RES-10195 Repealing Resolution 9295 Revising Fire Protection Facilities Fee AreasRESOLUTION NO. 10195
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ORANGE REPEALING RESOLUTION NO.
9295 AND REVISING THE FIRE PROTECTION
FACILITIES FEE AREAS AND RELATED FEES
WHEREAS, the City Council adopted Chapter 15.38 of the Orange Municipal Code to
require that developers contribute their fair share of the costs of the acquisition and construction of
new fire protection facilities and certain other improvements and additions to fire protection facilities;
and
WHEREAS, Chapter 15.38 of the Orange Municipal Code was amended by the City Council
on March 13, 200 I to allow for the boundaries of the fire protection facilities program areas, which
are referred to in this Chapter, to be revised, deleted or otherwise amended by Resolution of the City
Council.
WHEREAS, Orange Municipal Code provides that fees may be increased by resolution
adopted by the City Council; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined the fees should be adjusted to more equitably
allocate new development's fair share of the cost of new fire facilities and to cover the increased
construction costs; and
WHEREAS, the City contracted with a consultant to perform an analysis of the fees
necessary to be charged to new development to provide the fire protection facilities required as a
result of such development; and
WHEREAS, the consultant performed this analysis and calculated the fees in compliance
with the requirements of the Mitigation Fee Act (California Government Code Section 66000 et seq);
and
WHEREAS, the City Council has considered the information in the consultant's report and
the City's staff report; and
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Orange that
the six current Fire Protection Facilities Program areas (A, B, C, D, E, and 0) be consolidated into
one city-wide fire protection facilities program area with only one fee;
and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the fees for the one city-wide Fire
Protection Facilities Program area are hereby adopted as set forth in Exhibit A and Resolution No. 9295
is rescinded.BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Fire Protection Facilities Program fees
shall be adjusted on the first day of July each year, beginning July 2008, to reflect the
percentage of construction cost increase or decrease as published by the Engineering News
Cost Index published on, or about, the first day of June each year. The adjusted fee, if any, shall be
rounded to the nearest dollar for the per unit and per room fees and to the nearest one tenth of a cent
for the per sq. ft. fees.
ADOPTED this 12th day of June, 2007.
ATTEST:
Orange
I, MARY E. MURPHY, City Clerk of the City of Orange, California, do hereby certify that
the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly adopted by the City Council of the City of Orange at
a regular meeting thereof held on the 12th day of June, 2007, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
COUNCILMEMBERS: Smith, Murphy, Cavecche, Dumitru, Bilodeau
COUNCILMEMBERS: None
COUNCILMEMBERS: None
COUNCILMEMBERS: None
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