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Council introduces overhaul of development code sections; staff updates impact-fee rules to conform with SB 937
Summary
City staff introduced an ordinance updating multiple development-code chapters (including the development impact fee chapter) and added redline edits to implement new state rules in Senate Bill 937 about timing and interest on impact fees for certain residential projects; council introduced the ordinance and found it exempt from CEQA.
The Santa Paula City Council introduced Ordinance No. 1343 on March 19 to amend several chapters of the city’s development code — including the development impact fee chapter — and directed staff to proceed to the formal adoption process.
City attorneys and staff told the council the amendments are part of a multi‑year, comprehensive municipal code overhaul that began in 2024. The current package (Set 2) revises Chapter 16.0 (development impact fees) and several technical chapters (16.01, 16.03 and 16.05), fixes formatting and numbering errors, updates internal references and reflects current staff titles and procedures.
A substantive part of the package implements state law changes in Senate Bill…
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