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3.26.010 Chapter 3.26 TRAFFIC DEVELOPMENT FEE Sections: 3.26.010 Purpose 3.26.020 Terms And Definitions 3.26.030 Applicability 3.26.040 Rate Of Fee 3.26.050 Amount Of Fee 3.26.060 Payment Of Fee 3.26.070 Credits 3.26.080 Reimbursements 3.26.090 Exemptions 3.26.100 Use Of Funds 3.26.110 Refunds 3.26.120 Appeals 3.26.130 Expiration Of Fee 3.26.140 Supplementary Provi- sions 3.26.150 Severability 3.26.010 Purpose: City Council fmds that the cumulative impact of all new development under the General Plan will result in adverse im- pacts to traffic circulation. To prevent these undesirable consequences, traffic improvements must be provided at a rate which will accommodate the expected growth in the City. The City Council acknowledges that the demand for traffic improvements is shared by existing as well as new development. The proposed traffic development fee apportions the cost of the necessary traffic improvements and reconstruction among the different categories of new and existing users ac- cording to the reasonably estimated peak hour trip demand that each group of users places upon traffic improvements. (Ord. 1765 § 2, 1998) 3.26.020 Terms And Definitions: For the purposes of this Chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated in this Section: A. "Average trip cost" means the cost per peak hour trip as determined in accor- dance with subsection 3.26.040A of this Chapter. B. "Circulation element" means the text and maps in the Circulation Element of the City's General Plan, as amended. C. "Traffic improvements" means those improvements necessary to complete the major street and interchange improve- ments and renovations identified in the Circulation Element, Capital Facilities Master Plan, and the Traffic Development Fee Report dated September 1998, and Capital Improvement Program (CIP), as may be amended from time to time by the City Council, including paving, curbs, gutters, sidewalks, medians, landscaping, drainage facilities, traffic signals, street lighting, rights of way, bicycle paths, bridges, grade separation, and other im- provements in connection therewith, which are not otherwise provided by, or required of, direct development require- ments pursuant to Titles 18, 19, and 20 of this Code. Traffic improvements shall also include architectural, administrative, engineering, legal, planning, environmen- tal and other services required in connec- tion with the implementation of this Chapter and the construction of the fore- going improvements. D. "Developer" means an individual or entity submitting an application for a 71 (Pleasanton 5-99)