In accordance with the City of Santa Clarita’s agreement with the county, to be part of the Consolidated Fire Protection District, the Council will vote, as required in the agreement, to “update” the Developer fee and Fire Station. In November 2007, The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted to increase the fee for the unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County from $.7946 per sq ft to $.9341 per sq ft. That represents an approximate 17.5 % increase developers will have to front. That fee gets transferred to the county. It goes to help support the costs of acquisition of land, and construction of fire stations on that land.
Developers face a whole slew of development fees from both city and county jurisdictions, fees that often get calculated into the housing price.
The public hearing for this item will be Tuesday January 8th. I’d expect no public comment, or developer comment on this one!
Click HERE for the detailed Santa Clarita City Council agenda item regarding this item.
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