County Facilities Fee

“The purpose of the fees required by this chapter is to pay for costs of additional facilities used to provide Countywide public protection, health and human services, libraries, sheriff's patrol and investigation services, traffic, parks and open space, County administration, information technology, planning, and public works, and facility planning. The fees received pursuant to this chapter are to be used to assess the need for, plan, design, construct, develop, lease and acquire facilities for such services.”

“"Category" or "categories" shall mean one or more of the following: probation youth; probation adult; social services; health services; libraries; sheriff administration & detention; sheriff law enforcement; district attorney and public defender; general administration; facility planning; and interim restricted cash.”

“After August 1, 1991, no person shall construct, nor direct or contract for construction of, any impacting development within the county without first obtaining a county facilities and services authorization after payment of the fee specified in Section 3-14.04(b).”

1991-05-30

“(§ 1, Ord. 1119, eff. May 30, 1991, as amended by §§ 2-5, Ord. 1150, eff. December 26,1992, §§ 2, 4-6, Ord. 1179, eff. June 17, 1995; and as amended by § 3, Ord. 1301, eff. June 19, 2003)”

Ordinance No. 1119

“(§ 1, Ord. 1119, eff. May 30, 1991, as amended by §§ 2-5, Ord. 1150, eff. December 26,1992, §§ 2, 4-6, Ord. 1179, eff. June 17, 1995; and as amended by § 3, Ord. 1301, eff. June 19, 2003)”

at building permit

“Except where a security contract provides otherwise, fees due shall be paid no later than the date of issuance of a building permit to construct the impacting development in question or upon occupancy where no building permit is required.”

Yolo County Department of Community Services; an incorporated city may collect and pay over to the County

“Conditions of issuance. The County Department of Community Services, or a city so authorized pursuant to Section 3-14.05(d), shall issue a county facilities and services authorization, upon: (1) payment of a fee in the amount set forth in subsection (b)or (h), whichever applies”

“Exemption for certain agricultural structures. Agricultural structures as defined by the Uniform Building Code shall be exempt from the fees provided in this chapter. (§ 1, Ord. 1119, eff. May 30, 199 1, as amended by §§ 1 and 2 of Ord. 1132, eff. December 26, 1991, §§ 7-9, Ord. 1150, eff. December 26, 1992, § 5, Ord. 1164, eff. November 4, 1993, and §§ 7-9, 11, Ord. 1179, eff. June 17, 1995)”

“In-lieu contribution. The County may authorize, in connection with approval of a subdivision map or any other development approval subject to a required public hearing before any decision-making body of the County, an impacting development within an unincorporated area of the County to substitute completed facilities or another contribution of at least equivalent value to the foregone fee for all or part of the fees required under this chapter. ... Where the facilities or other contribution exceed in value the fee amount in the category or categories in which a benefit is provided, the County may (but shall not be required to) credit the excess value against fees in other categories and may further provide for a compensating allocation to the other categories of future fee receipts from the category in which a benefit is provided.”

“"Impacting development" shall mean any commercial improvement or residential project, except to the extent that the improvement or project is constructed pursuant to a building permit issued upon an application filed before August 1, 1991 and determined or deemed to be complete before September 1, 1991.”