SEC. 424.7. TRANSIT CENTER DISTRICT TRANSPORTATION AND STREET IMPROVEMENT
IMPACT FEE AND FUND.
Sections 424.7.1 through 424.7.4 set forth the requirements and procedures for the Transit Center District Transportation and Street Improvement Impact Fee and Fund. The effective date
of these requirements shall be either the effective date of this Ordinance or the date a subsequent modification, if any, became effective.
(Added by Ord. 182-12 , File No. 120665, App. 8/8/2012, Eff. 9/7/2012)
SEC. 424.7. 1. FINDINGS.
(a) General. New development in the Transit Center District Plan area will create substantial new burdens on existing streets and transportation systems and require the need for new
and enhanced transportation services and improvements to rights-of-way for all modes of transportation. The downtown is a very dense urban environment with limited roadway capacity
and is already substantially congested and impacted by existing patterns of movement. To accommodate the substantial growth anticipated in the Transit Center District Plan Area, public
transit investments must be made, circulation patterns adjusted, and limited right-of-way space reallocated such that trips to and through the area are primarily made by public transit,
walking, bicycling, and carpooling and such that these modes are enabled to maintain or improve efficiency and attractiveness in the face of increasing traffic congestion. The Transit
Center District Plan identified necessary investments and improvements to achieve these modal objectives and ensure that growth in trips resulting from new development and population
increase in the Plan area does not degrade existing services. The San Francisco Citywide Nexus Analysis (“Nexus Analysis”), on file with the Clerk of the Board in File No. 230764,
calculated the proportional share of the cost of these improvements attributable to new growth based on accepted professional standards. The investments and improvements identified in the
Transit Center District Plan and allocated in the nexus study are distinct and in addition to improvements and services related to the Transit Impact Development Fee (TIDF) imposed by
Section 411 et seq. Whereas the TIDF funds improvements to SFMTA Municipal Railway public transit services and facilities to provide sufficient capacity required to serve new
development, the Transit Center District Transportation and Street Improvement Fee covers impacts of new development in the District on regional transit services and facilities that are
distinct from and in addition to the need for SFMTA public transit services, and that will not funded by the TIDF, including necessary improvements to area streets to facilitate increases in
all modes of transportation due to development, including walking, bicycling, and carpooling, and to regional transit facilities, including the Downtown Rail Extension and downtown
BART stations. The Board finds that there is no duplication in these two fees. To provide the City and County of San Francisco and regional transit agencies with the financial resources to
provide transportation facilities and street improvements necessary to serve the burgeoning population of downtown San Francisco, a Transit Center District Transportation and Street
Improvement Fund shall be established as set forth herein. The Board of Supervisors adopts the findings of the Nexus Analysis, in accordance with the California Mitigation Fee Act,
Government Code Section 66001(a).
(b) Transit Center District Transportation and Street Improvement Impact Fee. Development impact fees are an effective approach to mitigate impacts associated with growth in
population. The proposed Transit Center District Transportation and Street Improvement Impact Fee shall be dedicated to public transportation and public street improvements in the Transit
Center District Plan Area and adjacent downtown areas that will provide direct benefits to the property developed by those who pay into the fund, by providing necessary transportation and
street improvements needed to serve new development.
The fee rate has been calculated by the Planning Department based on accepted professional methods for the calculation of such fees, and described fully in the Nexus Analysis, on file