Appendix 8500. Findings and intent.

(a)

New residential and nonresidential development in the City of Agoura Hills (the "city") has attracted and will continue to attract employees and residents to the city, and there is a causal connection between such development projects and the increased need for transportation facilities.

(b)

Failure to enhance the ability of the city's transportation system to accommodate increased traffic by improving traffic flow will make it more difficult for residents, employers, and employees to access residences and places of employment and could cause unacceptable harm to the quality of life in the city.

(c)

Sources of city revenue other than transportation impact fees, including tax revenues which will be paid by new residential and nonresidential development, will be needed for many public purposes and therefore will not be sufficient to offset the burdens on transportation facilities created by new development.

(d)

It is the intent of the city to require every person or organization that develops land to mitigate the impacts of that development on the city's transportation system. The city may therefore require developers to mitigate transportation impacts caused by their development and to pay a transportation impact fee that will be used to mitigate those impacts by constructing transportation facilities pursuant to the most current 2011 capital improvements plan.

(e)

The amount of transportation impact fees collected pursuant to this chapter shall be limited to the cost of transportation impact mitigation attributable to new development. The amount of transportation impact fees collected shall not include the cost of transportation impact mitigation measures made necessary by existing development.

(Ord. No. 11-389, § 2, 9-27-2011)