Burbank Municipal Code Div. 2 Community Facilities-Transportation Improvement Fee

This division shall be known as the Community Facilities-Transportation Improvement Fee. The fees imposed pursuant to this division shall be known as the Transportation Improvement Fee. [Added by Ord. No. 3340, eff. 6/14/93.]

A Transportation Improvement Fee is hereby imposed on new residential and non-residential development in the City of Burbank for the purpose of assuring that the transportation level of service goals of the City as set forth in the City of Burbank Development Impact Fee Nexus Study are met with respect to the additional demands placed on the transportation system by traffic generated from such development. [Added by Ord. No. 3340, eff. 6/14/93; amended by Ord. No. 22-3,976, eff. 7/22/22.]

This Transportation Improvement Fee shall be applicable to all new development in the City of Burbank. [Added by Ord. No. 3340, eff. 6/14/93; amended by Ord. No. 22-3,976, eff. 7/22/22.]

All residential and non-residential development shall be required to pay a Transportation Improvement Fee in accordance with Section 10-1-2206. The Transportation Improvement Fee is hereby established to be as follows:

Fees are subject to a 5% administration fee. (For automatic adjustment section, see Section 10-1-2207.)

Subsequent actions, including those increasing or amending this fee, may be by resolution. [Added by Ord. No. 3340, eff. 6/14/93; amended by Ord. No. 22-3,976, eff. 7/22/22.]

The Building Official shall calculate the amount of the applicable Transportation Improvement Fee due at the time specified in Section 10-1-2206 based upon the applicable impact rate as specified herein.

The Building Official shall calculate the amount of the applicable Transportation Improvement Fee due for residential development by determining the number and type of new dwelling units in the proposed residential development project and multiplying the same by the applicable Transportation Fee amount.

The Building Official shall calculate the amount of the applicable Transportation Improvement Fee due for non-residential development by determining the gross floor area or number of new lodging rooms, type of use and location in a non-residential development, and multiplying the same by the Transportation Improvement Fee amount as established herein.

The Building Official shall be responsible for determining the use type of the proposed development. If the Building Official determines that a proposed development is not in one of the use classifications included in the fee resolution, or, if the applicant submits relevant information and documentation acceptable to the Building Official demonstrating that the proposed development is not in one of the use classifications included in the fee resolution or is a mixed use, the Building Official shall:

A. Determine whether the proposed development has trip generation characteristics similar to a listed use classification;

B. If so, that use classification shall be used in calculating the appropriate Transportation Improvement Fee;

C. If not, the Building Official shall identify the trip generation characteristics of the proposed development and, utilizing the ITE Trip Generation Manual, assign the proposed use to the most similar land use type listed in the manual.

D. If there is no similar land use types listed in the ITE Trip Generation Manual, the Building Official may request that the applicant perform, at his own expense, a trip generation study or may utilize other statistically valid trip generation data applicable to the proposed use. [Added by Ord. No. 3340, eff. 6/14/93; amended by Ord. No. 22-3,976, eff. 7/22/22.]

The City hereby establishes a segregated Transportation Improvement Fee Subfund (hereafter “Subfund”) to which all Transportation Improvement Fees collected by the Building Official shall be deposited in accordance with this section, and in accordance with Section 10-1-2208. [Added by Ord. No. 3340, eff. 6/14/93.]

Funds derived from payment of Transportation Improvement Fees pursuant to this article shall be placed in the subfund and shall be used solely and exclusively for the purpose of funding transportation improvements and as identified in the City of Burbank Development Impact Fee Nexus Study. These funds shall not be used for the provision of roadway or transit improvements relating to (i) the needs of existing City residents; (ii) the enhancement of transportation improvements to provide a higher level of service to existing development; (iii) operation and maintenance costs associated with roadway or transit improvements, (iv) repair and/or replacement of existing provision of transportation services, as contrasted with transportation improvements. [Added by Ord. No. 3340, eff. 6/14/93; amended by Ord. No. 22-3,976, eff. 7/22/22.]