Greenbelt Preservation Fee

“The purpose of the Greenbelt Preservation Fee is to provide a financing mechanism for acquiring lands to complete a system of greenbelts in and around the City of Vacaville. As the City continues to grow, demand for greenbelts will similarly increase, therefore requiring additional preserved acres to serve the expanding population. The Greenbelt Preservation Fee component funds the acquisition of additional greenbelt acreage necessary to serve new development based on current greenbelt standards.”

“The City of Vacaville has used fee title acquisition in meeting its preservation targets. This Nexus Study therefore assumes greenbelt properties would be preserved through fee title acquisition. … Average land values for future greenbelt and open space acquisitions were estimated at $6,500 per acre in 2019 dollars. Adjusted for inflation, this represents $9,500 per acre”

“Existing service level standard for Greenbelt Preservation is determined based on the existing resident population and the total greenbelt acreage owned by the City of Vacaville. Greenbelt preservation service standards are established on a per resident basis. As greenbelt preservation are assumed to benefit all residents, the Greenbelt Preservation Fee applies to the DIF Boundary including Lagoon Valley.”

2022-06-28 (current adopted amounts); fee category dates from the 1992 DIF program

“RESOLUTION NO. 2022-059 — RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF VACAVILLE APPROVING THE 2022 UPDATE TO THE CITY OF VACAVILLE DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEE, VDIF, NEXUS STUDY, PROGRAM AND FEE SCHEDULE … WHEREAS, the Nexus Study focuses on improvements required for Park and Recreation, Greenbelt Preservation, General Facilities, Police, Fire, Storm Drainage, Sewer, Water Transportation fees to accommodate demand generated by new development through General Plan Buildout excluding the Northeast Area … I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was introduced and passed at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Vacaville, held on the 28th day of June 2022”

Resolution No. 2022-059 (fee amounts); Ordinance No. 2005 (Vacaville Municipal Code ch. 11.01)

“RESOLUTION NO. 2022-059 — RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF VACAVILLE APPROVING THE 2022 UPDATE TO THE CITY OF VACAVILLE DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEE, VDIF, NEXUS STUDY, PROGRAM AND FEE SCHEDULE … WHEREAS, the Nexus Study focuses on improvements required for Park and Recreation, Greenbelt Preservation, General Facilities, Police, Fire, Storm Drainage, Sewer, Water Transportation fees to accommodate demand generated by new development through General Plan Buildout excluding the Northeast Area … I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was introduced and passed at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Vacaville, held on the 28th day of June 2022”

at building permit

“11.01.080 Timing of payment. A. The fee for each unit of development within a development project shall be paid in full prior to the issuance of a building permit required for that unit of development, unless otherwise authorized by the Mitigation Fee Act. If an Applicant receives a building permit from the City for a unit of development, and the fee has not been paid, the Applicant shall pay the fee in full within thirty (30) days of written notice from the City.”

City of Vacaville, the agency that levies it

“For the City of Vacaville, Development Impact Fees are collected at the time a building permit is issued and are for the purpose of mitigating the impacts caused by new development on certain public facilities and infrastructure. … Separate and unique funds have been established to manage and account for the Development Impact Fees deposited by new development projects for each of the following types of public facilities: Park and Recreation, Greenbelt Preservation, General Facilities, Police, Fire, Traffic, Storm Drain Detention, Storm Drain Conveyance, Sewer, and Water.”

“11.01.090 Exemptions and Exceptions. A. The following development projects are exempt from the requirement to pay Fees, as set forth below: 1. Public projects constructed or financed under this chapter. 2. Projects in the Northeast Growth Area. 3. Reconstruction of, or residential additions to, single-family dwellings, which do not increase the gross floor area. 4. Accessory dwelling units (ADUs) of less than 750 square feet. For ADUs that are 750 square feet or larger, the fee shall be based on the proportion of the square footage of the ADU to the square footage of the primary dwelling unit. 5. Non-residential development projects are exempt from the obligation to pay greenbelt preservation and parks and recreation fees only. 6. A development project shall be exempt from the requirements of this impact fee ordinance if the Applicant provides documentation, to the satisfaction of the Director, of federal, state or local law (including a duly adopted resolution of the city council) which establishes entitlement to the exemption.”

“11.01.110 Fee credits and reimbursements for construction of specified public facilities. A. Where an Applicant has constructed or financed a specified public facility, the Applicant may apply to the City for fee credits or for reimbursement of costs incurred by the Applicant in constructing or financing the specified public facility. The application may be granted where the Applicant (i) constructs the facility, (ii) provides funding for the facility, (iii) dedicates land for the facility, or (d) provides a combination of the above. Any fee credits or reimbursement granted must be the subject of an agreement in accordance with this chapter.”

“BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the updated residential fees will fully take effect on July 1, 2023; until that time, residential builders will have the option of paying the updated fees or the existing fees; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the updated nonresidential fees will be phased in over three years; beginning on July 1, 2023, the fees will increase by 1/3, and with each subsequent July, the fees will go up 1/3 until the updated fees are fully in effect beginning July 1, 2025”