City of Hermosa Beach --- 01-12-99


Ordinance No. 99- Fire Flow Fee


Recommendation:


It is recommended that the Council adopt Ordinance No 99- amending Exhibit "A" of Ordinance No. 88-932, deleting the current item "5" and replacing with the following:


  1. FIRE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES; FIRE STATIONS; FIRE TRAINING FACILITIES; FIRE COMMUNICATION CENTERS; AND FIRE MAINTENANCE CENTERS.



Background:


On June 28, 1988 the City adopted Ordinance No. 88-932 (Fire Flow Fee) establishing a fee to mitigate the burdens of the fire-protection system created by new development. Exhibit "A" of the Fire Flow Fee Ordinance authorized the use of fire fee revenues on the following items 1) Hydrants; 2) Riser connections from main to hydrant; 3) Necessary valves and attachments as determined by the water company; 4) Repairs to public improvements such as streets and sidewalks necessitated by the installation of hydrants, risers and necessary valves and attachments. Ordinance No. 88-932 has been amended twice since to include items 5) The two remaining lease/purchase payments for a fire engine; and 6) Firefighting equipment and vehicles.


Analysis:


Due to an increase in demand for services, the Fire Department has added a second ambulance and reserve firefighters to our daily staffing. This increase in staffing results in a need for additional dormitory and restroom space. It is expected that once this change is made we will be able to add enough space to meet the needs of the Fire Department.

The intent of the Ordinance 88-932, as stated therein , is to address issues of public safety and to mitigate the fire protection impacts caused by new development. Further, the Ordinance expressly intends that the revenues collected would be used to finance improvements in the City's "fire protection facilities". The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) defines fire protection facilities as "administrative offices; fire stations; fire communication centers; and fire maintenance centers".


Staff is recommending to update Exhibit "A" by eliminating the current Item "5" (Two remaining lease/purchase payments for a fire engine), which is no longer necessary, and replacing it with the recommendation as stated above. Amending Exhibit "A" of the Fire Flow Fee Ordinance, as requested, serves both the general purpose and the express intent of the original Ordinance.


Fiscal Impact: None



ORDINANCE NO. 99-


AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HERMOSA BEACH, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 88-932 RELATING TO FIRE FLOW FEES


THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HERMOSA BEACH, CALIFORNIA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:


SECTION 1. Findings.

  1. The City Council finds that, by the adoption of Ordinance No. 88-932, the city established a fire flow fee to address the issues of public safety and fire protection.
  2. The City Council finds that the general purpose of the fire flow fee is to implement the goals and objectives of the Safety Element of the General Plan and to mitigate the fire protection impacts caused by new development. The City Council further finds that the express intent of Ordinance No. 88-932 is that fire flow fee revenues be used to finance improvements in "fire protection facilities"
  3. The City Council finds that the National Fire Protection Association defines fire protection facilities as "fire administrative offices; fire stations; fire training facilities; fire communication centers; and fire maintenance centers".
  4. The City Council finds the expenditure of fire flow fee revenues on fire protection facilities as defined by the National Fire Protection
  5. Association is consistent with the general purpose and express intent of Ordinance No. 88-932.
  6. The City Council finds that new development has increased the density level of the City and has placed additional burdens on the fire protection system. The City Council further finds that a direct relationship exists between new development in all zones of the City and the need to install, and upgrade fire protection facilities as defined by the National Fire Protection Association.
  7. The City Council finds that the use of fire flow fee revenues to improve fire protection facilities as defined by the National Fire Protection Association will help alleviate the additional burden on the fire protection system created by new development in the City.
  8. The City Council finds that the fire protection fees collected pursuant to Ordinance No. 88-932 shall be used to finance only those public facilities described or identified in Exhibit "A" as amended by Ordinance No. 96-1158 and this ordinance, and attached hereto.


SECTION 2. Exhibit "A" ("Fire Protection Measures Subject to Fire Protection Fee") to Ordinance 88-932, as amended by Ordinance 96-1158, is hereby amended to replace paragraph 5 to read as follows:


"5. FIRE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES; FIRE TRAINING FACILITIES; FIRE COMMUNICATION CENTERS; AND FIRE MAINTENANCE CENTERS"


SECTION 3. Exhibit "A" ("Fire Protection Measures Subject to Fire Protection Fee") to Ordinance 88-932, as amended by Ordinance 96-1158 and by this ordinance, and attached hereto, is hereby adopted.


Section 4. This ordinance shall become effective and be in full force and effect from and after thirty (30) days of its final passage and adoption.


Section 5. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this ordinance, shall enter the same in the book of original ordinances of the City, and shall make minutes of the passage and adoption thereof in the records of the proceedings of the City Council at which the same is passed and adopted.

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PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this day of , 1999 by the following vote:



EXHIBIT "A"


FIRE PROTECTION MEASURES SUBJECT TO FIRE PROTECTION FEE


  1. HYDRANTS
  2. RISER CONNECTIONS FROM MAIN TO HTDRANT
  3. NECESSARY VALVES AND ATTACHMENTS AS DETERMINED BY THE WATER COMPANY
  4. REPAIRS TO PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS SUCH AS STREETS AND SIDEWALKS NECESSITATED BY THE INSTALLATION OF GYDRANTS, RISERS AND NECESSARY VALVES AND ATTACHMENTS
  5. FIRE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES; FIRE STATIONS; FIRE TRAINING FACILITIES; FIRE COMMUNICATION CENTERS; AND FIRE MAINTENANCE CENTERS
  6. FIREFIGHTING EQUIPMENT AND VEHICLES


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