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EXHIBIT “B”
Fire Facilities Impact Fee Study

 

Diamond Springs / El Dorado Fire Protection District
Board of Directors
Policies and Procedures

ARTICLE 2 DEVELOPMENT EFFECTIVE 08-07-85
SECTION 1 DEVELOPMENT FEES REVISION 12-31-06

1.1       Purpose:  The following policy will address questions arising from resolution 2006-12 “Development Fees”. 

1.2       Residential Use – Development Fees

1.2.1        Fees for residential use shall be charged on each dwelling unit, as determined by Resolution 2006-12, prior to the issuance of a building permit.  The following residential use shall not be required to pay development fees: 

A.    Any residential parcel map that previously paid mitigation fees to the District by the developer or their predecessor for parcel splits, shall not be required to pay a development fee.

B.      Any addition, repair or replacement on a dwelling unit, not exceeding 75% of the structures original square footage. Shall be exempt from development fees. 

1.2.2        Residential Fees, as determined by Resolution 2006-12, shall be $.36 per square foot.  

1.2.2    Residential dwellings equipped with an approved residential sprinkler system are eligible for a fifty percent reduction in development fee. 

1.3       Commercial, Industrial and Institutional – Development Fees

1.3.1        Fees for commercial, industrial and institutional development shall be charged by the square footage of all floors in the structure, including all structures on the parcel.  Fees, as determined by the resolution, shall be collected prior to the issuance of a building permit.  The following commercial, industrial and institutional permits shall not be required to pay development fees:  

A.    Any commercial, industrial or industrial parcel that previously paid mitigation fees to the District by the developer or their predecessor, for parcel splits shall not be required to pay a development fee.

B.     Any repair or replacement of an existing commercial, industrial or institutional structure will be exempt from the development fee.  This exemption applies only to the original square footage. 

1.3.2        Any commercial, industrial or institutional structure replacing an existing dwelling unit shall have the current development fee applied as a credit towards the square footage, based on the following use:

A.  Commercial structures                              $.77 per square foot.
B.  Office structures                                       $.88 per square foot.
C.  Industrial structures                                  $.51 per square foot.
D.  Unoccupied agricultural                            $.26 per square foot. 

1.3.3        Any addition to a commercial, industrial or institutional structure will be charged the development fee, as determined by the resolution. 

1.3.4    Commercial, industrial, office and agricultural structures that install approved fire protection sprinkler systems in excess of District requirements may be eligible for a fifty percent reduction in the development fee.  

1.4              If mitigation fees have been paid by a developer or their predecessor it will be the applicants responsibility to present proof of that payment.  Development fees shall not be waived in the absence of proof. 

1.5       The Fire District Board of Directors shall re-evaluate the District’s fixed assets value and the number of improved parcels annually.  If necessary, development fees shall be adjusted by the District Board of Directors prior to the start of the fiscal year. 

1.6       The Fire District Board of Directors reserves the authority to grant variance of development fees in lieu of other special development mitigations.  The Board further maintains the authority to delay collection of fees.

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