El Dorado Hills Fire Impact Fee

“Government Code Section 66001(a)(1); Identify the purpose of the fee. The purpose of these fees is to fund the cost of fire protection and emergency response facilities, apparatus, and equipment attributable to new residential and nonresidential development in the District. The fire impact fee will enable the District to maintain its existing level of service by ensuring that the costs of expanded facilities, apparatus, and equipment required to accommodate growth are funded by new development rather than placing a financial burden on existing development.”

“Fee revenue may be used to fund 100% of the cost of new and expanded facilities, 100% of the cost of apparatus, vehicles, and equipment that expand the Department's existing inventory, and up to 21.5 percent of apparatus and vehicle replacement costs.”

“The El Dorado Hills Fire Department ("Department") is a full-service, all-risk emergency response agency operated by the El Dorado Hills County Water District ("District"), an independent special district serving the communities of El Dorado Hills and Latrobe in El Dorado County ("County"). ... The County, on behalf of the Department, imposes a fire impact fee ("fee") on new residential and nonresidential development within the Department's service area.”

2018-03-20

“The legal and policy basis for the current fire impact fee is supported by the Department's Fire Impact Fee Nexus Study, which was approved by the District Board of Directors ("District Board") on December 21, 2017, by Resolution No. 2017-32, and subsequently adopted by the County Board of Supervisors ("County Board") on March 20, 2018, by Resolution No. 041-2018, with an effective date of May 20, 2018.”

Resolution No. 041-2018 (County Board of Supervisors), on District Resolution No. 2017-32

“The legal and policy basis for the current fire impact fee is supported by the Department's Fire Impact Fee Nexus Study, which was approved by the District Board of Directors ("District Board") on December 21, 2017, by Resolution No. 2017-32, and subsequently adopted by the County Board of Supervisors ("County Board") on March 20, 2018, by Resolution No. 041-2018, with an effective date of May 20, 2018.”

at building permit

“Effective sixty (60) days following adoption of this resolution, the following fees shall be charged upon issuance of any building permit and shall be paid to the County prior to the issuance of the building permit by all new residential development within the District.”

County of El Dorado

“All fees shall be paid to and maintained by County and disbursed to District only upon a request with sufficient supporting documentation as provided in this Resolution. Any credit or reimbursement will be determined by the County pursuant to El Dorado County Chapter 13.20.”

“FEE EXEMPTIONS ▪ A structure owned by a governmental agency. ▪ A structure that is being reconstructed following damage or destruction by fire or another casualty, or the voluntary demolition thereof, provided that the number of structures or the size in such reconstructed structure is no greater than the number of structures or the size of the structure prior to such damage, destruction, or demolition. ▪ An accessory dwelling unit less than 750 square feet as required by Government Code Section 65852.2(f)(3)(A). ▪ A development project found to have no impact on the Department's fire system.”

“FEE CREDITS A fee credit shall be given for demolished existing square footage as part of a new development project in order to comply with the Act and recent court cases. The fee credit shall be based on the effective fee for the demolished land use category. IMPROVEMENTS IN LIEU OF FEES Additionally, subject to certain restrictions, if a developer dedicates land, constructs facilities, or provides apparatus/equipment for the Department, the fire impact fees imposed on that development project may be adjusted to reflect a fee credit for the cost of the dedicated land, facilities constructed, and apparatus/equipment provided.”