HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council - 2000-97 RESOLUTION NO. 2000-97
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
ESTABLISHING THE FAIR SHARE TRAFFIC MITIGATION IMPACT FEE
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH DOES HEREBY
FIND, RESOLVE AND DETERMINE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. FindiM. The City Council, after review of the reports entitled"City of
Huntington Beach Transportation System Needs Analysis 2000-2010,"dated September 12,
2000, prepared by JR Consulting Engineers (hereinafter "Transportation System Needs
Analysis") and "City of Huntington Beach Fair Share Traffic Mitigation impact Fee Calculation
Method and Justification,"prepared by Hamilton, Rabinovitz & Alschulcr, Inc. (hereinafter"Fair
Share Traffic Impact Fee Report"), dated September 19, 2000, which were approved by the City
Council on October 2, 2000, other staff reports, and the testimony and information received at a
noticed public hearing on this matter, makes the following findings:
A. The City of Huntington Beach General Plan and City Zoning and Subdivision
Ordinance establish limits for the ultimate buildout of the City.
B. The Circulation Element of the General Plan specifies the location and design of
streets and roads necessary to accommodate anticipated levels of development permitted by the
General Plan and Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance.
C. The City has adopted Level of Service"C"as its service standard for street and
road segments, and Level of Service "D" as its service standard for signalized intersections.
D. Implementation of the Circulation Element must coincide with new development
in order to maintain the City's Level of Service standards, accommodate projected future growth,
maintain acceptable levels of environmental quality and public safety, and fulfill the goals,
objectives and policies of the General Plan.
E. New residential and non-residential development projects that are projected to be
constructed in the City over the next 10 years will continue to generate additional vehicular
traffic within the City, and there is a causal connection between such development projects and
the increased need for additional transportation facilities and programs.
F. State Proposition 111 and Orange County Measure M, as well as the City's
General Plan, require new developments to mitigate their traffic impacts.
G. The impacts of future residential and non-residential developments on
transportation and traffic operations in the City were analyzed in the Transportation System
Needs Analysis using generally accepted engineering standards and practices, including the
Santa Ana River Area ("SARA") traffic model,the Orange County Transportation Analysis
Model, Version 3.0 and the latest (2000) Orange County Projection developed for Orange
County jurisdictions and the Southern California Association of Governments by the
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Demographic Research Unit at Cal State Fullerton. The Transportation System Needs Analysis
estimated the number and types of transportation facilities and programs needed to maintain the
City's adopted Level of Service standards during the next 10 years, including the demand
imposed by new development. The Transportation System Needs Analysis also estimated the
cost of providing facilities and programs needed to maintain the City's Level of Service
standards. In particular, the Transportation System Needs Analysis concluded that the following
facilities,with a total cost of$36,842,000 will be required as a result of anticipated new
development in order to maintain the City's adopted Levels of Service for street and road
segments and signalized intersections:
1. Capacity improvements to 17 street segments, with a total improvement
cost of$27,048,000.
2. Capacity improvements to six intersections, with a total improvement cost
of$6,004,000.
3. Traffic signal installations required at 27 intersections, with a total
improvement cost of$3,790,000.
H. The City receives funds from various sources that may be used to maintain and
improve its surface transportation system, including gas tax revenues from the State of
California, and Measure M funds from the County of Orange. These funds have been, and will
continue in the future to be used first to resolve existing transportation system service level
deficiencies, and only then to help fund the impacts of new development. These funds, therefore,
are not, and will not be, sufficient to offset the burdens on the City's surface transportation
facilities and programs created by new development.
I. The City Council finds and declares that, in the absence of the Fair Share Traffic
Impact Mitigation Fee established by Ordinance No. 3477 , amending Chapter 17.65 of the
Huntington Beach Municipal Code, existing and future sources of revenue will not be adequate
to fund the improvements necessary for the surface transportation system required to
accommodate future development under the City's General Plan and City Zoning and
Subdivision Ordinance.
J. The only fair and equitable method of securing adequate revenue necessary to
fund the creation of these facilities is through a fee based on the extent to which new
development generates additional demand for traffic circulation improvements. The formula set
forth herein, establishing a fee amount pursuant to Chapter 17.65 of the City of Huntington
Beach Municipal Code, is based on the Transportation System Needs Analysis and the Fair
Share Traffic Impact Mitigation Fee Calculation Report.
K. The Fair Share Traffic Impact Mitigation Fee, together with other funds that will
be appropriated by the City, will be used exclusively to provide traffic improvements in an
amount sufficient to meet the estimated demand for traffic improvements caused by new
development through the year 2010.
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L. There is a reasonable relationship between the use of the Fair Share Traffic
Impact Mitigation Fee and the construction of new development in the City, because as a result
of the use of the Fee, developers of new development projects will benefit from appropriately
planned and constructed surface transportation facilities and programs. Project occupants,
customers and visitor will enjoy efficient mobility, reduced noise, air pollution and traffic
accidents, and easier access by public safety services, thereby enhancing the attractiveness and
competitive advantage of their development projects.
M. There is a reasonable relationship between the need for new traffic improvements
to be funded by the Fee and the type of development in the City on which the Fee will be
imposed. New development on which the Fee is imposed generates increased traffic throughout
the City, which necessitates traffic improvements to maintain the City's adopted Levels of
Service, as described in the Transportation System Needs Analysis. The Fee proceeds will be
used exclusively to mitigate these impacts.
N. There is a reasonable relationship between the amount of the Fair Share Traffic
Impact Mitigation Fee and the portion of the cost of needed traffic improvements attributable to
new development in the City because the amount of the Fee was calculated as follows, using
generally accepted standards and practices:
1. Specific traffic improvements were identified based on modeling the
condition of the City's road and intersection network to the year 2020, and
identifying the contribution to capacity from development expected
through 2010, based on the latest Orange County Projection for the City of
Huntington Beach, as presented in Transportation System Needs Analysis.
The Transportation System Needs Analysis estimates that the total number
of new development vehicle trips, not including pass-through trips that
neither originate in or end in the City of Huntington Beach, will be 68,600
trips by 2010.
2. The cost of street segment capacity improvements, signalized intersection
capacity improvements and new traffic signals needed to accommodate
traffic demand generated by new development was estimated using current
costs and reasonable assumptions, as presented in Transportation System
Needs Analysis. The total cost of the required improvements is $36,842,
000.
3. The total traffic improvement cost was allocated between the City of
Huntington Beach and other potential funding sources to identify the
unfunded remainder of$8,234,500 that represents a fair share of future
costs associated with new development, as presented in the Fair Share
Traffic Impact Mitigation Fee Calculation Report.
4. The new development cost share($8,234,500) was divided by the total
number of future vehicle trips associated with new development(68,600
trips) to yield an Average Daily Vehicle Trip Fee of$120.00. When this
Fee is multiplied by a new development project's vehicle trip generation
rate, as derived from the Santa Ana River Area traffic model, the resulting
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Fair Share Traffic Impact Mitigation Fee is proportional to the new
development project's contribution to increased traffic circulation in the
City.
The Fee calculated in this way is proportional to each new development project's
contribution to increased traffic circulation in the City, not including pass-through traffic nor
traffic resulting from existing development.
O. The Fair Share Traffic Impact Mitigation Fee established by Ordinance No. 3477
provides for exemptions from, adjustments to, refunds of and/or credits against the Fee under
certain circumstances set forth in Ordinance No. 3477 .
Section 2. Fair Share Traffic Impact Fee.
A. The Fair Share Traffic Impact Mitigation Fee shall be fixed at One Hundred
Twenty and no hundredths dollars ($120.00)per weekday average daily vehicle trip, as defined
in Ordinance No. 3477 . The Fair Share Traffic Impact Mitigation Fee required of any
development project pursuant to Chapter 17.65 of the Huntington Beach Municipal Code shall be
calculated as follows:
1. Residential Projects. The Fair Share Traffic Impact Mitigation Fee shall
be multiplied by the total number of weekday average daily vehicle trips
generated by the project's dwelling units, by number and type of unit (e.g.,
single-family detached; single-family attached; apartment), as specified in
the SARA traffic model. At the discretion of the Director of Public
Works, the trip generation rate for residential uses not included in the
SARA traffic model may be based on the latest edition of the Institute of
Transportation Engineers publication Trip Generation, or a similarly
acceptable standard in the transportation engineering industry.
2. Hotel and Motel Projects. The Fair Share Traffic Impact Mitigation Fee
shall be multiplied by the total number of weekday average daily vehicle
trips generated by the project's number of hotel or motel rooms, as
specified in the SARA traffic model.
3. Office Retail Commercial and Industrial Projects. The Fair Share Traffic
Impact Mitigation Fee shall be multiplied by the total number of weekday
average daily vehicle trips generated by the project's gross leasable floor
area, as as specified in the SARA traffic model. At the discretion of the
Director of Public Works, the trip generation rate for non-residential uses
not included in the SARA traffic model may be based on the latest edition
of the Institute of Transportation Engineers publication Trip Generation,
or a similarly acceptable standard in the transportation engineering
industry.
4. Other Uses. The Fair Share Traffic Impact Mitigation Fee shall be
multiplied by the total number of weekday average daily vehicle trips
generated by the project, using the trip generation rate and project unit of
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measure as as as specified in the SARA traffic model. At the discretion of
the Director of Public Works, the trip generation rate for non-residential
uses not included in the SARA traffic model may be based on the latest
edition of the Institute of Transportation Engineers publication Trip
Generation, or a similarly acceptable standard in the transportation
engineering industry. For any use not addressed by the SARA traffic
model or Trip Generation, the Public Works Director shall determine the
applicable vehicle trip generation rate based on a survey of similar
existing uses in Huntington Beach or elsewhere in Orange County.
Exhibit A hereto provides examples of the Fair Share Traffic Impact Mitigation Fee that
will apply to typical land uses anticipated to be developed in the City,pursuant to the foregoing
fee amount and calculation procedure.
B. Commencing on December 1, 2001, the fee established by this resolution shall be
adjusted on December 1 of each year based upon the change in the construction cost index
produced by Engineering News Record, published by McGraw- Hill ("Cost Index"), during the
preceding year. The Public Works Director shall then adjust the fees set forth in this resolution
by such percentage change. The adjusted fee amount shall be rounded to the nearest cent, and
this amount shall constitute the fee authorized by Chapter 17.65 of the Huntington Beach
Municipal Code and established by this resolution. Should the Cost Index be revised or
discontinued, the Public Works Director shall use the revised or a comparable index as approved
by the City Council for determining fluctuations in the cost of constructing traffic improvements.
Section 3. California Environmental Qality Act. The City Council hereby finds that
the adoption of this Resolution is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act
("CEQA") under Section 15273(a)(4) of the California Code of Regulations, commonly known
as the CEQA Guidelines. The City Council finds that this exemption applies because there is no
reasonable possibility that the establishment of the Traffic Mitigation Impact Fee could
negatively affect the physical environment. To the contrary,the Fees will be collected to
mitigate the environmental impacts of new development on the City's surface transportation
system. Any environmental impacts associated with specific projects that may be undertaken
with Fee proceeds will be assessed as each project is formulated.
Further, the City Council finds that, based on Public Resources Code Section 21083.3(b)
and the fact that this Resolution implements the Circulation Element of the General Plan, which
was analyzed pursuant to EIR 94-1, the Ordinance is currently exempt from further
environmental assessment until individual traffic improvements are submitted for approval by
the City.
Section 4. Effective Date. This Resolution shall take effect and be in full force sixty
(60) days from and after adoption thereof, which date is December 1, 2000.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of Huntington Beach at a regular
meeting thereof held on the 2nd day of 0ctob �00.
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EXHIBIT A
EXAMPLE FAIR SHARE MITIGATION FEES
FOR TYPICAL LAND USES
Land Use Category Average Daily Land Use Fair Share Traffic
Vehicle Trip Unit of Measure' Impact Mitigation Fee
Generation Rate per Unit of Land Use
Residential
Low Density(single-family) 12 DU $1,440
Medium Density(7-12 DU/acre) 10 DU $1,200
High Density 18-25 DU/acre) 9 DU $1,080
Retail
Commercial Strip (<5 KSF) 32 KSF $3,840
Neighborhood (5-10 KSF) 95 KSF $11,400
Community(10-20 KSF) 46 KSF $5,520
Regional Mall 40 KSF $4,800
Downtown Commercial 65 KSF $7,800
Restaurant
Fine Dining 88 KSF $10,560
Casual Dining 91 KSF $10,920
Fast Food 250 KSF $30,000
Office
General Office 15 KSF $1,800
Medical/Dental Offices 36 KSF $4,320
Industrial
Light Industrial 7 KSF $840
Manufacturing 4 KSF $480
Warehousing 5 KSF $600
Research & Development 8 KSF $960
Lodging
Hotel 9 Room $1,080
Motel 10 Room $1,200
Other
Auto Service Station 85 Pump $10,200
New Car/Truck Dealership 45 KSF $5,400
Mini Warehouse 3 KSF $360
Units of Measure: DU = dwelling units; KSF = 1,000 gross square feet; Room= guest room; Pump=
service station gasoline pump.
Source: Santa Ana River Area traffic model trip rates per land sue); HR&A(fee calculation).
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss:
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH )
I, CONNIE BROCKWAY, the duly elected, qualified City Clerk of
the City of Huntington Beach, and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of said
City, do hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council
of the City of Huntington Beach is seven, that the foregoing resolution was
passed and adopted by the affirmative vote of at least a majority of all the
members of said City Council at a regular meeting thereof held on the 2nd
day of October, 2000 by the following vote:
AYES: Julien, Sullivan, Harman, Green, Dettloff, Bauer
NOES: None
ABSENT: Garofalo
ABSTAIN: None
City Clerk and ex-officio Cferk of the
City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach, California