(a) Before adopting a resolution establishing or imposing a new commercial linkage fee or approving an increase in an existing commercial linkage fee pursuant to this article, the executive board shall hold a public hearing, at which oral or written presentations can be made, as part of a regularly scheduled meeting. The executive board shall publish a notice of the time and place of the meeting, including a general explanation of the matter to be considered in accordance with Section 6062a.

(b) Any costs incurred by the executive board in conducting the hearing required pursuant to subdivision (a) may be recovered as part of the commercial linkage fee that is the subject of the hearing.

Terms Used In California Government Code 64623

  • Commercial linkage fee: means a monetary exaction, other than a tax or special assessment, established for a broad class of projects by legislation of general applicability that is charged to an applicant in connection with the approval of a commercial development project by an underlying land use jurisdiction for the purpose of addressing the need for additional housing development necessitated by that commercial development project, as determined pursuant to the nexus study undertaken pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 64621. See California Government Code 64620
  • Subdivision: means a subdivision of the section in which the term occurs unless some other section is expressly mentioned. See California Government Code 10

(Amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 370, Sec. 162. (SB 1371) Effective January 1, 2021.)