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In November 2004, San Diego County voters approved local Proposition A
extending the TransNet 1/2 cent sales tax to fund the region's transportation
system for 40 years. As part of Proposition A and the TransNet Extension
Ordinance, the Regional Transportation Congestion Improvement Program
(RTCIP) was created to ensure that new development directly invests in the
region's transportation system to offset the negative impacts of growth on
congestion and mobility. One of the requirements of the RTCIP was that by July
1, 2008, each local agency must contribute $2,000 from exactions imposed on
the private sector for each new residence constructed within each jurisdiction.
Failure to do so would result in an agency's loss of TransNet funding for
improvement of local streets. Cities have the authority to impose impact fees
under the Mitigation Fee Act contained in California Government Code sections
66000 through 66025.
Therefore, on April 1, 2008, to satisfy the requirements of the TransNet RTCIP
for receipt and expenditure of TransNet funds, City Council adopted Ordinance
No. 2008-2310 amending Title 4 of the National City Municipal Code by adding
Chapter 4.52 "Establishing and Approving a Transportation Development Impact
Fee for Capital Improvement Projects Necessary to Maintain Acceptable Levels
of Traffic and Transportation Service Within the City".
The TransNet Extension Ordinance requires that the RTCIP transportation
mitigation fee charged by local jurisdictions be adjusted every year on July 1 in
order to maintain the purchasing power of the program for improvements to the
Regional Arterial System. On February 25, 2011 the SANDAG Board of Directors
approved a 2 percent adjustment to the RTCIP, raising the minimum fee from
$2,081 per new residential dwelling unit to $2,123 per unit beginning July 1,
2011.
The following summarizes the adjusted fee schedule for new residential
development, which will go into effect on July 1, 2011. The Transportation
Development Impact Fee shall be collected prior to the issuance of any building
permit for residential development in the City of National City. A copy of the City's
Transportation Impact Fee Program and fee schedule is available at the City
Clerk's Office.
Residential Land Use
Fee
Single-family
$ 2,123 per dwelling unit
Multi -family
$ 2,123 per dwelling unit