Major thoroughfare and bridge fees

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• Major thoroughfare and bridge fee

  A subdivider, as a condition of approval of a tentative map, or a building permit applicant, as a condition of issuance of a building permit, shall pay a fee as hereinafter established to defray the costs of constructing bridges over waterways, railways, freeways and canyons, or constructing major thoroughfares.

• Majority protest effect

  If written protests are filed by the owners of more than one-half of the area of the property to be benefited by the improvement, and sufficient protests are not withdrawn so as to reduce the area represented by the protests to less than one-half of the area to be benefited, then the proposed proceedings shall be abandoned, and the City Council shall not, for one year from the filing of said written protests, commence or carry on any proceedings for the same improvement under the provisions of this Section.

• Notice period for public hearingConditional useAllowed only after a discretionary approval — usually a public hearing and a board vote.10 days

  If there are 100 or fewer property owners within the proposed area of benefit, notice shall be given at least ten calendar days before the hearing by first class mail addressed to each property owner within the boundary of the proposed area of benefit.

• Vote fraction to override protest0.8 fraction

  Nothing in this Section shall prohibit the City Council, within such one-year period, from commencing and carrying on new proceedings for the construction of an improvement or portion of improvements so protested against if it finds, by the affirmative vote of four-fifths of its members, that the owners of more than one-half of the area of the property to be benefited are in favor of going forward with such improvement or portion thereof.

• Property owner threshold for notice method100 owners

  If there are more than 100 property owners within the proposed area of benefit, notice shall be given at least ten calendar days before the hearing by the following: ...

• Protest bar period1 years

  If any majority protest is directed against only a portion of the improvement, then all further proceedings under the provisions of this Section to construct that portion of the improvement so protested against shall be barred for a period of one year, but the City Council shall not be barred from commencing new proceedings not including any part of the improvement so protested against.