Portland City Code ch. 14

Citation: Portland City Code ch. 14
Parent Document: Portland City Code ch. 14
Jurisdiction: Portland (municipal)
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are consistent with state requirements for utilizing be spent on permitted expenditures of the fund
transportation-related impact fees. within the same geographic fee in-lieu of
parking sub-district as the contributing project.
19.3.3 Deposits and expenditures However, for projects located within 250 feet
A. Deposits. The City shall establish a Sustainable of an abutting subdistrict, contributed fees can
Transportation Fund to be set up as a separate be used for eligible infrastructure projects in
account within the City. Deposits into the fund either abutting subdistrict.
shall include: E. Permitted expenditures of the fund. The
1. 100% of the revenue generated by the fee Sustainable Transportation Fund may only be
in-lieu of parking program, as established expended on the activities as described below:
in Subsection 19.1.7 of this article. 1. Funds collected as fees in-lieu of parking
2. Funds appropriated for deposit into the shall be expended toward capital
fund by vote of the City Council. transportation improvements. Such
3. Voluntary contributions of money or other capital improvements shall include but are
liquid assets to the fund. not limited to the following:
4. Any federal, state or private grant or loan a. Parking infrastructure:
funds provided to the fund. i. Shared use, publicly accessible
B. Accounting of deposits. Funds from the fee parking facilities.
in-lieu of parking program, as established in ii. Publicly accessible bicycle racks
Subsection 19.1.7, shall be individually collected and bicycle parking shelters.
and accounted for by project and the b. Transit capital improvements and
geographic fee in-lieu of parking subdistrict in expenses:
which it is located. i. Bus shelters, bus turnouts, transit
C. Funds to be used within 10 years of deposit. signage and other transit
Funds collected under the fee in-lieu of parking amenities.
ordinance shall be spent on eligible ii. Buses and transit vehicles.
infrastructure and/or capital improvements or iii. Transit and transportation
expenses within 10 years of the date of information systems.
collection. Any funds which are not so utilized iv. Fixed guide way and/or rail transit
and which exceed the City’s actual costs of systems.
implementing the infrastructure improvement c. Pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure:
or improvements for which such fees were v. Multi-use trails and non-vehicular
collected shall be refunded. Refunds shall be transportation corridors.
paid to the owner of records of the property vi. Pedestrian infrastructure and
for which the funds were collected, determined amenities located on publicly
as of the date the refund is made. accessible rights-of-way including
D. Use of funds by subdistrict. Funds collected but not limited to crosswalks,
under the fee in-lieu of parking ordinance shall signalization, landscaping, street 19-8 | CITY OF PORTLAND LAND USE CODE OFF-STREET PARKING & LOADING

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