ORD-26-83 CONCERNING THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM CONCERNING CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS REQUIRED FIR HOSPITALS AND OTHER HEALTH FACILITIES57
ORDINANCE NO. 26-
83 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF ORANGE DELETING SECTION 15.40.
050 FROM THE ORANGE MUNICIPAL CODE AND
ADDING CHAPTER 15.41 CONCERNING THE
TRANSPORTA-TION SYSTEMS IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AND
AMEND-ING SECTIONS 17.54.030 AND 17.92.010
CON-CERNING CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS
REQUIRED FOR HOSPITALS AND OTHER HEALTH
FACILITIES.AMENDMENT NO.
1-83 CITY
OF ORANGE WHEREAS, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 10-82
on April 27,1982, which established the Transportation
Systems Improvement Program which requires the payment of a special fee in
certain designated areas,presently one, where the transportation system may
experience a signi-ficant reduction in the level of service unless
corrective measures are instituted concurrent with increased
transportation demands; and WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 10-82 requires that the
special fee shall be paid before a building permit
shall be issued; and WHEREAS, the California Hospital Seismic Safety
Act of 1983 provides that the Office of Statewide Health Planning
and Development shall be responsible for the enforcement of building
standards relating to hospi-tals and other health facilities, which means
cities and counties will no longer issue building permits
for these facilities; and WHEREAS, the provisions of this Ordinance
are intended to insure that hospitals and other health facilities
continue to contribute their fair share to improving the transportation system
since they will con-tinue to
reap the benefits thereof.NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF ORANGE
DOES ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS:SECTION I:Amend Chapter 15.40 of the Orange Municipal
Code by deleting there-from Section 15.40.
050 in
its entirety.SECTION II:Add Chapter 15.41 to Title 15 of the Orange
Municipal Code
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CHAPTER 15.41
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM:
Sections:
15.41.010
15.41.020
15.41.030
15.41.040
15.41.050
Purpose
Fee
Building Permits and Conditional Use Permits
Requiring Payment of Fee
Exemptions
Boundaries of Transportation Systems Improvement
Areas and Fee Rates
15.41.010 Purpose. The purpose of the Transportation Systems
Improvement Program is to identify and designate those areas where
the transportation system may experience a significant reduction in
the level of service unless corrective measures are instituted con-
current with increased transportation demands. Fees collected for
building projects and improvements on properties in a Transportation
Systems Improvement Program Area shall be used to improve the trans-
porlation system within the Area and for improvements outside the
Area when these improvements will sUbstantially benefit the trans-
portation system within the Area.
15.41.020 Fee. In addition to any other charges, there shall
be a special fee required as a condition precedent to the issuance of
certain building permits and Conditional Use Permits for construction
or improvements or use of those properties lying at least partially
within any portion of the City of Orange designated by the City Council
as a Transportation Systems Improvement Program Area. A Conditional
Use Permit for a hospital or other health facility as set forth in
Orange Municipal Code Section 17.92.010K may require an obligation to
pay the special fee as a condition of issuance.
15.41.030 Permits and Conditional Use Permits Re uirin
Payment 0 Fee. T e payment 0 a spec1al ee or t e Transportat1on
Systems Improvement Program shall be required when the application
indicates the following:
A. A construction or improvement project which will result in an
increase of floor area which is one or more parcels of a of land which
lie wholly or partially within the boundaries of a Transportaion
Systems Improvement Program Area; and
B. The estimated cost of the proposed construction or improvement,
as determined by the Building Official, will exceed $10,000. For pur-
pose of this Section, the valuation per square foot shall not exceed
that listed in the latest edition of Building Standards Magazine con-
taining a Building Valuation Data Chart.
For projects which require a City building permit, the special fee
shall be paid before the building permit is issued. For hospitals and
other health facilities projects which require a Conditional Use Permit,
a requirement obligating the applicant to pay the special fee before
the project grading plan is approved shall be imposed as a condition
for issuance of the Conditional Use Permit.
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15.41.040 Exemptions. The following construction and improvement
projects are exempt from the requirements of this Chapter.
A. Construction of single-family residential units and
accessory structures to be constructed on parcels in any Single-
Family
R-l District.B. Tenant improvements and maintenance work which
will not increase the floor area of existing structures or does not result
in an increase
of traffic volume.15.41.050 Boundaries of Transportation
S~stems Improvement Areas and Fee Rates. Maps specifically
descr1bing the boundaries of each Transportation Systems Improvements Program Area
are on file in the Office of the City Clerk. The special fee required
to be paid and a general description of the boundaries
of each Transportation Systems Improvement Area
are as follows:Trans ortation S
stems 1m "A":Fee: One
percent ( %) 0 construc-
tion or improvement.General Description: More than 90% of Area "
A" lies south of Culver Avenue between Flower Street on the
west and the Santa Fe Railroad right-of-way on
the east. The Garden Grove Freeway is the southerly boundary,
except south of said Freeway between Main Street and
the Santa Fe Railroad right-of-way where the Orange
City limits line is the southerly boundary.The only properties in Area "
A" which are not south of Culver Avenue, are those
lots immediately adjacent to Main Street ex-tending north to
Chapman Avenue and several blocks east of Main Street where
Palmyra Avenue forms the northern boundary of Area "A", instead of Culver
Avenue. Refer to the map on file in the Office of
the City Clerk to determine precise boundary lines. Copies of
this map are maintained by
the Building
Official and the Traffic Engineer.SECTION III:Amend Section 17.54.030
of the Orange Municipal
Code by deleting therefrom the
following subsections:H.
Health facilities,
long-term non-profit;I. Hospitals, non-profit;SECTION IV:Amend Section
17.92.0l0 of the Orange
Municipal Code by adding Subsection K to read
as follows:K. Hospitals and other health facilities as
defined in the Hospital Seismic Safety Act of
1983, California Health
IL__._60 SECTION V:A summary of
this
Ordinance shall
be published and a certified copy of the full text of
this Ordinance shall be posted in the Office of the City Clerk at least
five (5) days prior to the City Council meeting at which this Ordinance is
to be adopted. A summary of this Ordinance shall also be published once
within fifteen (15) days after this Ordinance's passage in the
Orange City News, a newspaper of general circulation, published and circulated in
the City of Orange.The City Clerk shall post in
the Office of the City Clerk a certified copy of the full text of
such adopted Ordinance along with the names of those City Council members voting
for and against the Ordinance in accordance with Government Code Section
36933. This Ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days
from and after the date of its final passage.ADOPTED this 9th Orange
Attest:Mi~
City Cler~f
e ~
ty
ofOrangeSTATEOFCALIFORNIA COUNTY OF ORANGE
ss CITY OF
ORANGE I, MARILYN J.
JENSEN, City Clerk
of the City of Orange, Califor-nia, do hereby certify that the
foregoing ordinance was introduced at the regular meeting of the
City Council held on the 26th day of Jul~ ' 19~, and thereafter at a
regular meeting of said City Counc~l duly held on the
9th day of Auqust , 1983, was duly passed and adopted by the following
vote, to wit: --AYES:' COUNCILMEN: BARRERA, MAYOR BEAM, PEREZ,
BEYER
NOES: COUNCILMEN: NONE ABSENT: COUNCILMEN: SMITH WITNESS
my hand and
seal this lOth
day of August 1983.y~t'~-'~Marilyn J. ense City Clerk
of the City
of Orange 4 -