On September 13, 2016, the City Council adopted the General Plan Update Cost Recovery Fee (Recovery Fee) and the General Plan Implementation Fee (Implementation Fee). The Recovery Fee will recoup $2.4 million, or 80 percent, of the total cost of the General Plan Update from landowners and/or developers who benefited greatly from the infrastructure planning and environmental analysis conducted as part of the Update.

The Recovery Fee is applicable to new development in the East of Leisure Town Road and Northeast Growth Areas (New Growth Areas), Brighton Landing, Vanden Meadows and Infill Focus Areas.

Infill Focus Areas will be assessed the Recovery Fee based on the incremental development permitted by the change in General Plan land use designation. The Recovery Fee will be collected at time of Final Map for residential projects and at building permit issuance, or within two years of annexation, for non-residential projects.

To maintain viable, long term development under the new General Plan, the City must complete a number of ongoing planning efforts to implement the General Plan.  The estimated cost of General Plan implementation activities related to development through 2035 is approximately $4.4 million.  The Implementation Fee will fund 70 percent of cost of these development-related implementation tasks.  The Implementation Fee will be charged as a 9.9 percent surcharge on the building fee charged on all building permits.

Please note that building fee is one line item on each building permit.  It does not represent the total cost of a building permit. View an example building permit with line item.

The Recovery Fee and the Implementation Fee went into effect on November 14, 2016. For more information regarding these fees, email Peyman Behvand or call (707) 449-5332.

• View the complete Staff Report (Large document)
• Resolution 2.4
• Staff report with resolution
• Exhibit A – Summary of Adopted Fees
• Exhibit B – Map of Growth areas
• Exhibit C – Infill Focus Area Information
• Exhibit D – Fee Study
• Attachment 2.4 – General Plan Implementation Cost Summary
• Attachment 2.4 – General Plan Implementation Plan (Large File)