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Public Facilities Impact Fee - Waste Management

Levied by Kern County (Board of Supervisors) - proposed only on new development in Kern County (unincorporated). Authorized under the Mitigation Fee Act - Gov. Code Sec. 66000 et seq. Collected other: the study says public facilities fees are "typically paid when a building permit is issued"; no adopted County instrument fixing a collection point was reached.

What one house pays

$973

For a typical home: a 2,000 sq ft detached house on a 0.13 acre lot, on a new subdivision lot — this fee varies by zone, so see the full schedule below.

Share of Kern County (unincorporated)'s total
3%
Total one-time fees here
$31,204
Adjustment
recommended only - "periodically adjusting the fees for inflation", no index named, no timing named, no adopted instrument reached

The record

Why it exists

“The purpose of this fee is to ensure that new development funds its fair share of waste management facilities, primarily landfills and transfer stations.”

same study, ch. 9 "Waste Management", p. 79, opening paragraph · source document ↗
What it pays for

“The County can use waste management facilities fee revenues for the construction or purchase of waste management facilities that expand the capacity of waste management facilities to accommodate new development.”

same study, ch. 9, p. 80, "Planned Facilities" · source document ↗
Where it applies

“Waste management facilities collect refuse from both residents and businesses countywide.”

same study, ch. 9, p. 79, "Service Population"; Table E.1 "Impact Fee Applicability", p. vi, prints "Waste Management | Countywide" with both Residential and Non-Residential ticked · source document ↗
When it is paid

“Public facilities fees are one-time fees typically paid when a building permit is issued and imposed on development projects by local agencies responsible for regulating land use (cities and counties).”

same study, ch. 13, p. 102, opening paragraph · source document ↗
Who collects it

“The Kern County Board of Supervisors may only impose impact fees on new development in unincorporated areas. The city councils of the incorporated cities in the County would need to adopt the fees on behalf of the County for the fees to be imposed in incorporated cities.”

same study, ch. 12 "Implementation", p. 100, "Impact Fee Program Adoption Process" · source document ↗
How it changes

“After adoption there is a mandatory 60-day waiting period before the fees go into effect.”

same study, ch. 12, p. 100, "Impact Fee Program Adoption Process" · source document ↗

Every published rate

Land useApplies toBasisEffectiveAmount
Desert Zone
Single-family detached this homeunverified per DU 1 Jan 2008 $972.84

“Single Family Unit $ 1,312.53 $ 432.15 $ 34.17 $ 57.29 $ 3,088.37 $ 1,283.39 $ 972.84 $ 260.30 $ 132.66 $ 84.42 $ 7,658.12”

Table E.2: Kern County Development Impact Fees - Desert Zone, p. viii, row "Unincorporated County / Residential / Single Family Unit", sub-heading "(Fee per Dwelling Unit)". The $972.84 in this row sits under the column heading "Fire4"; the column headed "Waste Management" reads $260.30. Footnote 4: "Fee charged only in areas where Kern County Fire Department is the primary service provider." · source document ↗
none (countywide - same figure in Tables E.2, E.3 and E.4)
Multi-family none per DU — $172.86
the line this rate was read from

“Multi-family Unit $ 83 2.08 172 0.86 172.86" under "Table 9.5: Waste Management Facility Impact Fees", column headings "Cost per Capita | Density1 | Base Fee2 | Admin. Charge3 | Fee", footnote 2 "Fee per dwelling unit (residential) or per 1,000 square feet (nonresidential)”

the levying document · source document ↗

About these figures

Quoted, not summarized. Every amount and fact on this page is copied from the official document it links to. If we couldn’t find something in a document, we leave it blank instead of guessing.

Before any discounts. Some fees offer credits, waivers or phase-ins. They’re listed above but not subtracted, because whether you qualify depends on your project.

Check the date. Fees change. This page shows what was in force on the date at the top, with a link to the document that set it, so you can confirm the current amount yourself. How all of this is put together.

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