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ATTACHMENT NO . 1 6 . 3B Page 3 ORDINANCE NO. ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 18.249 OF ARTICLE XV TO CHAPTER 18 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION IMPACT FEES FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Redwood City, concerned about increasing traffic volumes and congestion , and desiring an equitable and uniform method for each new development to bear a proportionate share of citywide improvements that mitigate the traffic impacts of development, authorized preparation of a Redwood City Traffic impact Mitigation Fee Study by Fehr & Peers Associates, Inc. , dated February 18, 2000 (the "Study"); and WHEREAS, the Study identified the required transportation improvements to mitigate impacts caused by new residential and non-residential development within the City of Redwood City for a 20-year period; and WHEREAS, on April 24, 2000, the City Council adopted Ordinance 2191 (the "Ordinance"), which assesses a fee on new development for its proportionate share of the cost of transportation improvements attributable to increased traffic generated by such new development throughout the City of Redwood City; and WHEREAS, The Ordinance provides in part for the calculation of a fee after taking into consideration a credit for the existing use of a site based on the actual or estimated PM peak hour trips generated by the existing use; and WHEREAS, the Ordinance also provides that developments which include buildings or structures that have been vacant or not used for more than three years do not receive any credit; and WHEREAS, by this Ordinance, the City Council of the City of Redwood City desires to delete the restriction on the grant of a credit for development which include building or structures which have been vacant or not used for more than three years; and Atty/Ord/Ord.258 1 032806