: Section 1. In 1979, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 1151 establishing development fees for the Bayfront area of the City. Ordinance No. 1151 was subsequently amended by Ordinance No. 1305 (1985) to better delineate the necessary fees. The City has now adopted a new Bayfront Specific Plan to guide the development and improvement of the Bayfront area. This ordinance is intended to update the fee schedule and to amend Ordinance Nos. 1151 and 1305 to update references. Section 2. The provisions of Ordinance No. 1151 as amended by Ordinance 1305 are amended to read as follows: Section 1. Statement of Intent. The City Council of the City of Burlingamehereby finds and declares that it is necessary to provide for future construction, improvement, and enlargement of major arterials and traffic control devices for the primary purpose of carrying through traffic and providing a network of roads within the Bayfront area on the east side of US 101 in the City of Burlingame, and to impose charges to support and defer the costs of the benefits rendered to owners and occupants of lands enjoying these improvements. The City Council further fmds and declares that such improvements are necessary to safeguard the life, health, property and public welfare of the area served, and of all persons occupying the propertiesofthedescribedareas. The specificimprovementsaredescribedinthe Bayfront Specific Plan adopted by the City Council in Apri12004, setting the proposed area of benefit, the boundaries of which are specifically described as all of the area in the City east of US 101, the Bayshore Freeway. The Council further finds and declares that the contribution of the above—described 7/19/2004 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 improvements will kl) enhance the economic value ofthe occupants, businesses, leaseholds and landowners throughout the area by providing for traffic safety on or near the real property in said area, thereby reducing the probability of bodily injury and property damage, make said area more accessible to emergency services, such as fire and police, and enhance and promote aesthetic and environmental quality on or near the occupants of the real and personal property by making access to said properties quicker and more efficient. It is the intention of the City Council that this ordinance be enacted pursuant to the City's police power for the construction of effective and safe transportation facilities as stated hereinabove. Section 2. Confirmation of Area and Costs. The Bayfront Area of Benefit is hereby created having the boundaries as described above. It is determined that all property within the benefit area will be benefitted by the construction of the public improvements set forth in the Bayfront Specific Plan. The estimated construction costs of these improvements of $8,295,000, as prepared by the Public Works Department and as set forth in the Bayfront Specific Plan, are hereby confirmed. Section 3. Required Participation. All persons constructing new buildings or adding more than one thousand (1,000) square feet of gross floor area to existing buildings within said area of benefit are required to part icipate in the system of regulatory charges hereinafter set forth to insure that all of the objectives set forth in Section 1 are achieved. Additions shall only require the payment for the added square footage of structure or use. Changes of use of existing buildings to a use requiring a higher charge shall require the payment of the difference between the charges. Section 4. Fees. Fees arehereby established fox all property within the Bayfront Area ofBenefit; one-half of said fees shall be deposited with submittal of the project assessment for traffic allocation or 7/19/2004 -2- 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 planning application to the Planning Department and the remaining one-half shall be paid prior to the approval of final framing of buildings or additions subject to this ordinance. Any project which has submitted a project assessment or planning application prior to the effective date of any amendment to this ordinance but has not received a building permit, shall at the time of receiving the building permit, pay any difference between the amount paid at the submittal of the project assessment or application and the amount of said fee established by such amendment. Said fees shall be in the following amounts and shall be prorated for portions of an acre: Land Uses Fee Office $1,852 per thousand square feet of building Restaurant $7,458 per thousand square feet of building Hotel $607/guest room Hotel, Extended Stay $590/guest room Office/Warehouse/Manufacturing $2,808/thousand square feet of building Retail — Commercial $6,818/thousand square feet of building Car Rental $43,268/acre of property devoted to car rental use Commercial Recreation $13,428/acre of property devoted to commercial recreation use All Other $1,492 per p.m. peak hour trip as determined by traffic study approved by City Determination as to the appropriate clas sification of a use shall be determined by the Director of Public Works, subject to an appeal to the City Council filed no later than ten (10) days following determination by the Director. An appeal must be in writing and filed with the City Clerk within the required time period. Fees shall be annually reviewed and adjusted to reflect the increase or decrease in the latest Engineering News Record Highway Construction Cost Index, as of July 1 of each year. If a project does not proceed to construction for reasons determined by the City Planner to be beyond the control of the applicant and loses its traffic allocation, the portion of the Bayfront development fee on deposit with the City may be returned to the applicant. Planning and environmental fees will not be returned. 7/19/2004 -3- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Section 5. Use of Funds. All charges collected pursuant to this ordinance shall be placed in a special fund to be known as the Bayfront Benefit Area Fund. Payments for said fund shall be in ed to costs related to design, right of way acquisition, and roadway and circulation improvements set forth in the Bayfront Specific Plan or for the reimbursement pursuant to the agreement of a property owner required to construct a portion of said improvements, the construction costs of which exceed the charges which would otherwise be required of said developer. Additionally, said funds may be used to reimburse the City for any City funds advanced for their construction or developer reimbursement purposes in connection with the completion of said work if said City funds exceed more than 60 percent of actual costs of the improvements. Section 3. This ordinance shall be published as required by law and shall take effect sixty (60) days after its adoption. a Mayor I, ANN T. MUSSO, City Clerk of the City of Burlingame, do hereby certify that the foregoing ordinan ce was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 21 st day of June, 2004, and adopted thereaft er at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 19" day of July, 2004, by the following vote: AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: BAYLOCK, COFFEY, GALLIGAN, NAGEL, O'MAHONY NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE 7/19/2004 -4- jCity Clerk