FY 2009-10 Development Impact Fee Report ’s Office Controller January 24, 2011 City and County of San Francisco City and City and County of San Francisco FY 2009-10 Development Impact Fee Report January 24, 2011 Introduction San Francisco Planning Code Article 2, Section 409(b) requires the Controller to issue an Annual Citywide Development Fee and Development Impact Requirements Report including: All development fees collected during the prior fiscal year, organized by development fee account; All cumulative monies collected and expended over the life of each fee; The number of projects that elected to satisfy development impact requirements through in-kind improvements; Any annual construction cost inflation adjustments to fees (based on the Annual Infrastructure Construction Cost Inflation Estimate published by the Office of the City Administrator's Capital Planning Group); and Other information required pursuant to the California Mitigation Fee Act Government Code 66001, including: fee rate and description; the beginning and ending balance of the fee account; the amount of fees collected and interest earned; an identification of each public improvement on which fees were expended and the percentage of the cost of the improvement funded with fees; an approximate construction start date; and a description of any transfers or loans made from the account.1 Table 1 lists the City’s twenty-four development impact fees, the department or agency collecting and administering each one, and other fee details as of November 2, 2010. On December 6, 2010, several fee levels were adjusted for consistency to reflect gross square feet instead of net square feet. These cases are noted in the table, and the new fee level is provided within the fee descriptions in the body of the report. Table 2 displays cumulative revenues and expenditures and the FY 2009-10 year-end balance for each development fee account. Sections A through G provide a qualitative description of each fee, including the fee amount and purpose, designated use of funds, cumulative fees collected, and cumulative fees expended. The sections are organized by City Area (e.g. Rincon Hill, etc.). Appendix A-1 provides detailed 1 In addition, every fifth fiscal year following the first deposit into the account, and every five years thereafter, the local agency shall make the following findings with respect to unexpended funds: identify the purpose to which the fee is to be put; demonstrate a reasonable relationship between the fee and the purpose for which it is charged; identify all sources and amounts of funding anticipated to complete financing of incomplete improvements; and designate approximate deposit dates of anticipated funding. Controller’s Office 1 financial information collected from Departments, and Appendix A-2 includes Local and State Code reporting requirements. The San Francisco Unified District independently reports on the School Impact Fee. The FY 2009-10 report may be found at the link below. For prior year reports, please contact the School District. http://portal.sfusd.edu/data/facilities/SFUSDAnnualFiveYearReport_FY0910_FN.pdf. Controller’s Office 2 Table of Contents Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 1 Table 1. Development Impact Fee Register ............................................................................ 5 Table 2. Cumulative Fee Revenues & Expenditures through FY 2009-10 .............................. 9 A. Rincon Hill ............................................................................................................................10 A1. Rincon Hill Community Infrastructure Impact Fee ............................................................10 A2. South of Market Area (SOMA) Community Stabilization Fee ...........................................12 A3. Alternative Means of Satisfying the Open Space Requirement in SOMA Mixed Use Districts .................................................................................................................................14 B. Visitacion Valley ...................................................................................................................15 B1. Visitacion Valley Community Facilities & Infrastructure Impact Fee .................................15 C. Market and Octavia ..............................................................................................................16 C1. Market and Octavia Affordable Housing Fee ...................................................................16 C2. Market and Octavia Community Infrastructure Impact Fee ..............................................17 C3. Van Ness and Market Downtown Residential Special Use District Floor Area Ratio Bonus ..............................................................................................................................................18 C4. Van Ness and Market Neighborhood Infrastructure Program ..........................................19 D. Eastern Neighborhoods ........................................................................................................20 D1. Eastern Neighborhoods Area Plan Alternative Affordable Housing In-Lieu Fee ..............20 D2. Affordable Housing Requirements for Urban Mixed Use District in Eastern Neighborhoods ..............................................................................................................................................21 D3. Eastern Neighborhoods Infrastructure Impact Fee ..........................................................22 D4. Usable Open Space In-Lieu Fee for Eastern Neighborhood Mixed Use Districts .............24 D5. Payment in Case of Variance or Exception .....................................................................25 E. City Area: Balboa Park .........................................................................................................26 E1. Balboa Park Community Infrastructure Impact Fee .........................................................26 F. C-3 Districts (Downtown) ......................................................................................................27 F1. Downtown Park Fee ........................................................................................................27 F2. Downtown C-3 Artwork ....................................................................................................29 G. Citywide ...............................................................................................................................30 G1. Affordable Housing – Job Housing Linkage Fee .............................................................30 G2. Affordable Housing (Inclusionary) Program .....................................................................31 G3. Child Care Fee................................................................................................................32 G4. Street Trees, In-Lieu Fee ................................................................................................34 G5. Transit Impact Development Fee ....................................................................................35 Controller’s Office 3 G6. Water Capacity Charge ...................................................................................................37 G7. Wastewater Capacity Charge .........................................................................................38 Appendix A1. Development Impact Fee Revenue & Expenditure Detail ....................................39 A1-1. Rincon Hill Community Infrastructure Impact Fee ........................................................40 A1-2. South of Market Area Community Stabilization Fee .....................................................42 A1-3. Visitacion Valley Community Facilities and ..................................................................43 Infrastructure Fee ..................................................................................................................43 A1-4. Market & Octavia Community Infrastructure Impact Fee ..............................................45 A1-5. Eastern Neighborhoods Infrastructure Impact Fee .......................................................46 A1-6. Balboa Park Community Infrastructure Impact Fee ......................................................47 A1-7. Downtown Park Fee .....................................................................................................48 A1-8. Downtown C-3 Artwork ................................................................................................50 A1-9. Job Housing Linkage Fee & Affordable Housing (Inclusionary) Program ......................51 A1-10. Child Care Fee ...........................................................................................................56 A1-11. Transit Impact Development Fee ...............................................................................58 A1-12. Water & Wastewater Capacity Charges .....................................................................61 Appendix A2. Local and State Reporting Requirements ............................................................63 San Francisco Planning Code, Article 2, Section 409 ............................................................64 California Government Code 66001 et seq. ...........................................................................65 Controller’s Office 4 Table 1. Development Impact Fee Register City Area Administering