Ord 1984 - Amending Division 6 of Article III of Chapter 15 of the Town Code limiting use of streets by permit fees and adopting a new Article IX of Chapter 15 establishing road impact fees for construction projectsORDINANCE 1984
ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS AMENDING
DIVISION 6 OF ARTICLE III OF CHAPTER 15 OF THE TOWN CODE LIMITING
USE OF STREETS BY PERMIT FEES AND
ADOPTING A NEW ARTICLE IX OF CHAPTER 15 ESTABLISHING
ROAD IMPACT FEES FOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS
THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION I
Section 15.30.505 is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 15.30.505. Purpose.
The purpose of this division is to regulate heavy or oversized vehicles and hauling
activities on Town streets.
SECTION II
Section 15.30.515 is hereby amended to read as follows
Sec. 15.30.515. Heavy vehicles defined.
For the purpose of this division, "heavy vehicles" shall be defined as vehicles that
exceed the maximum limits specified by article 1 of chapter 5, division 15 of the California
Vehicle Code, commencing at section 35550.
SECTION III
Section 15.30.520 is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 15.30.520. Regulated activity defined.
For the purposes of this division, "regulated activity" shall be defined as:
(a) Hauling; or
(b) The movement of a heavy vehicle; or
(c) Operation or movement of vehicle or combination of vehicles or special
mobile equipment of a size exceeding the maximum specified in the California
Vehicle Code; or
(d) Operation or movement of a vehicle carrying a load as defined in Vehicle
Code
section 35780.5.
SECTION IV
Section 15.30.525 is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 15.30.525. Application for permit.
Any person desiring to undertake a regulated activity as defined in section 15.30.520
within the Town, shall file an application for a permit to do so with the Town Engineer,
except as specifically exempted pursuant to section 15.30.432, on the form and in the manner
prescribed by the California Department of Transportation pursuant to Vehicle Code section
35781, or should no such form have been prescribed, the application shall set forth the
following information:
(a) A full identification, and the residence and business address of the applicant,
including all members of any firm or partnership, and the president and
secretary of any corporation applying; if the applicant is the agent or
employee of any person for whose benefit the permit is requested, this fact,
with the full identification of such person and his business and residence
address.
(b) The facts constituting the necessity for the regulated activity.
(c) The amount of material expected to be hauled, in tons.
(d) The dates on which the regulated activity is intended to be commenced and
completed, and the times of day during which the regulated activity is
intended to be done.
(e) The particular streets over which a permit to operate is requested.
(f) The time interval between vehicles and the number of vehicles per hour,
which will travel over the route for which the permit is applied.
(g) The location of the place or places of delivery of the heavy vehicle or
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materials; provided, however, that if delivery of materials is to be made in
small quantities to numerous places, a general description satisfactory to the
Town Engineer of the locations of the contemplated deliveries will be
sufficient.
(h) A specific description of the vehicle or vehicles and load to be operated or
moved.
(i) Whether such permit is requested for a single trip or for continuous
operation.
(j) Such further information as the Town Engineer may require.
SECTION IV
Section 15.30.530 is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 15.30.530. Permit fee.
(a) As a condition to the issuance of a permit, the permittee shall pay to the Town
at the office of the Town Engineer a fee for the issuance of said permit in an amount
hereinafter specified.
(b) The fee for the issuance of the same as the fee charged by the California
Department of Transportation and listed in 21 California Code of Regulations §1411.3.
(c) Special services required for evaluating applications for and supervising unusually
large or heavy loads, such a engineering investigations, escorts, tree trimming, and arborist
evaluations, shall be billed separately for each permit on an actual cost basis.
(d) No application for a permit for a regulated activity shall be subdivided to avoid
payment of a fee or any other requirements of this division, and the fees established by this
division shall be in addition to any other traffic mitigation or road impact fees that may
apply to the underlying project and in addition to any applicable State or other local agency
fee.
SECTION V
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Section 15.30.535 is repealed.
SECTION VI
Section 15.30.540 is repealed.
SECTION VIII
A new Article IX of Chapter 15 is adopted as follows:
ARTICLE IX. MITIGATION OF ROAD IMPACTS CAUSED BY CONSTRUCTION
PROJECTS
Sec. 15.90.010 Purpose.
The Town Council finds that the roads of this community were built under a variety
of standards and under a variety of agencies. Many of the Town's streets have little base
and limited overlay with restricted drainage systems and were never intended to support
heavy vehicles or loads. Construction projects have had a serious adverse effect on the
Town's street system, and it is only fair and just that there should be an equitable
contribution to repair streets that are damaged by hauling and deliveries done in connection
with these projects. Because the effects of these projects can be spread across a large area
and the Town does not and cannot have the staff or oversight to identify specific items of
damage and construction projects accelerate or begin the deterioration of the street system,
it is also fair and just to establish a fee to be collected when permits are issued for
construction projects that will be deposited in the street repair funds and used in the areas
identified with the construction project. The amount of each fee collected should be based
on an estimate of the weight of the loads to be hauled to or from the project and the weight
of heavy vehicles to be used in connection with the project.
Sec. 15.90.020. Scope.
The Council will, by resolution, establish a fee schedule for fees to be assessed and
paid at the time that a permit is issued by the Town for any of the following types of
construction:
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(a) Building permit; or
(b) Encroachment permit; or
(c) Grading /landscaping permit; or
(d) Improvement contract.
Sec. 15.90.030. Usage of fees collected.
(a) The fees collected under this article will be deposited in fund accounts. These
fees will be used for design, construction, and repair of Town streets, and installation of
sidewalk curbcut ramps when such a requirement is triggered by the level of work as
provided by the Americans with Disabilities Act, within the geographic area of the
construction project as provided in the Council resolution establishing the fee schedule.
When a boundary so established by resolution is the centerline of a Town street, the fees
affected by the boundary may be used on either side of the street for the length affected by
the centerline boundary.
(b) The Town Director of Building & Engineering Services will make
recommendations for expenditures of the fees collected under this Article as part of the
annual Town Capital Improvement Program.
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SECTION IX
This ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the Town Council of the Town
of Los Gatos on June 6, 1994 and adopted by the following vote as an ordinance of the
Town of Los Gatos at a regular meeting of the Town Council of the Town of Los Gatos on
July 18, 1994. This ordinance takes effect 30 days after it is adopted.
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
AYES: Steven Blanton, Linda Lubeck, Patrick O'Laughlin
NAYS: None
ABSENT: Joanne Benjamin, Mayor Randy Attaway
ABSTAIN: None
SIGNED:
VICE AYOR OF THE TOW OF LOS GATOS
LOS GATOS, CALIFORNIA
ATTEST:
CLERK OF THE TOWN LOS GATOS
LOS GATOS, CALIFORNIA
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