§ 26-98-200. Windsor specific plan development fees—Purpose.

(a)

Purpose. The purpose of Sections 26-98-200 through 26-98-380, inclusive, is to establish development fees to provide for public services and facilities needed as a result of future growth within the area encompassed by the Windsor specific plan. Such area is set forth on that map which is attached to the ordinance codified in this chapter and on file in the planning department, and incorporated herein by reference as Exhibit A. These sections are intended as an implementation tool of the goals, policies and criteria identified in the Windsor specific plan. The Windsor specific plan, adopted pursuant to the county's general plan, requires that areas chosen for urban expansion shall be capable of being provided, within a reasonable period of time, with adequate facilities and services, including:

(1)

School facilities;

(2)

Fire protection services and facilities;

(3)

Civic facilities; and

(4)

Recreational facilities.

(b)

The Windsor specific plan further requires the preparation of a plan that identifies a mechanism for financing those facilities and services necessary to serve urban development within the Windsor specific plan area.

(c)

The purpose of Sections 26-98-200 through 26-98-380, inclusive, is to implement the county's general plan and the Windsor specific plan requirements and to use the authority of Article XI, Section 7 of the California Constitution by imposing development fees to fund the costs of certain facilities and services the need for which is directly or indirectly generated by the type and level of development proposed in the Windsor specific plan area.

(d)

It is the further purpose of Sections 26-98-200 through 26-98-380, inclusive, to require that adequate provision is made for developer financed facilities and services within the Windsor specific plan area as a condition subsequent to any rezonings adopted through such plan and prior to approval of certain development applications within the area.

(Ord. No. 4818 § 1, 1994: Ord. No. 4643, 1993.)