§ 29.04.040. Five-year fee update.

(a)

The fee schedules set forth in Sections 29.04.020(a) and (b) shall be updated at least every five years to reflect any changes in the funding gaps for very low, low, moderate income and workforce households. This update shall be conducted pursuant to a nexus study (or update of prior nexus study) and the fee adjustments shall be approved by resolution of the board of supervisors. All new fee schedules shall be published by the planning director on July 1 of the effective year. In adopting the resolution, the board of supervisors shall:

(1)

Identify the purpose of the fees.

(2)

Identify the use to which the fees are to be put, in accordance with the Title 29 action plan.

(3)

Determine that there is a reasonable relationship between the fees' use and the type of development project on which the fees are imposed.

(4)

Determine that there is a reasonable relationship between the county-wide need for affordable housing and the type of development projects on which the fees are imposed.

(5)

Determine that there is a reasonable relationship between the amount of the fees and the cost of providing affordable housing that has been attributed to the type of development projects on which the fees are imposed.

(b)

The amount of the fees established by this title may be revised periodically by resolution of the board of supervisors.

(Ord. No. 3171, § 1, 12-9-08; Ord. No. 3276, § 1, 12-2-14; Ord. No. 3344, § 1, 12-6-16; Ord. No. 3384, § 1, 3-12-19)

Editor's note

Ord. No. 3384, § 1, adopted March 12, 2019, renamed § 29.04.040 from "phase-in and annual adjustment of fee schedules" to "five-year fee update."