Agenda packet — Corona City Council, May 21, 2025 (part 4 of 4)

3 SECTION 8. Conflicting Ordinances. This Ordinance shall supersede all other previous City Council resolutions and ordinances that may conflict with, or be contrary to, this Ordinance.

SECTION 9. Effective Date. The Mayor shall sign this Ordinance and the City Clerk shall attest thereto and shall within fifteen (15) days of its adoption cause it, or a summary of it, to be published in a genal circulation newspaper in the City of Corona. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force 30 days after its adoption.

PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 4th day of June 2025. _________________________________
Mayor of the City of Corona, California
ATTEST:
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City Clerk of the City of Corona, California

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4 CERTIFICATION
I, Sylvia Edwards, City Clerk of the City of Corona, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was regularly introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Corona, California, duly held on the 21st day of May 2025, and thereafter at a regular meeting held on the 4th day of June 2025, it was duly passed and adopted by the following vote:

AYES:

NOES:

ABSTAINED:

ABSENT:

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Corona, California, this 4th day of June 2025. ___________________________________
City Clerk of the City of Corona, California
[SEAL]

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5 EXHIBIT “A”
CHAPTER 16.04

GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sections

16.04.010 Title and purpose.

16.04.020 Provisions supplemental to Subdivision Map Act.

16.04.030 Definitions.

16.04.040 Regulatory and advisory agencies.

16.04.010 Title and purpose.

This title may be cited as the "City Subdivision Ordinance." This chapter is enacted for the purpose of adopting subdivision regulations, in accordance with the Subdivision Map Act. The regulations contained in this chapter shall apply to all subdivisions or parts of subdivisions hereafter made, entirely or partially within the limits of the city

16.04.020 Provisions supplemental to Subdivision Map Act.

The provisions of the City Subdivision Ordinance codified in this title shall be in addition to and shall supplement the provisions of the Subdivision Map Act.

16.04.030 Definitions.

In addition to the definitions set forth in the Subdivision Map Act, the words, terms and phrases in this section shall govern the construction, meaning and application of words and phrases used in this title.
(A) “City Attorney” means the City Attorney for the City of Corona, or his or her designee. (B) “City Clerk” means the City Clerk for the City of Corona, or his or her designee. (C) "City Engineer" means the City Engineer for the City of Corona or another employee of the City of Corona who possesses a current and valid professional civil engineer license issued by the State of California and who is designated by the City Engineer to perform the duties of the City Engineer under this title.
(D) “City Manager” means the City Manager for the City of Corona or his or her designee.

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6 (E) “Director” means the Planning and Development Director for the City of Corona, or his or her designee.
(F) “Subdivision Map Act” means the laws of the State of California, as presently adopted or further amended, set forth in California Government Code §§ 66410 et seq.

16.04.040 Regulatory and advisory agencies.
(A) The City Council assumes regulation and control of the design and improvement of land subdivisions, as such power is vested in the city by the provisions of state law. It is unlawful to sell, lease or finance any lands within a subdivision in the city until the subdivider has first conformed with the requirements of the Subdivision Map Act and the City Subdivision Ordinance codified in this title.
(B) The Planning and Housing Commission is the advisory agency charged with the duty of making investigations and reports on the design and improvement of proposed divisions of real property and recommending the imposition of requirements or conditions thereon.

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7 EXHIBIT “B”
CHAPTER 16.12

TENTATIVE MAP
Sections:

16.12.010 Contents.

16.12.012 Preparation.

16.12.015 Fees — Payment.

16.12.020 Adjustment or refund.

16.12.030 Resubmission — Fee exempt.

16.12.040 Compliance with Environmental Quality Act.

16.12.050 Preparation — Filing.

16.12.060 Accompanying material.

16.12.061 Staff review and report.

16.12.062 Public hearing by Planning and Housing Commission.

16.12.063 Planning and Housing Commission report to the City Council.

16.12.064 City Council consideration of map and Commission recommendation.

16.12.065 Appeal of Planning and Housing Commission recommendation.

16.12.066 Extension of time limits.

16.12.068 Rephasing.

16.12.070 Change in conditions of approval, and amendment to an approved tentative map before final map.

16.12.010 Contents.

The tentative map shall show and contain the following matters:
(A) Vicinity or reference map;
(B) Boundary lines accurate in scale and location;
(C) Number of subdivision;

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8 (D) Legal description of property;
(E) Proposed land use of property;
(F) Name and address of owner, subdivider and engineer; (G) North arrow;
(H) Scale;
(I) Date of preparation;
(J) Approximate acreage of tract;
(K) Square footage of lots in tract;
(L) Average adjacent tract lot footages;
(M) Setback lines;
(N) Location, widths and approximate grades of streets; (O) Width or rights-of-way;
(P) Each new street shown by letter for purposes of identification until the proper name of such street is determined;
(Q) Name, location and width of adjacent streets;
(R) Width of required alleys.

16.12.012 Preparation.

After reviewing the provisions of Chapter 16.24, the subdivider shall submit a preliminary review application for the tentative map pursuant to Chapter 17.102.

16.12.015 Fees — Payment.

Fees associated with the application of a tentative map, as established by resolution of the City Council, shall be paid at the time of the filing such application.

16.12.020 Adjustment or refund.

No adjustment or refund of any portion of such fees shall be made once such fees have been paid.

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9 16.12.030 Resubmission — Fee exempt.

No fee shall be charged for any resubmitted tentative map if such resubmission is requested by the city.

16.12.040 Compliance with Environmental Quality Act.

The tentative map is subject to compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act.

16.12.050 Preparation — Filing.

The tentative map shall be prepared in accordance with the Subdivision Map Act and the provisions of the city subdivision ordinance codified with this title. Such filing must be made prior to the completion of final surveys of streets and lots and before the start of any grading or construction work in the proposed subdivision.

16.12.060 Accompanying material.

The tentative map shall be accompanied by reports and written statements from the subdivider giving essential information regarding the following matters:
(A) Subdivision development plan;
(B) Source, quality and estimate of available quantity of domestic water supply; (C) Type of street improvements and utilities which the subdivider proposes to install; (D) Proposed method of sewage disposal;
(E) Proposed storm drains, including grade and size;
(F) Proposed easements;
(G) Protective covenants to be recorded;
(H) Any proposed phasing.

16.12.061 Staff review and report.

City staff shall review the application for compliance with city ordinances and the Subdivision Map Act. Once the application is deemed complete by city staff, the planning division staff shall, within 60 days, prepare a written report to the Planning and Housing Commission, including proposed findings of facts and conditions of approval, if applicable, on the proposed project, and a recommendation to the City Council that the tentative map either be approved or denied according to the findings presented in the staff report . A copy of this report shall be available to

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10 the subdivider and the public at least three days before any Planning and Housing Commission public hearing on the tentative map.

16.12.062 Public hearing by Planning and Housing Commission.

The tentative map shall be heard by the Planning and Housing Commission at a noticed and advertised public hearing in conformance with state law.

16.12.063 Planning and Housing Commission report to the City Council.

The Planning and Housing Commission shall, after the close of the public hearing required in Section 16.12.062, make a written report to the City Council recommending that the council approve, conditionally approve or disapprove the tentative map based on the findings of fact for the proposed project.

16.12.064 City Council consideration of map and commission recommendation.

16.12.065 Appeal of Planning and Housing Commission recommendation.

As an alternative to the procedure in Section 16.12.064, any interested person adversely affected by the recommendation of the Planning and Housing Commission may file an appeal with the City Council concerning the Planning and Housing Commission recommendation. The appeal shall be filed with the City Clerk within five days of the Planning and Housing Commission determination and shall be accompanied by the fee established by resolution of the City Council. The City Clerk shall set the matter for a de novo hearing. The hearing shall be held within 30 days after the filing of the appeal.

Upon conclusion of the hearing, the City Council shall, within seven days, declare its findings based upon the testimony and materials produced before it or the Planning and Housing Commission. The City Council may sustain, modify, reject or overrule any recommendations of the Planning and Housing Commission, and may make any findings consistent with state law or local ordinance.

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11 16.12.066 Extension of time limits.

The time limits specified in this chapter for reporting and acting upon maps may be extended upon request by the subdivider and consent of the Planning and Housing Commission or City Council.

16.12.068 Rephasing.

After a tentative map is approved according to state law and this title, no change to its phasing shall be made except by the following means:
(A) If the tentative map was originally approved without phases, it must be resubmitted with the proposed phasing for review and approval by the Planning and Housing Commission and City Council pursuant to Section 16.12.070(A).
(B) If the tentative map was originally approved with phasing and provision for multiple final maps and the subdivider wishes to change the number or configuration of such final maps in compliance with the Subdivision Map Act, the tentative map shall be submitted to the Board of Zoning Adjustment pursuant to Chapter 17.98 for review of the revised phasing.

16.12.070 Change in conditions of approval, and amendments to an approved tentative map before final map.

After a tentative map is approved according to state law and this chapter, no change to the wording or impact of any tentative map condition of approval or an amendment to an approved tentative map shall be made except by means of a resubmitted tentative map or by an administrative letter of modification approved by the Director pursuant to this section. (A) Resubmitted tentative map.
(1) The city shall establish regular procedures for the resubmittal of approved tentative maps when the subdivider is proposing a substantive change in one or more conditions of approval or an amendment to an approved tentative map that is not consistent with the initial objectives and design of the tentative map, and such changes, in the reasonable judgment of the Director, are not so sweeping as to require an entirely new tentative map submittal. A new environmental assessment shall be required if the modified condition or amendment may have any adverse environmental effect. The Planning and Housing Commission and the City Council may consider the proposed changes without considering the resubmitted map in its entirety unless the environmental assessment so mandates. The resubmitted map shall be considered a new application for purposes of the Permit Streamlining Act. Except as is provided in Section

16.12.030, a fee shall be charged to cover the costs of such resubmittal. (2) In order to allow the city to process a resubmitted tentative map pursuant to this section, prior to resubmitting the map, the subdivider must decide to waive all subdivision map approval

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12 time limits in the Subdivision Map Act and must notify the city of such waiver by letter. Neither the City Council nor staff shall take any part in the determination by the subdivider whether to waive such time limits.
(3) The life of a tentative map, together with any changes approved through a resubmittal, shall be measured from that date of approval of the original map. (B) Administrative letter of modification.
(1) When a nonsubstantive change in a condition of approval or an amendment to an approved tentative map is sought by the subdivider that is in substantial compliance with the original intent and approval of the tentative map, the Director, following consultation with other affected city departments, may exercise reasonable discretion and approve the proposed change without notice or a public hearing. A fee shall be charged to cover the costs of the administrative letter of modification. For purposes of this section, a change in a condition of approval or an amendment to an approved tentative map is considered to be in substantial compliance with the approved tentative map if: (a) there is no increase in acreage or the number of lots, units or building sites, (b) the changes are consistent with the original intent of the approved tentative map and does not introduce a substandard design, and (c) the changes are consistent with applicable city ordinances and specific plans, the Subdivision Map Act and the project’s approved environmental analysis . (2) The life of a tentative map, together with any changes approved by an administrative letter of modification shall be measured from that date of approval of the original map. (3) Any decision made by the Director under this section can be appealed by the subdivider or by any interested party to the Planning and Housing Commission for final determination according to the process in Chapter 16.36. A fee shall be charged to cover the costs of such an appeal.

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13 EXHIBIT “C”
CHAPTER 16.20

PARCEL MAP
Sections

16.20.010 Requirements – Procedures.

16.20.020 Design standards and improvement requirements.

16.20.030 Waiver – Board authority.

16.20.040 Waiver – Application.

16.20.050 Waiver – Board consideration.

16.20.060 Waiver – Granting.

16.20.070 Required improvements – Certificate.

16.20.080 Required improvements – Construction.

16.20.090 Compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act.

16.20.100 Filing – Planning and Housing Commission.

16.20.110 Planning and Housing Commission report – Requirement.

16.20.115 Planning and Housing Commission – Public Hearing

16.20.120 Planning and Housing Commission report – Form.

16.20.130 Consideration – City Council authority.

16.20.135 Appeal of Planning and Housing Commission recommendation

16.20.140 Extension of time limits.

16.20.150 Change in conditions of approval, and amendments to an approved parcel map not recorded.

16.20.010 Requirements – Procedures.

This chapter sets forth the procedure for the processing, approving, conditionally approving, disapproving and filing of parcel maps in the city. The requirements as to form for parcel maps, and the procedures to be used for dedications thereon, are governed by the Subdivision Map Act.

The requirements as to content of parcel maps are governed by this chapter and the Subdivision Map Act.

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14 A parcel map is allowed to be used for residential subdivisions of four or fewer lots, and for subdivisions of greater than four lots on land zoned for industrial or commercial development, subject to the limitations set forth in Government Code Section 66426(c). The subdivider shall submit a preliminary review application for the parcel map pursuant to Chapter 17.102 before submitting a parcel map application.

16.20.020 Design standards and improvement requirements.

Parcel maps shall provide for the dedications of land, rights-of-way and easements, payment of fees and construction of all offsite and on-site improvements as required by Chapters 16.08 and

16.24. The standards and improvements are reasonable requirements for parcel map subdivisions in light of the provisions of the General Plan and the city’s master plans.

16.20.030 Waiver – Board authority.

In instances when the Subdivision Map Act would otherwise require a parcel map, such parcel map may be waived by the Board of Zoning Adjustment if all the requirements of §§ 16.20.040 through 16.20.060 are met.

16.20.040 Waiver – Application.

An application for a parcel map waiver shall be filed with the Director on such form and accompanied by such information and fee as may be required, together with an acceptable description and drawing of the existing parcel and the parcel to be created.

16.20.050 Waiver – Board consideration.

The Board of Zoning Adjustment shall consider the application for a parcel map waiver within 60 days after it is deemed complete without a notice or a public hearing. Before waiving any parcel map, the Board must first find that the proposed division of land complies with Title 17 and all requirements of this code as to area, improvement and design, floodwater drainage control, appropriate improved streets along with street lights and utility connections, sanitary disposal facilities, water supply availability, environmental protection, survey control and with all other requirements of the Subdivision Map Act and city ordinances enacted pursuant thereto.

16.20.060 Waiver – Granting.

If a waiver is granted, a certificate of compliance shall be provided to the applicant in a form suitable for recordation describing the real property involved, naming its owners as shown on the waiver application, stating that a parcel map waiver has been granted by the Board of Zoning

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15 Adjustment and setting forth the date of the waiver. The certificate of compliance shall be recorded by the applicant within 30 days of the decision by the Board of Zoning Adjustment.

16.20.070 Required improvements – Certificate.

Requirements for the construction of all improvements to be made pursuant to this chapter and Chapter 16.24 shall be noticed by certificate on the recorded parcel map.

16.20.080 Required improvements – Construction.

Except as otherwise provided in the conditions of approval for a parcel map, subdivider shall construct all improvements required by this chapter and Chapter 16.24, as applicable, prior to the issuance of a building permit or other grant of approval for development. The subdivider shall enter into an improvement agreement and post financial security with the city pursuant to §16.24.040.

16.20.090 Compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act.

The parcel map is subject to compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act.

16.20.100 Filing – Planning and Housing Commission.

A parcel map shall be filed with the staff of the Planning and Development Department.

16.20.110 Planning and Housing Commission report – Requirement.

Once the application is deemed complete by city staff, the planning division staff shall, within 60 days, prepare a written report to the Planning and Housing Commission including proposed findings of facts and conditions of approval, if applicable, on the proposed project, and a recommendation to the City Council that the parcel map either be approved or denied according to the findings presented in the staff report.

16.20.115 Planning and Housing Commission – Public Hearing.

The parcel map shall be heard by the Planning and Housing Commission at a noticed and advertised public hearing in conformance with state law.

16.20.120 Planning and Housing Commission report – Form.

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16 The Planning and Housing Commission staff report on the parcel map shall be in writing, and a copy thereof shall be available to the subdivider and the public at least three days before any Planning and Housing Commission hearing on the map.

16.20.130 Consideration – City Council authority.

16.20.135 Appeal of Planning and Housing Commission recommendation.

As an alternative to the procedure in Section 16.20.130, any interested person adversely affected by the recommendation of the Planning and Housing Commission may file an appeal with the City Council concerning the Planning and Housing Commission recommendation. The appeal shall be filed with the City Clerk within five days of the Planning and Housing Commission determination and shall be accompanied by the fee established by resolution of the City Council. The City Clerk shall set the matter for a de novo hearing. The hearing shall be held within 30 days after the filing of the appeal.

16.20.140 Extension of time limits.

The time limits specified in this chapter for reporting and acting upon maps may be extended by mutual consent of the subdivider and the Planning and Housing Commission or City Council.

16.20.150 Change in conditions of approval, and amendments to an approved parcel map not recorded.

After a parcel map is approved according to state law and this chapter, no change to the wording or impact of any parcel map condition of approval or an amendment to an approved parcel map not yet recorded shall be made except by means of a resubmitted parcel map or by an administrative letter of modification approved by the Director according to the provisions of §16.12.070.

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17 EXHIBIT “D”
CHAPTER 16.24

SUBDIVISION IMPROVEMENT REQUIREMENTS
Sections

16.24.010 Purpose

16.24.020 Required improvements.

16.24.030 Development impact fees.

16.24.040 Improvement agreement and financial security.

16.24.050 Subdivider payments to city for improvement materials.

16.24.060 Fair share cost of construction of future improvement

16.24.070 Release of financial security

16.24.080 City Manager authority

16.24.010 Purpose.

The purpose of this chapter is to implement the improvement and security requirements for subdivisions allowed by the Subdivision Map Act.

16.24.020Required improvements.

The subdivider shall construct or agree to construct all improvements, both onsite and offsite, in the subdivision that are required as a condition precedent to approval and acceptance of the final map. All improvements shall be constructed to the satisfaction of the City Engineer in accordance with standard engineering specifications of the city and other approved city standards. Subdivider shall submit improvement plans to the City for review and approval by the City Engineer that shall include the following as required by the conditions of approval for the subdivision:
(A) Grading, drainage, and erosion control, along with pertinent structures, including retaining walls, as are deemed necessary for proper uses in the subdivision, for the public safety and for prevention of sedimentation and damage to off-site property; (B) Portland cement concrete curb, gutter, sidewalk, driveway and driveway approaches; street structural section; alley structural section with Portland cement concrete gutter; (C) Domestic water, including all master plan facilities; (D) Relocation of existing waterlines to city standard plans and specifications;

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18 (E) Replacement of all waterlines lying under streets or alleys to be constructed in the subdivision, and any waterline to be relocated as required in the preceding subsection, with new pipe constructed of ductile iron;
(F) Sanitary sewer facilities and connections for each lot where a mainline sewer is reasonably available. The facilities and connections shall be made available for each lot in such manner that will avoid the necessity for disturbing the street pavement, gutter, curb and sidewalk when service connections are made;
(G) Electric distribution facilities in accordance with the city Utilities Department standards and service requirements, if applicable;
(H) Connections to electric and telephone public utilities supplying service to the city; (I) Street trees with irrigation systems meeting city standard plans and specifications; (J) Street light system meeting city standard plans and specifications; (K) Permanent subdivision survey monuments tied to suitable reference points. A complete record of monument locations shall be furnished to the City Engineer. Subdivision survey monuments shall include all corners and angle points on the perimeter of the subdivision and all streets, centerline intersections, lot corners, angle points and other points of control as required by the City Engineer;
(L) Fire protection facilities;
(M) Storm drain systems;
(N) Land to be dedicated for alleys, floodways, local transit facilities, and streets according to the major, collector, and secondary streets of the Circulation Element of the General Plan, and the city standard street sections for local streets;
(O) Land to be dedicated for trails in accordance with the Trails Master Plan or as required by a condition of approval of the subdivision.
(P) Improvements described in subsections (N) and (O) above as required by a condition of approval of the subdivision.
(Q) Temporary improvements required to be made prior to or concurrent with permanent improvements.
(R) In addition to the improvement requirements required by this section, the Planning and Housing Commission may recommend and the City Council may require that subdivider construct additional improvements if the Planning and Housing Commission determines that the additional improvement is in the interest of the public health and safety and is necessary for the orderly development of the subdivision.

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19 16.24.030 Development impact fees.

The subdivider shall pay the applicable development impact fees in accordance with Chapter 16.23 of the Corona Municipal Code.

16.24.040 Improvement agreement and financial security. (A) Improvement agreement. The subdivider, as a condition precedent to the approval of the final map, shall enter into an improvement agreement and post financial security with the city for the construction of such improvements, and shall thereafter complete the improvements at the subdivider’s expense within the time specified by the Director as set forth in the improvement agreement. The improvement agreement shall be in writing and shall be in a standard form approved by the Director and the City Attorney.
(B) Security amount. Subdivider shall provide financial security in the following amounts:
(1) 100% of the total estimated cost of the improvement or of the act to be performed, conditioned upon the faithful performance of such act or agreement; (2) 50% of the total estimated cost of the improvement or of the act to be performed, securing payment for labor, materials and equipment;
(3) 25% of the total estimated cost of the improvement or of the act to be performed, guaranteeing the work against defective workmanship or materials for one year after acceptance; and
(4) 100% of the total estimated cost to set the subdivision survey monuments. (C) Form of security. The form of security required by this section shall be one or a combination of the following, subject to the discretion of the City Engineer:
(1) Surety bond issued by one or more duly authorized corporate sureties. (2) A cash deposit, either with the city or a responsible escrow agent or trust company, at the option of the City Engineer.
(3) Letter of credit, in a form approved by the City Engineer and the City Attorney, from one or more local financial institutions subject to regulation by the state or federal government. (4) Any other form of security authorized by the Subdivision Map Act. (D) Time to submit. The improvement agreement shall be complete, fully executed, and on file with the City Clerk before the final map or parcel map is accepted for approval.

16.24.050 Subdivider payments to city for improvement materials.

The subdivider shall pay the city in advance for any materials which may be furnished to the subdivider by the city for the construction of improvementsrequired by this chapter, and an amount

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20 equal to the estimated costs of engineering and inspection services to be furnished by the city to the subdivider for such materials. Subdivider shall pay any amount due to the city in excess of the deposit prior to acceptance of the improvement. City shall refund any excess of amounts provided by subdivider under this section that are not expended upon acceptance of the improvement.

16.24.060 Fair share cost of construction of future improvement When the City Engineer has determined that the construction of an improvement otherwise required by this chapter or the conditions of approval for the subdivision is not warranted at the time of completion of the subdivision, the subdivider shall pay a fair share cost of the construction of the future improvement that is proportionate to the impacts of the subdivision related to the improvement, as determined by the City Engineer.

16.24.070 Release of financial security
(A) Partial release. Upon application by the subdivider, the City Manager may release of a portion of the security provided by subdivider for a portion of the improvements that have been accepted by the City Engineer as complete; provided that the security required by §16.24.040(B)(3) shall not be released and in no case shall the security be reduced to an amount below the amount required by §16.24.040(B)(1) and (2) for the improvements remaining to be completed under the improvement agreement.
(B) Full Release. Upon full completion of the improvements required by an improvement agreement and the City Engineer’s acceptance thereof, the City Manager shall release the financial security as follows:
(1) Subject to §16.24.070(B)(3), security given for the faithful performance of any act or improvement pursuant to §16.24.040(B)(1) shall be released upon the performance of the act or final completion and acceptance of the required work or improvement by the City Engineer. (2) Security given to guarantee payment for labor, materials and equipment pursuant to §16.24.040(B)(2) shall, six months after final completion and acceptance of the improvement by the City Engineer, be reduced to an amount equal to the total claimed by all claimants for whom claims of lien have been recorded and notice thereof given to the city, plus an amount reasonably determined by the City Manager to be required to assure the performance of any other obligations secured by the security. If no claims of lien have been recorded, the security shall be released in full six months after final completion and acceptance of the improvement by the City Engineer. (3) To guarantee and warrant the work or improvement for a period of one year pursuant to §16.24.040(B)(3), the City shall retain 25% of the security given pursuant to §16.24.040(B)(1) for the faithful performance of any act or improvement. Said security shall be released if no claims of defective work or improvement have been received or discovered by the city in that time period.

In the event of defective work or improvement, the city shall retain the security until all work or improvement is considered satisfactory and is accepted as complete by the City Engineer.

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21 (4) The security given for the survey monumentation pursuant to §16.24.040(B)(4) shall be released following receipt of notice that the final monuments were set and evidence that the engineer or surveyor has been paid for the setting of the final monuments.

16.24.080 City Manager authority.
(A) Improvement agreements. As permitted by Government Code Section 66462(d), the City Manager is authorized to review and approve any improvement agreements between the city and a subdivider required by this chapter and to accept financial security provided by the subdivider that complies with the requirements of this chapter. The City Council shall periodically review this delegation of authority provided to the City Manager (B) Release of security. As permitted by Government Code Section 66499.7(j), the City Manager is authorized to reduce or release the security provided by a subdivider pursuant to the requirements of this chapter upon a determination that the provisions of § 16.24.070 have been satisfied.

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CHAPTER 16.04

GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sections

16.04.010 Title and purpose.

16.04.020 Provisions supplemental to Subdivision Map Act.

16.04.030 Definitions.

16.04.040 Regulatory andal advisory agencies.

16.04.050 Temporary change in development impact fee collection.

16.04.010 Title and purpose.

16.04.020 Provisions supplemental to Subdivision Map Act.

The provisions of the City Subdivision Ordinance codified in this title shall be in addition to and shall be considered as supplementingsupplement the provisions of the Subdivision Map Act.

16.04.030 Definitions.

In addition to the definitions set forth in the Subdivision Map Act, Tthe words, terms and phrases in this section shall govern the construction, meaning and application of words and phrases used in this title. shall have the same meaning as provided in the Subdivision Map Act, except that:
(A) “City Attorney” means the City Attorney for the City of Corona, or his or her designee. (B) “City Clerk” means the City Clerk for the City of Corona, or his or her designee. (C) "City Engineer" means the City Engineer for the City of Corona or another employee of the City of Corona who possesses a current and valid professional civil engineer license issued by the State of California and who is designated by the City Engineer to perform the duties of the City Engineer under this title.
(D)“City Manager” means the City Manager for the City of Corona or his or her designee.

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(E) “Planning and Development Director” means the Planning and Development Director for the City of Corona, or his or her designee.
(A) The term "subdivider" does not include the city or the redevelopment agency of the city; and
(F) “Subdivision Map Act” means the laws of the State of California, as presently adopted or further amended, set forth in California Government Code §§ 66410 et seq. (B) The exclusions set forth in Section 66412(a) of the Subdivision Map Act shall be construed to include apartment buildings.

16.04.050 Temporary Change in Development Impact Fee Collection. (A) Notwithstanding any provision of this Title 16 to the contrary, commencing on March 7, 2008 and continuing through June 30, 2014, the fees collected by the city, pursuant to the following sections of the Corona Municipal Code, shall be paid to the city prior to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy for the project required to pay the fees; provided that the descriptions shown below are for the sake of convenience only, and shall not act to change the name, characterization, or application of any fee:

Section 15.02.050
Storm Drainage Facilities Fee
Section 16.22.030

1. Temescal Canyon Public Safety Facility Fee

2. Temescal Canyon Area Radio Communications Tower and Facility Fee Section 16.23.120

1. Law Enforcement Facilities, Vehicles and Equipment Fee

2. Fire Facilities, Vehicles and Equipment Fee

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3. Streets, Bridges and Roadways Fee

4. Traffic Signal Fee

5. Library Facility and Collection Fee

6. Community Meeting Facilities Fee

7. Aquatic Center Facilities Fee

8. Parkland Acquisition and Development Fee

9. Storm Drainage Facilities Fee
Section 16.25.081
South Corona Community Facilities Plan Fee
Section 16.25.111
South Corona Landscape Facilities Fee
(B) No provision of this § 16.04.050, or of the Municipal Code sections listed in subsection (A) of this section, shall entitle any person who has already paid a development impact fee to receive a refund or reimbursement of such payment. The intent of this section is to not affect the time for payment of fees to the extent that such fees have already been paid in connection with a particular project.
(C) Notwithstanding the expiration of the temporary change in fee collection timing described in subsection (A) of this section, any project for which a complete submittal has been made to the city for a structural building plan check prior to July 1, 2014, shall be entitled to pay the fees listed in subsection (A) prior to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy, rather than being required to pay such fees at an earlier point in time.
(D) Notwithstanding any provision of this code, or any resolution previously adopted by the City Council to the contrary, commencing on June 19, 2009, and continuing through June 30, 2013, the fees listed in subsection (A) shall be temporarily reduced by 40% from the fee amounts in effect as of June 18, 2009; provided that the fee reductions described in this subsection (D) shall not apply to or affect fees owed under any development agreement or other contractual arrangement in effect as of June 20, 2009. The fee reductions described in this subsection (D) shall apply to projects for which:
(1) A complete submittal has been made to the city for a structural building plan check prior to July 1, 2013; or
(2) Building permits have been issued and fees deferred, but certificates of occupancy have not yet been issued as of June 20, 2009.
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2014, the fees listed in subsection (A) shall be temporarily reduced by 20% from the fee amounts in effect as of June 18, 2009; provided that the fee reductions described in this subsection (E) shall not apply to or affect fees owed under any development agreement or other contractual arrangement in effect as of June 20, 2009. The fee reductions described in this subsection (E) shall apply to projects for which:
(1) A complete submittal has been made to the city for a structural building plan check prior to July 1, 2014; or
(2) Building permits have been issued and fees deferred, but certificates of occupancy have not yet been issued as of June 20, 2009.

Following the expiration of the fee reduction, the affected fees shall be restored to their nonreduced amounts without further action of the City Council.

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CHAPTER 16.12

TENTATIVE MAP
Sections:

16.12.010 Contents.

16.12.012 Preparation.

16.12.015 Fees — Payment.

16.12.020 Adjustment or refund.

16.12.030 Resubmission — Fee exempt.

16.12.040 Compliance with Environmental Quality Act.

16.12.050 Preparation — Filing.

16.12.060 Accompanying material.

16.12.061 Staff review and report.

16.12.062 Public hearing by Planning and Housing Commission.

16.12.063 Planning and Housing cCommission report to the City Council.

16.12.064 City Council consideration of map and Commission recommendation.

16.12.065 Appeal of pPlanning and Housing cCommission recommendation.

16.12.066 Extension of time limits.

16.12.068 Rephasing.

16.12.070 Change in map conditions of approval, and amendment to an approved tentative map before final map.

16.12.010 Contents.

The tentative map shall show and contain the following matters:
(A) Vicinity or reference map;
(B) Boundary lines accurate in scale and location;
(C) Number of subdivision;
(D) Legal description of property;
(E) Proposed land use of property;
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(G) North arrow;
(H) Scale;
(I) Date of preparation;
(J) Approximate acreage of tract;
(K) Square footage of lots in tract;
(L) Average adjacent tract lot footages;
(M) Setback lines;
(N) Location, widths and approximate grades of streets; (O) Width or rights-of-way;
(P) Each new street shown by letter for purposes of identification until the proper name of such street is determined;
(Q) Name, location and width of adjacent streets;
(R) Width of required alleys.

16.12.012 Preparation.

After reviewing the provisions of Chapter 16.24 Sections 16.24.010 through 16.24.040, the subdivider shall confer with city staff before preparing thesubmit a preliminary review application for the tentative map pursuant to Chapter 17.102.

16.12.015 Fees — Payment.

Fees associated with the application of a tentative map, as established by resolution of the City Council, shall be paid at the time of the filing such applicationor resubmittal of a tentative map pursuant to council resolution.

16.12.020 Adjustment or refund.

No adjustment or refund of any portion of such fees shall be made once such fees have been paid.

16.12.030 Resubmission — Fee exempt.

No fee shall be charged for any resubmitted tentative map if such resubmission is requested by the city.

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16.12.040 Compliance with Environmental Quality Act.

The tentative map is subject to shall be filed only after compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act.

16.12.050 Preparation — Filing.

The tentative map shall be prepared in accordance with the Subdivision Map Act and the provisions of the city subdivision ordinance codified with this title. Fifty copies of the map shall be filed with the city. Such filing must be made prior to the completion of final surveys of streets and lots and before the start of any grading or construction work in the proposed subdivision.

16.12.060 Accompanying material.

The tentative map shall be accompanied by reports and written statements from the subdivider giving essential information regarding the following matters:
(A) Subdivision development plan;
(B) Source, quality and estimate of available quantity of domestic water supply; (C) Type of street improvements and utilities which the subdivider proposes to install; (D) Proposed method of sewage disposal;
(E) Proposed storm drains, including grade and size;
(F) Proposed easements;
(FG) Protective covenants to be recorded;
(GH) Any proposed phasing.

16.12.061 Staff review and report.

City staff shall review the application for compliance with city ordinances and the Subdivision Map Act. Once the application is deemed complete by city staff, and the planning division staff shall, within 60 days, prepare a written report to the Planning and Housing Commission, including proposed findings of facts and conditions of approval, if applicable, on the proposed project, and a recommendation to the City Council that the tentative map either be approved or denied according recommending that the commission in turn recommend approval to the findings presented in the staff reportconditional approval or disapproval of the map to the City Council. A copy of this report shall be available to the subdivider and the public at least threewo days before any Planning and Housing Commission public hearing on the tentative map.

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16.12.062 Public hearing by Planning and Housing Commission.

The tentative tract map shall be heard by the Planning and Housing Commission at a noticed and, advertised public hearing in conformance with state law.

16.12.063 Planning and Housing Commission report to the City Council.

The Planning and Housing Commission shall, after the close of the public hearing required in Section 16.12.062, make a written report including findings of fact to the City Council recommending that the council approve, conditionally approve or disapprove the tentative tract map based on the findings of fact for the proposed project. This report shall be made within the time limits established by state law.

16.12.064 City Council consideration of map and commission recommendation.

Following the determination by the Planning and Housing Commission, the Planning and Housing Commission Secretary shall forward the determination to the City Council within 10 days or At the next regularly scheduled meeting of the City Council, whichever is later after action by the Planning Commission on the tentative tract map, the City Council shall consider the map and the Planning Commission's recommendation on it. The Council may continue the map from time to time, but shall approve, conditionally approve or disapprove it within the time limits established by state law.

16.12.065 Appeal of Planning and Housing Commission recommendation.

As an alternative to the procedure in Section 16.12.064, any interested person adversely affected by the recommendation of the Planning and Housing Commission may file an appeal with the City Council concerning the Planning and Housing Commission recommendation. The appeal shall be filed with the City Clerk within five days of the challenged actionPlanning and Housing Commission determination, and shall be accompanied by the fee established by resolution of the City Council. The City Clerk shall set the matter for a de novo hearing. The hearing shall be held within 30 days after the filing of the appeal., and shall be a public hearing de novo as described in Section 16.12.062.

Upon conclusion of the hearing, the City Council shall, within seven days, declare its findings based upon the testimony and materials produced before it or the Planning and Housing Commission. The City Council may sustain, modify, reject or overrule any recommendations of the pPlanning and Housing cCommission, and may make any findings consistent with the state law or local ordinance.

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16.12.066 Extension of time limits.

The time limits specified in this chapter for reporting and acting upon maps may be extended upon request by the subdivider and consent of the Planning and Housing Commission or City Council.

16.12.068 Rephasing.

After athe tentative map is approved according to state law and this title, no change to its phasing shall be made except by the following means:
(A) If the tentative map was originally approved without phases, it must be resubmitted with the proposed phasing for review and approval by the Planning and Housing Commission and City Council pursuant to Section 16.12.070(A).
(B) If the tentative map was originally approved with phasing and provision for multiple final maps and the subdivider wishes to change the number or configuration of such final maps in compliance with the Subdivision Map Act, the tentative map shall be submitted to the Board of Zoning Adjustment pursuant to Chapter 17.98 for review of the revised phasing.

16.12.070 Change in map conditions of approval, and amendments to an approved tentative map before final map.

After the a tentative map is approved according to state law and this titlechapter, no change to the wording or impact of any tentative map condition of approval or an amendment to an approved tentative map shall be made except by means of a resubmitted tentative map or by an administrative a planning director letter of modification approved by the Director pursuant to this section. (A) (A) Resubmitted tentative map.
(1) The city shall establish regular procedures for the resubmittal of approved tentative maps when the subdivider is proposing a substantive change in one or more conditions of approval or an amendment to an approved tentative map in subdivision design is sought by the subdivider, that is not consistent with the initial objectives and design of the tentative map, but whenand such changes, in the reasonable judgment of the Planning Director, the changes are not so sweeping as to require an entirely new subdivision tentative map submittal. A new environmental assessment shall be done required if the modified condition or amendment may have any adverse environmental effect. The Planning and Housing Commission and the City Council may consider the proposed changes without considering the resubmitted map in its entirety unless the environmental assessment so mandates. The resubmitted map shall be considered a new application for purposes of the Permit Streamlining Act. Except as is provided in Section

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the City Council nor staff shall take any part in the determination by the subdivider whether to waive such time limits.
(3) The life of the originala tentative map, together with any changes approved through a resubmittal, shall be measured from that date of approval of the original map. (B) Administrative Planning Director letter of modification. (1) When a nonsubstantive change in a map condition of approval or an amendment to an approved tentative map is sought by the subdivider that is in substantial compliance with the original intent and approval of the tentative map, the Planning Director, following consultation with other affected city departments, may exercise reasonable discretion and approve such the proposed change without need for notice or a public hearing. A fee shall be charged to cover the costs of the administrative such letter of modification. For purposes of this section, a change in a condition of approval or an amendment to an approved tentative map is considered to be in substantial compliance with the approved tentative map if: (a) there is no increase in acreage or the number of lots, units or building sites, (b) the changes are consistent with the original intent of the approved tentative map and does not introduce a substandard design, and (c) the changes are consistent with applicable city ordinances and specific plans, the Subdivision Map Act and the project’s approved environmental analysis "nonsubstantive" shall mean minor in scope and impact, and not a change which upon reasonable and careful examination by the planning director is likely to lead to a meaningful change in environmental effects or an increase in density. (2) The life of originala tentative map, together with any changes approved by an administrative letter of modification shall be measured from that date of approval of the original map.
(3) Any decision made by the Planning Director under this section can be appealed by the subdivider or by any interested party to the Planning and Housing Commission for final determination according to the process in Chapter 16.36. A fee shall be charged to cover the costs of such an appeal.
(C) Appeal of Planning Director decisions. Any decision made by the Planning Director under this section can be appealed by the subdivider or by any interested party to the Planning Commission for final determination. A fee shall be charged to cover the costs of such an appeal.

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CHAPTER 16.20

PARCEL MAP
Sections

16.20.010 Requirements – Procedures.

16.20.020 Design standards and improvement requirements.

16.20.030 Waiver – Board authority.

16.20.040 Waiver – Application.

16.20.050 Waiver – Board consideration.

16.20.060 Waiver – Granting.

16.20.070 Required improvements – Certificate.

16.20.080 Required improvements – Construction.

16.20.090 Filing – Procedures for tentative map applyCompliance with the California Environmental Quality Act.

16.20.100 Filing – Planning and Housing Commission.

16.20.110 Planning and Housing Commission report – Requirement.

16.20.115 Planning and Housing Commission – Public Hearing

16.20.120 Planning and Housing Commission report – Form.

16.20.130 Consideration – City Council authority.

16.20.135 Appeal of Planning and Housing Commission recommendation

16.20.140 Extension of time limits.

16.20.150 Change in conditions of approval, and amendments to an approved parcel map not recorded.

16.20.010 Requirements – Procedures.

Except as provided in this section, a parcel map shall be required for all subdivisions of four or fewer lots. This chapter sets forth the procedure for the processing, approving, conditionally approving, disapproving and filing of parcel maps in the city. The requirements as to form for parcel maps, and the procedures to be used for dedications thereon, are governed by the Subdivision Map Act. The requirements as to content of parcel maps are governed by this chapter and the Subdivision Map Act.

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A parcel map is allowed to be used for residential subdivisions of four or fewer lots, and for subdivisions of greater than four lots on land zoned for industrial or commercial development, subject to the limitations set forth in Government Code Section 66426(c). The subdivider shall submit a preliminary review application for the parcel map pursuant to Chapter 17.102 before submitting a parcel map application.

16.20.020 Design standards and improvement requirements.

Parcel maps shall provide for the dedications of land, rights-of-way and easements, payment of fees and construction of all offsite and on-site improvements as are set forth inrequired by Chapters

16.08 and 16.24. The standards and improvements are reasonable requirements for parcel map subdivisions in light of the provisions of the General Plan and the city’s master plans growth management program.

16.20.030 Waiver – Board authority.

16.20.040 Waiver – Application.

An application for a parcel map waiver shall be filed with the Community Development Department Director on such form and accompanied by such information and fee as may be required, together with an acceptable description and drawing of the existing parcel and the parcel to be created.

16.20.050 Waiver – Board consideration.

The Board of Zoning Adjustment shall consider the application for a parcel map waiver within 6045 days after its filingit is deemed complete without a notice or a public hearing. Before waiving any parcel map, the Board must first find that the proposed division of land complies with Title 17 and all requirements of this code as to area, improvement and design, floodwater drainage control, appropriate improved public streets roads along with street lights and utility connections, sanitary disposal facilities, water supply availability, environmental protection, survey control and with all other requirements of the Subdivision Map Act and city ordinances enacted pursuant thereto.

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Adjustment and setting forth the date of the waiver. The certificate of compliance shall be recorded by the applicant within 30 days of the decision by the Board of Zoning Adjustment.

16.20.070 Required improvements – Certificate.

Requirements for the construction of all improvements to be made pursuant to this chapter and Chapter 16.24 shall be noticed by certificate on the recorded parcel map recorded.

16.20.080 Required improvements – Construction.

Except as otherwise provided in the conditions of approval for a parcel map, subdivider shall construct all Actual construction of improvements required by to be made according to this chapter and Chapter 16.24, as applicable, shall not be required untilprior to the issuance of a building permit or other grant of approval for development. The subdivider shall enter into an improvement agreement and post financial security with the city pursuant to § 16.24.040.is issued by the city, except that as a condition of approval of a parcel map, the City Council may require such construction prior to the issuance of a building permit or other grant of approval for development upon its finding that such construction is or will be necessary at the time set because of the public health and safety or because the construction is a necessary prerequisite to the orderly development of the surrounding area and except that the subdivider and the city shall enter into an agreement setting forth the time period within which the requirements of § 16.24.010(J) shall be met. If such time period extends beyond the time limits for approval of the parcel map by either the Planning and Housing Commission or the City Council pursuant to § 16.20.110 or § 16.20.130, and extends beyond the period of any extension(s) made pursuant to § 16.20.140, the agreement shall be secured pursuant to Government Code Section 66499.

16.20.090 Filing – Procedures for tentative map applyCompliance with the California Environmental Quality Act.

The provisions of § 16.12.070 are the procedural requirements for filing a parcel map. The parcel map is subject to shall be filed only after compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act.

16.20.100 Filing – Planning and Housing Commission.

A parcel map shall be filed with the staff of the Planning Commissionand Development Department.

16.20.110 Planning and Housing Commission report – Requirement.

Once the application is deemed complete by city staff, the planning division staff shall, within 60 days, prepare The Planning Commission shall make a written report to the Planning and

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Housing Commission including proposed findings of facts and conditions of approval, if applicable, on the proposed project, and a recommendation to the City Council that the parcel map either be approved or denied according to the findings presented in the staff report City Council approving, conditionally approving or disapproving the parcel map within 60 days after filing.

16.20.115 Planning and Housing Commission – Public Hearing.

The parcel map shall be heard by the Planning and Housing Commission at a noticed and advertised public hearing in conformance with state law.

16.20.120 Planning and Housing Commission report – Form.

The Planning and Housing Commission staff report on the parcel map shall be in writing, and a copy thereof shall be available to the subdivider and the public at least threewo days before any Planning and Housing Commission hearing on the map.

16.20.130 Consideration – City Council authority.

Following the determination by the Planning and Housing Commission, the Planning and Housing Commission Secretary shall forward the determination to the City Council within 10 days or the next regularly scheduled meeting, whichever is later. The Council may continue the map from time to time, but shall approve, conditionally approve or disapprove it within the time limits established by state law Within 30 days after the receipt of the report required by § 16.20.110, the City Council shall fix the meeting date at which the parcel map will be considered, which date shall be within 40 days thereafter. The City council shall approve, conditionally approve or disapprove the parcel map within such 40 day period.

16.20.135 Appeal of Planning and Housing Commission recommendation.

As an alternative to the procedure in Section 16.20.130, any interested person adversely affected by the recommendation of the Planning and Housing Commission may file an appeal with the City Council concerning the Planning and Housing Commission recommendation. The appeal shall be filed with the City Clerk within five days of the Planning and Housing Commission determination, and shall be accompanied by the fee established by resolution of the City Council. The City Clerk shall set the matter for a de novo hearing. The hearing shall be held within 30 days after the filing of the appeal.

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16.20.140 Extension of time limits.

The time limits specified in this chapter for reporting and acting upon maps may be extended by mutual consent of the subdivider and the Planning and Housing Commission or City Council.

16.20.150 Change in conditions of approval, and amendments to an approved parcel map not recorded.

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CHAPTER 16.24

SUBDIVISION IMPROVEMENT REQUIREMENTS
Sections

16.24.010 Purpose

16.24.0120 DesignatedRequired improvements.

16.24.0230 Exemptions Development Iimpact Ffees.

16.24.0340 Guarantee of work Improvement agreement and financial security.

16.24.0450 Subdivider payments to city for improvement materials.

16.24.050 [Reserved]

16.24.060 [Reserved] Fair share cost of construction of future improvement

16.24.070 [Reserved] Release of financial security

16.24.080 City Manager authority

16.24.080 [Reserved]

16.24.090 [Reserved]

16.24.100 [Reserved]

16.24.110 [Reserved]

16.24.120 [Reserved]

16.24.122 [Reserved]

16.24.130 [Reserved]

16.24.140 [Reserved]

16.24.150 Planned drainage facilities – Findings.

16.24.152 Planned drainage facilities – Fees.

16.24.154 Planned drainage facilities – Use of fees.

16.24.156 Planned drainage facilities – Other fees.

16.24.158 Planned drainage facilities – Deferral of payment of fees.

16.24.160 Bridges and thoroughfares – Findings.

16.24.162 Bridges and thoroughfares – Hearing.

16.24.164 Bridges and thoroughfares – Payment of fees – Disposition.

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16.24.166 Bridges and thoroughfares – Deferral of payment of fees.

16.24.167 Fees for traffic signalization for subdivisions of land and commercial and industrial developments subject to Specific Plan 81-2.

16.24.170 Recreation facilities fee – Findings.

16.24.180 Recreation facilities fee – Purpose and applicability.

16.24.190 Recreation facilities fee – Imposition and payment of fee.

16.24.200 Recreation facilities fee – Accounting and disbursement of fees.

16.24.010 Purpose.

The purpose of this chapter is to implement the improvement and security requirements for subdivisions allowed by the Subdivision Map Act.

16.24.0120 Designated Required improvements.

The subdivider shall construct or provide agree to construct all improvements, both onsite and offsite, streets, highways, alleys, ways, easements or other improvements in the subdivision that are required as a condition precedent to approval and acceptance thereof and approval of the final map. Such All improvements shall be constructed to the satisfaction of the City Engineer in accordance with standard engineering specifications of the city and other approved city standards. installed at lines and grades and in accordance with Subdivider shall submit improvement plans city standard plans and specifications to the City for review and as approvaled by the City Engineer and that shall include the following as required by the conditions of approval for the subdivision:
(A) Grading, drainage, and erosion control, along with pertinent such structures therefor, including retaining walls, as are deemed necessary for proper uses in the subdivision, for the public safety and for prevention of sedimentation and damage to off-site property; (B) Portland cement concrete curb, gutter, sidewalk, driveway and driveway approaches; street structural section; alley structural section with Portland cement concrete gutter; (C) Domestic water, including all master plan facilities; (D) Relocation of existing waterlines to city standard plans and specifications; (E) Replacement of all waterlines lying under streets or alleys to be constructed in the subdivision, and any waterline to be relocated as required in the preceding subsection, with new pipe constructed of asbestos cement, cast iron or cement-lined steelductile iron; (F) Sanitary sewer facilities and connections for each lot where a mainline sewer is reasonably available. The facilities and connections shall be made available for each lot in such manner that as will obviate avoid the necessity for disturbing the street pavement, gutter, curb and sidewalk when service connections are made;

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(G) Electric distribution facilities in accordance with the city Utilities Department standards and service requirements, if applicable;
(GH) Connections to electric and telephone public utilities supplying service to the city; (IH) Street trees with irrigation systems meeting city standard plans and specifications; (JI) Street light system meeting city standard plans and specifications; (KJ) Permanent subdivision survey monuments tied to suitable reference points. A complete record of monument locations shall be furnished to the City Engineer. Subdivision survey monuments shall include all corners and angle points on the perimeter of the subdivision and all streets, centerline intersections, lot corners, angle points and other points of control as required by the City Engineer;
(LK) Fire protection facilities;
(ML) Storm drain systems;
(NM) Dedication of lLand to be dedicated for streets, alleys, floodways, and local transit facilities, and streets according to the with major, collector, and secondary streets of and local streets as shown in the cCirculation eElement of the General Plan, and the city standard street sections for local streets;
(O) Land to be dedicated for trails in accordance with the Trails Master Plan or as required by a condition of approval of the subdivision.
(PN) Improvements described in subsections (N) and (O) above as required by a condition of approval of the subdivision.
(Q) Temporary improvements required to be made prior to or concurrent with permanent improvements.
(-NR) In addition to the improvement requirements designated inrequired by this section, the Planning and Housing Commission shall may recommend and the City Council may require such that subdivider construct additional improvements if as special conditions may cause the Planning and Housing Commission to make special finding of need determines that the additional improvement is in the interest of the public health and safety and is necessary for the orderly development of the subdivision.therefor. Instead of the provisions of division (D), a subdivision located within those portions of development areas 2A and 2B (as designated in the land use element of the General Plan) which are included within the A zone, or within a specific area plan, may be served by a safe and adequate domestic water supply to city standards. Instead of the provisions of division (F), a subdivision located within those portions of development areas 2A and 2B (as designated in the land use element of the General Plan) which are included within the A zone, or within a specific area plan, may be served by group or individual wastewater treatment systems acceptable to the city. Further, the requirements of divisions (A), (B), (G), (H), (I) and K shall not apply to such subdivision. However, notwithstanding the above, all improvement requirements set forth in divisions (A) through (N) shall be required of nonresidential subdivisions within specific area plans and of all subdivisions abutting Ontario Avenue which are within specific area plans.

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16.24.0230 Exemptions. Development impact fees.

Instead of the provisions of § 16.24.010(F), a subdivision located within those portions of development areas 2A and 2B (as designated in the land use element of the General Plan) which are included within the “A” zone may be served by group or individual wastewater treatment systems acceptable to the city. Further, the requirements of § 16.24.010(A), (B), (G), (H) and (I) shall not apply to such a subdivision.

The subdivider shall pay the applicable development impact fees in accordance with Chapter 16.23 of the Corona Municipal Code.

16.24.0340 Guarantee of work Improvement agreement and financial security. (A) Improvement agreement. If any of the improvements designated in § 16.24.010 are not completed in a good and workmanlike manner before the final map is approved, the subdivider, as a prerequisite to final map approval, The subdivider, as a condition precedent to the approval of the final map, shall enter into an improvement agreement and post financial security with the city to for the construction of provide such improvements, and shall thereafter complete the improvements either at the subdivider’s expense or by special assessment proceedings and within the time specified by the cityDirector as set forth in the improvement agreement. The improvement agreement shall be in writing and shall be in a standard form approved by the Director and the City Attorney.Performance of this agreement shall be guaranteed by the security required by the Subdivision Map Act. The amount of such security shall be:
(B) Security amount. Subdivider shall provide financial security in the following amounts:
(1) 100% of the total estimated cost of the improvement or of the act to be performed, conditioned upon the faithful performance of such act or agreement; (2) 50% of the total estimated cost of the improvement or of the act to be performed, securing payment for labor, materials and equipment; and
(3) 25% of the total estimated cost of the improvement or of the act to be performed, guaranteeing the work for one year after acceptance against defective workmanship or materials for one year after acceptance; and
(4) 100% of the total estimated cost to set the subdivision survey monuments. (C) Form of security. The form of security required by this section shall be one or the a combination of the following, subject to the discretion of the City Engineer:
(1) Surety bond issued by one or more duly authorized corporate sureties. (2) A cash deposit, either with the city or a responsible escrow agent or trust company, at the option of the City Engineer.
(3) Letter of credit, in a form approved by the City Engineer and the City Attorney, from one or more local financial institutions subject to regulation by the state or federal government. (4) Any other form of security authorized by the Subdivision Map Act.

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(D) Time to submit. The improvement agreement shall be complete, fully executed, and on file with the City Clerk before the final map or parcel map is accepted for approval.

16.24.0450 Subdivider payments to city for improvement materials.

The subdivider shall pay the city in advance for any materials which may be furnished to the subdivider by the city forin the construction of all required public improvements required by this chapter within the subdivision, and in an amount equal to the estimated costs of engineering and inspection services to be furnished by the city to the subdivider for such materials. Any excess of either of these amounts remaining upon acceptance of the subdivision shall be refunded by the city. Subdivider shall pay Aany amount thereof due to the city in excess of the deposit shall be paid by the subdivider prior to acceptance of the subdivisionimprovement. City shall refund any excess of amounts provided by subdivider under this section that are not expended upon acceptance of the improvement.

16.24.070 Release of financial security
(A) Partial release. Upon application by the subdivider, the City Manager may release of a portion of the security provided by subdivider for a portion of the improvements that have been accepted by the City Engineer as complete; provided that the security required by §16.24.040(B)(3) shall not be released and in no case shall the security be reduced to an amount below the amount required by §16.24.040(B)(1) and (2) for the improvements remaining to be completed under the improvement agreement.
(B) Full Release. Upon full completion of the improvements required by an improvement agreement and the City Engineer’s acceptance thereof, the City Manager shall release the financial security as follows:
(1) Subject to §16.24.070(B)(3), security given for the faithful performance of any act or improvement pursuant to §16.24.040(B)(1) shall be released upon the performance of the act or final completion and acceptance of the required work or improvement by the City Engineer. (2) The city shall retain the labor and materials security for six months beyond the acceptance of the improvements and automatically release the security unless claims are filed.Security given to guarantee payment for labor, materials and equipment pursuant to §16.24.040(B)(2) shall, six months after final completion and acceptance of the improvement by the City Engineer, be reduced to an amount equal to the total claimed by all claimants for whom claims of lien have been recorded and notice thereof given to the city, plus an amount reasonably determined by the City Manager

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to be required to assure the performance of any other obligations secured by the security. If no claims of lien have been recorded, the security shall be released in full six months after final completion and acceptance of the improvement by the City Engineer. (3) To guarantee and warrant the work or improvement for a period of one year pursuant to §16.24.040(B)(3), the City shall retain 25% of the security given pursuant to §16.24.040(B)(1) for the faithful performance of any act or improvement. Said security shall be released if no claims of defective work or improvement have been received or discovered by the city in that time period.

In the event of defective work or improvement, the city shall retain the security until all work or improvement is considered satisfactory and is accepted as complete by the City Engineer. (43) The security given for the survey monumentation pursuant to §16.24.040(B)(4) shall be released following receipt of notice that the final monuments were set and evidence that the engineer or surveyor has been paid for the setting of the final monuments.

16.24.050 through 16.24.140 Reserved.

16.24.150 Planned drainage facilities – Findings.

The City Council finds as follows.
(A) The subdivision and development of property within the area subject to Specific Plan SP812 approved by this City Council on January 20, 1982, by the adoption of Resolution No. 82-5, will require construction of drainage facilities for the removal of surface and storm waters. (B) The required drainage facilities are described in detail in the report of Neste, Brudin & Stone, Incorporated, the Engineer of Work for Proposed Assessment District No. 79-2 (Northeast Area), entitled ‘Engineer's Report Under Resolution of Intention’ and dated August 25, 1982, and in the plans and specifications for such drainage facilities which are also a part of said report.

The report of the said Engineer of Work was approved by this City Council on August 25, 1982, by the adoption of Resolution No. 82-86, and shall serve, insofar as it relates to the drainage facilities, as the adopted local plan for drainage facilities for the area subject to Specific Plan SP81-2 (the ‘Specific Plan Area’). (The drainage facilities are hereinafter referred to as the ‘Drainage Facilities.’)

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(C) Pursuant to Cal. Gov’t Code § 66483, this City Council may impose by ordinance a requirement for the payment of fees for purposes of defraying the actual or estimated costs of constructing planned drainage facilities for the removal of surface and storm waters for local or neighborhood drainage areas.
(D) In the report the Engineer of Work has determined the benefit which will be conferred on each separate parcel of property in the Specific Plan Area by the construction of the drainage facilities and has set forth a method of determining the pro rata amount which should be assessed against each such parcel based on such benefit.
(E) The City Council has confirmed the assessment for Assessment District No. 79-2 as set forth in the assessment roll therefor by adoption of Resolution No. 83-24 on March 23, 1983. As a result of such confirmation, the assessments on individual parcels of property within the assessment district have become liens on the parcels. Included in the amount of the assessment on each such parcel is an amount for the construction of the drainage facilities determined and based on the method developed by the Engineer of Work and referred to above. (F) Certain parcels of property which were originally proposed for inclusion in Assessment District No. 79-2 and which would have been assessed for the drainage facilities have at the request of the owners thereof been excluded therefrom by the adoption by the City Council of Resolution No. 82-33 on March 23, 1983 and have not been assessed for the drainage facilities although such parcels will benefit from the construction thereof, in that such construction will enable the owners of the parcels to subdivide and develop their property. (G) All property which will derive benefit from the construction of the drainage facility should be assessed and pay a pro rata share of the cost thereof based on the benefit derived therefrom. The hereinbefore mentioned method developed by the Engineer of Work for assessing property in Assessment District No. 79-2 and approved by the City Council is the most equitable means of determining the pro rata share of the cost of the construction of the drainage facilities of all such parcels.
(H) A map attached to Ordinance No. 1673 on file with the City Clerk shows the boundaries of the area which will derive benefit from the construction of the drainage facilities and also shows the location of the drainage facilities.
(I) The actual cost of the construction of the drainage facilities based on the lowest bid received therefor and including the cost of design and incidental costs associated therewith and costs associated with the sale of bonds for Assessment District No. 79-2 will be $6,668.650. (J) The fee as to any parcel of property proposed for subdivision within the area shown on the map attached to Ordinance No. 1673 on file with the City Clerk determined on the basis herein above found by the City Council to be proper will not exceed the pro rata share of the amount of the actual cost of the drainage facilities which would be assessable on any such parcel if such costs were apportioned uniformly on a per acre basis. The fees for all such parcels, as so determined, will be fairly apportioned thereto on the basis of benefits conferred thereon by the construction of the drainage facilities.
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for the subdivision and development of the parcels of property which have been included in the assessment district and which have been assessed through proceedings for the assessment district to pay the cost of the construction thereof.
(L) Neither the County of Riverside nor the Riverside County Flood Control and Water Conservation District has a county-wide general drainage plan. Therefore, neither the county nor the district need make findings pursuant to Cal. Gov’t Code § 66485(e).

16.24.152 Planned drainage facilities – Fees.
(A) Each owner of a parcel of property within the area shown on the map attached to Ordinance No. 1673 on file with the City Clerk shall pay to the city as a condition to the recordation of a final subdivision map or parcel map a fee representing his/her/its/their pro rata share of the actual cost of the construction of the drainage facilities based on the benefits conferred thereby on each such parcel.
(B) The requirements of this section for the payment of such fees shall be satisfied as to all parcels included within Assessment District No. 79-2 by the assessment which has been levied thereon upon the confirmation by the City Council of the assessment therefor. (C) The fees which shall be paid by the owners of the parcels of property shown on the said map which are not included in Assessment District No. 79-2 and assessed therein shall be as shown on Exhibit B attached to Ordinance No. 1673 on file with the City Clerk.

16.24.154 Planned drainage facilities – Use of fees.

Pursuant to Cal. Gov’t Code § 66483, the fees paid by the owners of the parcels of property identified on Exhibit B to Ordinance No. 1673 (hereinafter the ‘excluded parcels’) shall be utilized for the reimbursement of the costs of the construction of the drainage facilities as follows.
(A) Each person who has paid an installment on an assessment on any parcel in Assessment District No. 79-2 which was assessed for the cost of the construction of the drainage facilities (hereinafter the ‘drainage assessment(s)’) and the drainage assessment for which has been increased as a result of the exclusion of the excluded parcels from the assessment district (the parcels with such increases being hereinafter referred to as the ‘increased assessment parcels’) shall receive a pro rata refund in an amount representing the portion of each such installment which relates to the increase in the drainage assessment thereon, as determined by the city. (B) The balance, if any, of each such fee remaining after the refunds provided for in division (A) of this section have been made shall be deposited to the redemption fund for Assessment District No. 79-2 and utilized for the payment of principal and interest on the bonds of the assessment district. At the time of each such deposit to the redemption fund, a pro rata portion of the amount thereof shall be credited on the drainage assessment of each increased assessment parcel.

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(C) The pro rata refunds and credits provided for in divisions (A) and (B), respectively, shall be made based on the percentage which the increase in the drainage assessment on each increased assessment parcel is of the total of the increases in the drainage assessments on all such parcels.
(D) Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this section, when the total amount of the refunds and credits provided for in divisions (A) and (B) are equal to the total amount of the increases in the drainage assessments on all of the increased assessments parcels, all fees thereafter paid to the city by owners of excluded parcels shall be deposited to the redemption fund for Assessment District No. 79-2 and utilized for the payment of principal and interest on the bonds of said assessment district. At the time of each such deposit to the redemption fund, a pro rata portion of the amount thereof shall be credited on the assessment on each parcel of property within the assessment district which was assessed a drainage assessment. The pro rata credits shall be made based on the respective amounts of the drainage assessments on all such parcels, without taking into consideration any increase in the drainage assessment on any such parcel resulting from the exclusion from the assessment district of the excluded parcels. (E) Further notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this section, when an increased assessment parcel or any parcel of property within Assessment District No. 79-2 is subdivided through the recordation of a final subdivision map or parcel therefor and the remaining balance of the assessment levied thereon is apportioned, pursuant to the Improvement Bond Act of 1915, Streets and Highways Code Division 10, to the individual lots in the subdivision and said lots or any of them are sold for occupancy of a residence or industrial or commercial structure thereon, the provisions of divisions (A) and (B) of this section shall no longer be applicable with respect to the individual lots in the subdivision except as to installments on the assessment thereon which were paid prior to the date of the recordation of the grant deed transferring title thereto, and thereafter the city shall only make credits on the remaining balances of the assessments on said lots or parcels pursuant to division (D) of this section. (F) Further notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this section, if the amount of any fee paid pursuant to this chapter by the owner of any excluded parcel to the city is, in the opinion of the City Treasurer, insufficient in amount to warrant a refund, the Treasurer may, pursuant to Cal. Gov’t Code § 66483(f), accumulate the fees in a ‘planned local drainage facilities fund’ until he or she determines that there is a sufficient amount on deposit in the fund to warrant such a refund and a transfer of the remaining balance of the fees to the redemption fund for the assessment district.
(G) When the bonds for Assessment District No. 79-2 have been fully retired, the amount of any such fees which may be paid thereafter shall be retained in the said planned local drainage facilities fund and utilized as provided in Cal. Gov’t Code §§ 66483.1 and 6683.2.

16.24.156 Planned drainage facilities – Other fees.

Fees collected by the city pursuant to § 16.24.152 shall be credited against the fees provided for by any resolution adopted by the City Council pursuant to § 16.16.130 of the Corona Municipal Code for the purpose of defraying the cost of constructing drainage facilities.

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16.24.158 Planned drainage facilities – Deferral of payment of fees. (A) Notwithstanding the provisions of § 16.24.152, the owner of an excluded parcel may defer the payment of the fee required thereby for all or any part of the excluded parcel from the time of the approval of a final subdivision map or final parcel map therefor until the time of the issuance of building permits for the excluded parcel or a portion thereof by entering into a written agreement with the city at the time the owner presents such a final map to the city for approval for recordation, agreeing to the amount of the fee which is owing for the excluded parcel, or if the final map relates only to a portion of the excluded parcel, such portion, and to pay such fee at the time of application for the issuance of building permits for the development of the portion of the excluded parcel to which the agreement relates based on the number of building permits and the type of buildings for which application is made. The agreements shall be and are hereinafter referred to as ‘Fee Deferment Agreement.’ The term ‘development’ as used herein means the preparation of an excluded parcel or any portion thereof by the owner thereof or an agent or contractor of the owner for construction thereon of residential units, including single family residences (detached or attached), condominiums and apartment buildings or commercial or industrial buildings or any combination thereof for sale or lease. (B) The payment of the fee under each such Fee Deferment Agreement shall be secured by a deed of trust on the excluded parcel or the portion thereof to which the agreement relates, naming the city as beneficiary, and reciting in an addendum thereto that the amount of the fee secured thereby is payable as a condition to the issuance of building permits for the development of the property encumbered thereby.
(C) Upon entering into a Fee Deferment Agreement and the recordation of the deed of trust securing payment of the fee thereunder, the owner of the excluded parcel or the portion thereof to which the agreement relates shall be allowed to record a final subdivision map or a final parcel map for the portion of the excluded parcel to which the agreement relates without paying the fee therefor.
(D) The amount of the fee which shall be set forth in a Fee Deferment Agreement which relates to only a portion of an excluded parcel shall be based on the number of residential units and the square footage of the floor space of commercial and industrial buildings, if any, which is/are allowed therefor in Specific Plan SP-81-2 or proposed by the owner thereof on the final subdivision or parcel map therefor, whichever is greater, and the criteria and methodology developed and employed by the Engineer of Work for Assessment District No. 79-2 in determining the amount of the fees set forth in Exhibit ‘B’ to Ordinance No. 1673. (E) At the time of making application for the issuance of building permits for the development of a portion of an excluded parcel which is the subject of a Fee Deferment Agreement, the owner thereof shall pursuant to such agreement pay the fee in the full amount provided in said agreement, or if application is made for less than all of the buildings allowed for the portion of the excluded parcel which is the subject of such agreement, a proportionate amount of said full amount based on the number of permits and the type of buildings for which application is made, as a condition to the issuance of the building permits for which application is made, and no such permits shall be issued until the appropriate amount of said fee is paid.

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(F) Upon the payment by the owner of an excluded parcel to the city of the total amount of the fee provided for in a Fee Deferment Agreement, the city shall deliver to the owner a full reconveyance of the deed of trust securing the payment of such fee; and provided further that, if the owner of an excluded parcel which, or a portion of which, is subject to a Fee Deferment Agreement pays a portion of the fee set forth therein for certain lots or parcels on a final subdivision or parcel map of the excluded parcel or such a portion thereof, the city shall deliver to the owner a partial reconveyance of the deed of trust relating to said agreement as to the lots or parcels for which payment has been made. The city shall subordinate any such deed of trust to the lien of any subsequent deed of trust given by the owner of an excluded parcel to secure a loan for the development of the excluded parcel or any part thereof. (G) Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this section, the owner of an excluded parcel who has entered into a Fee Deferment Agreement may apply for and shall be issued grading permits and other similar preliminary or incidental permits relating to the preparation of the portion of the excluded parcel to which the Fee Deferment Agreement relates for development without being required to pay the fee provided for in the agreement; and provided further that an owner of an excluded parcel, whether or not he or she has entered into a Fee Deferment Agreement, may apply for and shall be issued building permits for the construction of location on the excluded parcel or any portion thereof of a building or buildings which will be used solely by the owner in connection with its use and enjoyment of the excluded parcel, such as a single family residence, a garage, a storage building or a utility building or temporary buildings to be used by the owner or its agents or contractors in connection with the preparation of an excluded parcel or a portion thereof which is subject to a Fee Deferment Agreement for development, without being required to pay the fee for the excluded parcel or any portion thereof. (H) If after having entered into a Fee Deferment Agreement with respect to an excluded parcel or a portion thereof, the owner thereof makes application to the city for the recordation of a final subdivision map or a final parcel map for a portion of the excluded parcel or the portion thereof (the larger portion thereof) which is subject to the Fee Deferment Agreement, the fee for the portion of the excluded parcel to which the final subdivision map or parcel map for which application is made relates shall be determined as herein above provided and the owner shall either pay such fee or enter into a Fee Deferment Agreement for such portion, and the amount of such fee shall, in either event, be deducted from the fee provided for in the Fee Deferment Agreement first entered into with respect to the excluded parcel or the larger portion thereof.

16.24.160 Bridges and thoroughfares – Findings.

The City Council finds as follows.
(A) The subdivision and development of property within the area subject to Specific Plan SP812 approved by the City Council on January 20, 1982 (the “Specific Plan”), by the adoption of Resolution No. 82-5, will require construction of bridges and major thoroughfares whose primary purpose will be to carry through traffic and provide a network connecting to the state highway system.
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(Northeast Area), entitled ‘Engineer’s Report under Resolution of Intention’ and dated August 25, 1982, and in the plans and specifications for such bridges and thoroughfares which are also a part of the report. The report of the Engineer of Work was approved by the City Council on August 25, 1982, by the adoption of Resolution No. 82-86. The bridges and thoroughfares are also described in the Specific Plan and shown on the Circulation Plan thereof, Exhibit L thereto. (C) The General Plan of the city has been amended as to the area subject to the Specific Plan to include and identify in the circulation element and the transportation provision thereof, among other things, railways, freeways and streams for which bridge crossings are required and General Plan or local roads and major thoroughfares whose primary purpose will be to carry through traffic and provide a network connecting to the state highway system. The General Plan amendments which so amend the General Plan and the dates thereof are: GPA-79-1, September 5, 1979; GPA-79- 2, December 19, 1979; GPA-79-3, May 7, 1980; GPA-80-1, June 4, 1980; GPA-81-1, February 24, 1981; and GPA-82-1, July 7, 1982. (D) The bridge crossings which will be required are:
(1) The bridge over State Highway 91 where the street designated as Goldfield Avenue will cross the highway;
(2) The bridge over the Arlington Channel where Goldfield Avenue will cross the channel; and
(3) The addition to the existing bridge which carries McKinley Street over State Highway

91. (The bridge crossings or bridges are hereinafter collectively referred to as the “bridges”). (E) The major thoroughfares which will be required are Buchanan Street, Goldfield Avenue, McKinley Street, Ridge Court and the freeway interchange at the intersection of McKinley Street and State Highway 91. (The thoroughfares are hereinafter collectively referred to as the “thoroughfares.”)
(F) The territory which will benefit from the construction of the bridges and thoroughfares is the area subject to the Specific Plan and which is within the exterior boundaries of Assessment District No. 79-2 (the “Area of Benefit”). A map showing the Area of Benefit is attached to Ordinance No. 1674 on file with the City Clerk.
(G) The City Council has confirmed the assessment for Assessment District No. 79-2 as set forth in the assessment roll therefor by adoption of Resolution No. 83-24 on March 23, 1983. As a result of such confirmation, the assessments on individual parcels of property within the assessment district have become liens on the parcels. Included in the amount of the assessment on each such parcel is an amount for the construction of the bridges and thoroughfares. (H) Certain parcels of property which were originally proposed for inclusion in Assessment District No. 79-2 and which would have been assessed for the construction of the bridges and thoroughfares have, at the request of the owners thereof, been excluded therefrom by the adoption by the City Council of Resolution No. 83-22 on March 23, 1983 and have not been assessed for the bridges and thoroughfares although such parcels will benefit from the construction thereof in that such construction will enable the owners of the parcels to subdivide and develop their property. (The excluded parcels are hereinafter referred to as the “excluded parcels.”)

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(I) All property which will derive benefit from the construction of the bridges and thoroughfares should be assessed and pay a pro rata share of the cost thereof based on the benefit derived therefrom. The parcels of property in Assessment District No. 79-2 and which have been assessed upon the confirmation of the assessment therefor will pay a pro rata share of the cost of the construction of the bridges and thoroughfares based on the benefit derived therefrom. (J) Pursuant to Cal. Gov’t Code § 66484, the City Council may adopt an ordinance requiring the payment of fees as a condition of approval of a final map for purposes of defraying the actual or estimated cost of constructing bridges and major thoroughfares. (K) Notwithstanding the exclusion of the excluded parcels from Assessment District No. 79- 2, the bridges and thoroughfares must be constructed to their originally intended design and capacity to carry through traffic which will be generated within the assessment district upon the development of the parcels therein which have been assessed therefor and to provide a network connecting to the state highway system.
(L) The bridges and thoroughfares will be constructed along with other improvements as improvement projects of Assessment District No. 79-2 and the cost of such construction will be totally funded from payments on assessments against individual parcels of property within the assessment district and the proceeds from the sale of the bonds for the assessment district. (M) The excluded parcels should participate in the cost of the construction of the bridges and thoroughfares through payment of fees pursuant to Cal. Gov’t Code § 66484 based on the benefit which they will derive from the construction of the bridges and thoroughfares. (N) The method of allocating the cost of the construction of the bridges and thoroughfares shall be the method developed by the Engineer of Work for Assessment District No. 79-2 which is set forth in the aforementioned report of the Engineer of Work. The method of apportionment as it relates to the thoroughfares does not provide for higher fees on land which abuts the thoroughfares except where the abutting land is provided direct usable access thereto. (O) The parcels of property which will be subject to the payment of such fees as a condition of the recordation of a final subdivision map or parcel map are the excluded parcels. The excluded parcels are identified on Exhibit B of Ordinance No. 1674 on file with the City Clerk and the amounts of the fees to be paid by the owner of each such parcel for the construction of the bridges and thoroughfares are set forth on said exhibit opposite the description of each such parcel.
(P) The estimated cost of the construction of the bridges, including design and incidental costs and costs associated with the sale of the bonds of Assessment District No. 79-2, is $4,149,637. (Q) The estimated cost of the construction of the thoroughfares, including design and incidental costs and costs associated with the sale of the bonds of Assessment District No. 79-2, is $12,913,383.

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(A) The City Council hereby sets and designates 7:00 p.m. on April 20, 1983, and the City Council Chambers of the City of Corona, 815 West Sixth, Corona, California, as the time and place of hearing on the fees to be paid by the owners of the excluded parcels as a condition of approval of a final subdivision map or final parcel map for the purpose of defraying the cost of the construction of the bridges and thoroughfares.
(B) Mailed notice of the time and place of the hearing shall be given by the City Clerk as provided in Cal. Gov’t Code § 65905. The notice shall contain preliminary information related to the boundaries of the Area of Benefit, estimated cost and the method of fee apportionment. The City Clerk shall mail the notice to the owner of each excluded parcel as the owners’ names and addresses appear on the last equalized assessment roll not later than ten days before the date of the hearing. The provisions of § 65905 with respect to notice by publication and posting shall not be applicable.
(C) At such public hearing, the boundaries of the Area of Benefit, the estimated costs of the construction of the bridges and thoroughfares and a fair method of allocating the cost to the Area of Benefit and apportioning the fees will be established. A description of the boundaries of the Area of Benefit, the costs, whether actual or estimated, and the method of fee apportionment established at the hearing shall be incorporated in a resolution to be adopted by the City Council.

A certified copy of the resolution shall be recorded by the City Clerk with the County Recorder of the County of Riverside.
(D) Such apportioned fees when so established shall be applicable to all parcels of property in the Area of Benefit except parcels of property which are within the boundaries of Assessment District No. 79-2 and have been assessed for the cost of the construction of the bridges and thoroughfares. The payment of the assessments by the owners of the said parcels of property which have been so assessed shall be in lieu of the payment of fees hereunder or pursuant to the resolution. The assessments, which are security for the payment of principal and interest on the bonds of Assessment District No. 79-2 shall be and are accepted as consideration in lieu of the payment of fees hereunder and pursuant to the resolution. (E) (1) The payment of fees pursuant to the resolution shall not be required unless:
(a) The thoroughfares are in addition to, or a reconstruction of, any existing major thoroughfares serving the Area of Benefit at the time of the adoption of the boundaries of the Area of Benefit; or
(b) The bridges are original bridges serving the Area of Benefit or an addition to an existing bridge facility serving the area at the time of the adoption of the boundaries of the Area of Benefit.
(2) The City Council specifically finds that the thoroughfares are an addition to major thoroughfares serving the Area of Benefit and that the bridges will be original bridges serving the Area of Benefit or an addition to an existing bridge facility serving the Area of Benefit. (F) Written protests to the establishment of such fees may be filed with the City Clerk up to the time of the commencement of the hearing. If within the time there is a written protest filed with the City Clerk by the owners of more than one-half of the area of the property to be benefitted by the construction of the bridges and thoroughfares, and sufficient protests are not

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withdrawn so as to reduce the area represented to less than one-half of that to be benefitted, then the proposed proceedings shall be abandoned, and the City Council shall not, for one year from the filing of that written protest, commence or carry on any proceedings for the same bridges or thoroughfares. Any protest may be withdrawn by the owner making the same, in writing, at any time prior to the conclusion of the hearing.

16.24.164 Bridges and thoroughfares – Payment of fees – Disposition. (A) The fees provided in §§ 16.24.160 and 16.24.162 and which are established by the resolution of the City Council to be adopted following the hearing provided for in § 16.24.162 and a certified copy of which is recorded with the County Recorder shall be paid by the owner of a parcel subject thereto as a condition to the approval of a final subdivision map or final parcel map therefor.
(B) All fees collected by the city pursuant to division (A) of this section and the resolution shall be deposited in a planned bridge facility or major thoroughfare fund, whichever is appropriate.
(C) Fees collected pursuant to division (A) of this section and the resolution shall be utilized for the reimbursement of the costs of the construction of the bridges and the thoroughfares as follows:
(1) Each person who has paid an installment on an assessment on any parcel in Assessment District No. 79-2 which was assessed for the cost of the construction of any of the bridges or any of the thoroughfares or any segment thereof and the assessment for which has been increased for the construction of the bridges or the thoroughfares or both as a result of the exclusion from the assessment district of the excluded parcels (the parcels with such increases being hereinafter referred to as the “increased assessment parcels”) shall receive a pro rata refund in an amount which relates to the increase in the assessment thereon for the construction of the bridges (the “bridge assessment”) or the thoroughfares (the “thoroughfare assessment”), depending on whether the fees collected are for the construction of the bridges or the thoroughfares, as determined by the city;
(2) The balance, if any, of each such fee remaining after the refunds provided for in subsection (C)(1) has been made shall be transferred to the redemption fund for Assessment District No. 79-2 and utilized for the payment of principal and interest on the bonds of the assessment district. At the time of each such deposit to the redemption fund, the appropriate pro rata portion of the amount thereof shall be credited on the bridge assessment or thoroughfare assessment on each increased assessment parcel, depending on whether the fees so deposited are for the construction of the bridges or the thoroughfares; (3) The pro rata refunds and credits provided for in subsections (1) and (2), respectively, of this subsection shall be made based on the percentage which the increase in the bridges assessment or the thoroughfare assessment, depending on whether the fees collected are for the construction of the bridges or the thoroughfares, as determined by the city, on each increased assessment parcel is of the total of the increases in said assessment on all such parcels;

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(4) Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this subsection, when the total amount of the refunds and credits provided for in subsections (1) and (2) hereof are equal to the total amount of the increases in the bridge assessments or thoroughfare assessments, respectively, on all of the increased assessment parcels, all fees thereafter paid to the city by the owners of the excluded parcels for the construction of the bridges or the construction of the thoroughfares shall be deposited to the redemption fund for Assessment District No. 79-2 and utilized for the payment of principal and interest on the bonds of said assessment district. At the time of each such deposit to the redemption fund, a pro rata portion of the amount thereof shall be credited on the assessment on each parcel of property within the assessment district which was assessed a bridge assessment or a thoroughfare assessment, depending on whether the fees so deposited are for the construction of the bridges or the thoroughfares. The pro rata credits shall be made based on the respective amounts of the bridge assessments or the thoroughfare assessments on all such parcels, without taking into consideration any increase in either of the assessments on any said parcel resulting from the exclusion from the assessment district of the excluded parcels; (5) Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this subsection, if the amount of any fee paid by the owner of any such parcel to the city is, in the opinion of the City Treasurer, insufficient in amount to warrant a refund, the City Treasurer may accumulate the fees in the aforementioned planned bridge facility fund or major thoroughfare fund, whichever is appropriate, until he or she determines that there is a sufficient amount on deposit in the fund to warrant such a refund and a transfer of the remaining balance of the fees to the redemption fund for the assessment district;
(6) Further notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this subsection, when an increased assessment parcel or any parcel of property within Assessment District No. 79-2 is subdivided through the recordation of a final subdivision map or parcel map therefor and the remaining balance of the assessment levied thereon is apportioned, pursuant to the Improvement Bond Act of 1915, Streets and Highways Code Division 10, to the individual lots in the subdivision and said lots or any of them are sold for occupancy of a residence or an industrial or commercial structure thereon, the provisions of subsections (1) and (2) shall no longer be applicable with respect to the individual lots in the subdivision except as to installments on the assessment thereon which were paid prior to the date of the recordation of the grant deed transferring title thereto, and thereafter the city shall only make credits on the remaining balances of the assessments on said lots or parcels pursuant to subsection (4) of this division.

16.24.166 Bridges and thoroughfares – Deferral of payment of fees. (A) Notwithstanding the provisions of § 16.24,162, the owner of an excluded parcel may defer the payment of the fees for all or any part of the excluded parcel from the time of the approval of a final subdivision map or final parcel map therefor until the time of the issuance of building permits for the excluded parcel or a portion thereof by entering into a written agreement with the city at the time the owner presents such a final map to the city for approval for recordation, agreeing to the amount of the fees which are owing for the excluded parcel, or if the final map relates only to a portion of the excluded parcel, such portion, and to pay such fees at the time of application for the issuance of building permits for the development of the portion of the excluded parcel to which the agreement relates based on the number of building permits and

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the type of buildings for which application is made. The agreements shall be and are hereinafter referred to as “Fee Deferment Agreement.” The term “development” as used herein means the preparation of an excluded parcel or any portion thereof by the owner thereof or an agent or contractor of the owner for construction thereon of residential units, including single family residences (detached or attached), condominiums and apartment buildings or commercial or industrial buildings or any combination thereof for sale or lease. (B) The payment of the fees under each such Fee Deferment Agreement shall be secured by a deed of trust on the excluded parcel or the portion thereof to which the agreement relates, naming the city as beneficiary, and reciting in an addendum thereto that the amount of the fees secured thereby is payable as a condition to the issuance of building permits for the development of the property encumbered thereby.
(C) Upon entering into a Fee Deferment Agreement and the recordation of the deed of trust securing payment of the fees thereunder, the owner of the excluded parcel or the portion thereof to which the agreement relates shall be allowed to record a final subdivision map or a final parcel map for the portion of the excluded parcel to which the agreement relates without paying the fees therefor.
(D) The amount of the fees which shall be set forth in a Fee Deferment Agreement which relates to only a portion of an excluded parcel shall be based on the number of residential units and the square footage of the floor space of commercial and industrial buildings, if any, which is/are allowed therefor in Specific Plan SP-81-2 or proposed by the owner thereof on the final subdivision or parcel map therefor, whichever is greater, and the criteria and methodology developed and employed by the Engineer of Work for Assessment District No. 79-2 in determining the amount of the fees set forth in Exhibit B to Ordinance No. 1674. (E) At the time of making application for the issuance of building permits for the development of a portion of an excluded parcel which is the subject of a Fee Deferment Agreement, the owner thereof shall pursuant to such agreement pay the fees in the full amount provided in the agreement, or if application is made for less than all of the buildings allowed for the portion of the excluded parcel which is the subject of such agreement, a proportionate amount of said full amount based on the number of permits and the type of buildings for which application is made, as a condition to the issuance of the building permits for which application is made, and no such permits shall be issued until the appropriate amount of the fees is paid. (F) Upon the payment by the owner of an excluded parcel to the city of the total amount of the fees provided for in a Fee Deferment Agreement, the city shall deliver to the owner a full reconveyance of the deed of trust securing the payment of such fees; and provided further that, if the owner of an excluded parcel which, or a portion of which, is subject to a Fee Deferment Agreement pays a portion of the fees set forth therein for certain lots or parcels on a final subdivision or parcel map of the excluded parcel or such a portion thereof, the city shall deliver to the owner a partial reconveyance of the deed of trust relating to the agreement as to the lots or parcels for which payment has been made. The city shall subordinate any such deed of trust to the lien of any subsequent deed of trust given by the owner of an excluded parcel to secure a loan for the development of the excluded parcel or any part thereof. (G) Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this section, the owner of an excluded parcel who has entered into a Fee Deferment Agreement may apply for and shall be issued grading

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permits and other similar preliminary or incidental permits relating to the preparation of the portion of the excluded parcel to which the Fee Deferment Agreement relates for development without being required to pay the fees provided for in the agreement; and provided further that an owner of an excluded parcel, whether or not he or she has entered into a Fee Deferment Agreement, may apply for and shall be issued building permits for the construction of location on the excluded parcel or any portion thereof of a building or buildings which will be used solely by the owner in connection with its use and enjoyment of the excluded parcel, such as a single family residence, a garage, a storage building or a utility building or temporary buildings to be used by the owner or its agents or contractors in connection with the preparation of an excluded parcel or a portion thereof which is subject to a Fee Deferment Agreement for development, without being required to pay the fees for the excluded parcel or any portion thereof. (H) If after having entered into a Fee Deferment Agreement with respect to an excluded parcel or a portion thereof, the owner thereof makes application to the city for the recordation of a final subdivision map or a final parcel map for a portion of the excluded parcel or the portion thereof (the larger portion thereof) which is subject to the Fee Deferment Agreement, the fees for the portion of the excluded parcel to which the final subdivision map or parcel map for which application is made relates shall be determined as herein above provided and the owner shall either pay such fees or enter into a Fee Deferment Agreement for such portion, and the amount of such fees shall, in either event, be deducted from the fees provided for in the Fee Deferment Agreement first entered into with respect to the excluded parcel or the larger portion thereof.

16.24.167 Fees for traffic signalization for subdivisions of land and commercial and industrial developments subject to Specific Plan 81-2.
(A) Subdividers and developers of land subject to Specific Plan 81-2 and Specific Plan 85-3 shall pay at the time of and as a condition to the issuance of building permits for construction of residential, commercial and industrial structures on such land a fee for the provision of masterplanned traffic signalization within the areas subject to said specific plans determined on the basis of the principal land use or uses of the lot or parcel of land where any such structure is to be constructed and whichever of the following schedules is applicable thereto:

RESIDENTIAL SCHEDULE
Principal Land Use
Fee Per Dwelling Unit
SP-81-2 SP-85-3
Single Family Residential
$115 $184
Medium Density Residential
$100 $168

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High Density Residential
$65 $108

COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL SCHEDULE
Principal Land Use
Fee Per Acre
SP-81-2 SP-85-3
Regional Shopping Center
$3,375 N/A
Support Commercial
$2,250 $5,600
Manufacturing District
$640 N/A
(B) The total amount of the fee to be paid for a residential subdivision or a commercial or industrial development shall be based on the number of dwelling units to be constructed within such a residential subdivision or the number of acres within such a commercial or industrial development.

16.24.170 Recreation facilities fee – Findings.

The City Council finds as follows.
(A) The subdivision and development of property annexed to the city subsequent to the date upon which this chapter is adopted by the City Council and not within the South Corona area (the "subsequently annexed areas") will create a public need for and will require the construction of recreation, parks and open space facilities to serve the residents and users of such development ("recreation facilities").
(B) Pursuant to Cal. Gov’t Code §§ 66000 et seq. and the city’s police powers, the city may impose by ordinance a requirement for the payment of fees to cover the actual or estimated costs of constructing planned recreation facilities.
(C) The Comprehensive Parks, Recreation and Open Space Master Plan, dated January 18, 1989, along with reports from city staff presented in conjunction with the adoption of this fee (collectively referred to as the "Master Plan and Reports") set forth in detail the types of

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recreation facilities which are required to serve the subsequently annexed areas and contain an estimate of the costs of designing and constructing the types of facilities identified in the Master Plan and Reports.
(D) The Master Plan and Reports demonstrate that costs of the recreation facilities funded by the fees established in §§ 16.24.170 through 16.24.200 are apportioned relative to the anticipated impact on city recreation facilities of new development within the subsequently annexed areas, both on the basis of benefits conferred by the recreation facilities, and on the basis of the need for such facilities created by new development.
(E) The fee for any property proposed for development within the subsequently annexed areas represents and does not exceed the fair share of the actual estimated costs of the recreation facilities serving the subsequently annexed areas.
(F) The information presented to the City Council in conjunction with the adoption of this fee establishes that there is a reasonable relationship between the need for the recreation facilities and the impacts of the types of development on which the fee will be imposed and that there is a reasonable relationship between the fee’s use and the type of development upon which the fee will be imposed. This reasonable relationship is described in more detail in the Master Plan and Reports.
(G) The cost estimates set forth in the Master Plan and Reports are reasonable cost estimates for constructing the types of recreation facilities identified therein and the fees expected to be generated by new development are not expected to exceed the total of those costs. (H) The purpose and use of the fee will be to finance the public facilities described or identified in the Master Plan and Reports.

16.24.180 Recreation facilities fee – Purpose and applicability.

The City Council declares that the purpose of §§ 16.24.170 through 16.24.200 is to assure the acquisition and improvement of adequate recreation facilities to serve the subsequently annexed areas in order to promote the health, safety and welfare of the citizens of Corona and to comply with the law. §§ 16.24.170 through 16.24.200 shall apply to the construction of new dwelling units and to additions or improvements to existing units if such improvements or additions increase habitable living space by 25%. Further, §§ 16.24.170 through 16.24.200 shall apply only to areas annexed to the city subsequent to the date upon which this chapter is adopted by the City Council and not located within the South Corona area as defined in § 16.25.020(A) of this code.

16.24.190 Recreation facilities fee – Imposition and payment of fee.

Each owner of a lot or parcel of residential property within the subsequently annexed areas shall pay to the city as a condition to the issuance of a building permit for any improvement on land for which no recreation facilities fee has been paid as provided by this section, a recreation facilities fee to fund the estimated cost of the construction of recreation facilities serving the

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subsequently annexed areas as identified in the Master Plan and Reports. The amount of the fee shall be initially determined and may be adjusted from time to time by noncodified ordinance or resolution of the City Council.

16.24.200 Recreation facilities fee – Accounting and disbursement of fees.

Fees paid pursuant to § 16.24.190 shall be placed in a special fund which may be further segregated by specific recreation facility. This fund, and interest earned thereon, shall be expended solely for the design and construction or reimbursement for construction of recreation facilities in accordance with the standard established in the Master Plan and Reports as adopted or subsequently amended.

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DATE: 05/21/2025
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Fire Department
2025-202

REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION
SUBJECT:

ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 15.16 OF THE CORONA MUNICIPAL CODE TO

DESIGNATE MODERATE, HIGH, AND VERY HIGH FIRE HAZARD SEVERITY ZONES

CONSISTENT WITH STATE LAW
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:

This staff report recommends the City Council approve an ordinance adopting the updated Fire Hazard Severity Zone (FHSZ) map. The Office of the State Fire Marshal (OSFM) has updated the FHSZ map based on the latest scientific modeling of wildfire risks. Government Code § 51178 and § 51179, as amended by Senate Bill 63 (SB 63) and Assembly Bill 211 (AB211), now requires the adoption of all three FHSZ classes, Moderate, High, and Very High, whereas previously, local agencies were only required to adopt an ordinance for Very High zones. In compliance with SB 63 and AB 211, the City of Corona must formally designate these zones by ordinance. The amendment to CMC Chapter 15.16 is to keep the City in compliance with state law.

RECOMMENDED ACTION:

That the City Council introduce, by title only, and waive full reading of consideration of Ordinance No. 3418, the first reading of an ordinance adopting the City of Corona Local Responsibility Area Fire Hazard Severity Zones Map to designate moderate, high, and very high fire hazard severity zones and amending Chapter 15.16 of the Corona Municipal Code to update the fire hazard severity zones regulations.

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BACKGROUND & HISTORY:

The Office of the State Fire Marshal (OSFM) is responsible for identifying Fire Hazard Severity Zones (FHSZ) throughout California. These zones are categorized as Moderate, High, or Very High based on consistent statewide criteria and the expected fire hazard levels in those areas, as required by Government Code 51178. These designations are based on long-term fire behavior projections over a 50-year period, without considering short-term modifications.

Development of Fire Hazard Severity Zones
The establishment of FHSZs dates back to 1980 following the Panorama Fire. In response, Public Resource Code 4201 was enacted, which mandated that CAL FIRE develop FHSZ maps, with the first version released in 1985. The Tunnel Fire in Oakland Hills in 1991 led to further legislation known as the "Bates Bill" (AB 337), requiring CAL FIRE to identify Very High FHSZs within Local Responsibility Areas (LRA). In 2007, CAL FIRE finalized the Statewide FHSZ model, incorporating Very High FHSZ designations for LRAs, which the City of Corona adopted by ordinance in 2010.

Following the devastating Camp Fire in 2018, which burned over 153,000 acres, destroyed nearly 19,000 structures, and claimed 85 lives, additional legislation was introduced. SB 63, adopted in 2021, required the OSFM to identify Moderate and High FHSZ in LRAs. AB 211, passed in 2022, requires local agencies, such as the City of Corona, to formally designate Very High, High, and Moderate FHSZs by ordinance.

Local Implementation
Chapter 15.16 of the Corona Municipal Code governs the City’s regulations for FHSZs.

This chapter was first adopted by Ordinance No. 3034 in 2010, following the requirements set forth in AB 337.

On March 24, 2025, the OSFM released an updated FHSZ map in accordance with Government Code 51178. This map divides the LRA into three categories: Moderate, High, and Very High. The updated map incorporates new scientific data, including ember spread patterns and localized climate information. The model evaluates the probability of fire occurrence and expected fire behavior under extreme fuel and weather conditions.

Government Code Section 51179 requires the City to designate, by ordinance, the moderate, high, and very high fire hazard severity zones within 120 days of receiving the updated FHSZ map from the OSFM.

Under Government Code Section 51179(b)(3), the City is prohibited from reducing the hazard severity designations set by the OSFM. However, local agencies may increase hazard levels or add areas not identified by the OSFM as Moderate, High, or Very High FHSZ. The Corona Fire Department has not proposed any changes or additions to the OSFM recommendations as part of this adoption process.

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Key Legislative Requirements
Senate Bill 63 (SB 63)
 Effective January 1, 2022, SB 63 requires local agencies to adopt all three hazard levels (Moderate, High, and Very High) for LRAs, expanding beyond the previous requirement to adopt only Very High zones.

Assembly Bill 211 (AB 211)
 Effective September 27, 2022, AB 211 outlines the following requirements for local agencies:
o Designate Moderate, High, and Very High FHSZ within 120 days of receiving OSFM recommendations.
o Optionally increase the hazard level in areas where substantial evidence shows additional protection is needed.
o Transmit a copy of the adopted ordinance to the State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection within 30 days.
o Post a notice at the county recorder, assessor, and planning agency offices indicating the location of the OSFM-provided or locally amended map.

AB 211 also confirms that any local amendments to OSFM recommendations are final and cannot be overturned by the OSFM. Additionally, the OSFM is required to prepare and adopt a model ordinance to guide local agencies in establishing Very High FHSZs.

Ordinances that align with this model are presumed to be in compliance with state requirements.

ANALYSIS:

The attached ordinance adopts the updated FHSZ map issued by the OSFM, designating moderate, high, and very high fire hazard severity zones within the City. The attached ordinance also makes the following changes to CMC Chapter 15.16.  Section 15.16.010: Adopts the updated FHSZ map issued by the OSFM dated March 24, 2025.
 Section 15.16.020: Clarifies the authority of the Fire Chief to designate areas not identified on the FHSZ map issued by the OSFM to be consistent with the limited authority provided in SB 63 and AB 211, which only authorizes local agencies to increase the hazard levels or add areas not identified by the OSFM on the FHSZ map.
 Section 15.16.030: Updates statutory references for implementation of the FHSZ map by the Building Official.
 Section 15.16.060: Expands the defensible space provisions to high FHSZ.

FINANCIAL IMPACT:

The adoption of this Ordinance will not have a financial impact.

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ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS:

This action is exempt pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) of the Guidelines for the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), which states that a project is exempt from CEQA if the activity is covered by the commonsense exemption that CEQA applies only to projects that have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment. Where it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment, the activity is not subject to CEQA. This action simply designates the fire hazard severity zones recommended by the OSFM, as mandated by Government Code Section 51179, and amends the Corona Municipal Code to update the regulations regarding the fire hazard severity zones to be consistent with the updated map issued by the OSFM. Adoption of this Ordinance will not have an impact on the environment.

PREPARED BY: CINDI SCHMITZ, FIRE MARSHAL
REVIEWED BY: BRIAN YOUNG, FIRE CHIEF
ATTACHMENTS:

1. Exhibit 1 – Ordinance No. 3418 (Redline)

2. Exhibit 2 – Ordinance No. 3418 (Final)

3. Exhibit 3 – Local Responsibility Area – Fire Hazard Severity Zones Map dated March 24, 2025

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CHAPTER 15.16

FIRE HAZARD SEVERITY ZONES
Sections

15.16.010 Fire Hazard Severity Zones Map.

15.16.020 Changes to Fire Hazard Severity Zones.

15.16.030 Building Official responsibility.

15.16.040 Filing of Map with City Clerk.

15.16.050 Posting of notice of Map with County Entities.

15.16.060 Defensible space compliance inspections.

15.16.010 Fire Hazard Severity Zones Map.

The map entitled "Local Responsibility Area - Fire Hazard Severity Zones" dated March 24, 2025 as recommended by the State Fire Marshal pursuant to Government Code §§ 51175 et seq., which identifies areas within the city that are within the moderate, high and very high fire hazard severity zones (“FHSZ Map”), is hereby adopted and incorporated in this chapter by this reference. The Fire Hazard Severity Zones (“FHSZ”) are hereby established and declared to be those areas included within the boundary described and set forth in the FHSZ Map.

15.16.020 Changes to Fire Hazard Severity Zones.
(A) The Fire Chief may designate area(s) not identified as very high FHSZ by the State Fire Marshal, as very high FHSZ following a finding by the City Council pursuant to Government Code Section 51179 that is supported by substantial evidence in the record that the very high FHSZ designation is necessary for effective fire protection within the area(s). (B) The Fire Chief may designate area(s) not identified as moderate and high FHSZ by the State Fire Marshal, as moderate and high FHSZ, respectively.

15.16.030 Building Official responsibility.

The FHSZ Map is intended to be used in conjunction with the most current edition of the California Building Code, and supersedes any other maps previously adopted by the city designating fire hazard severity areas. The Building Official shall be responsible for enforcing provisions of the code and other applicable law which may be applicable to property identified on the FHSZ Map within the city, pursuant to the requirements of

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Chapter 7A of the California Building Code, Section R337 of the California Residential Code, and all other applicable state and federal laws, rules and regulations.

15.16.040 Filing of Map with City Clerk.

The Fire Chief shall cause the most current version of the FHSZ Map to be maintained on file with the office of the City Clerk at all times.

15.16.050 Posting of notice of Map with County Entities.

The Fire Chief shall cause a notice to be posted at the office of the Riverside County Recorder, Riverside County Assessor and the Riverside County Planning Department identifying the location of the FHSZ Map.

15.16.060 Defensible space compliance inspections.

The owner of real property located within a high or very high FHSZ that is subject to the requirements of Civil Code § 1102.19(a)(1), as it may be amended from time to time, may request a defensible space compliance inspection by submitting such request upon a form provided by the Fire Chief for that purpose. The purpose of the defensible space compliance inspection is to document whether the real property complies with the requirements set forth in § 15.12.320 of this code. A request for a defensible space compliance inspection shall be accompanied by an inspection fee in the amount established by resolution of the City Council. A request for a defensible space compliance inspection shall be submitted at least fourteen (14) days prior to the anticipated sale of the real property located within a high or very high FHSZ to provide sufficient time for the Fire Department to conduct the inspection and prepare a report of such inspection.

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ORDINANCE NO. 3418

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CORONA,

CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING THE CITY OF CORONA

LOCAL RESPONSIBILITY AREA FIRE HAZARD

SEVERITY ZONES MAP TO DESIGNATE MODERATE,

HIGH AND VERY HIGH FIRE HAZARD SEVERITY ZONES
AND AMENDING CHAPTER 15.16 OF THE CORONA

MUNICIPAL CODE TO UPDATE THE FIRE HAZARD

SEVERITY ZONES REGULATIONS
WHEREAS, Article XI, § 7 of the California Constitution authorizes cities to make and enforce within their limits all local, police, sanitary, and other ordinances and regulations not in conflict with general laws; and
WHEREAS, California Government Code §§ 51175 et seq. authorizes the State Fire Marshal to identify areas in the state as moderate, high, and very high fire hazard severity zones based on the severity of fire hazard that is expected to prevail in those areas due to fuel loading, slope, fire weather, and other relevant factors including areas where winds have been identified as a major cause of wildfire spread; and
WHEREAS, California Government Code § 51178.5 provides that within 30 days after receiving a transmittal from the State Fire Marshal that identifies fire hazard severity zones pursuant to Section 51178, a local agency shall make the information available for public review and comment; and
WHEREAS, the City of Corona (“City”) received a transmittal from the State Fire Marshal that identifies fire hazard severity zones within the City on or about March 24, 2025; and WHEREAS, the information from the State Fire Marshal identifying fire hazard severity zones within the City was made available for public review and comment on March 26, 2025, through an interactive page on the City Fire Department's website, which allowed residents to view the map and submit feedback or call directly. The City also shared multiple social media posts across various platforms and hosted an in-person town hall on May 14, 2025; and WHEREAS, California Government Code § 51179 requires that the City, within 120 days of receiving a transmittal from the State Fire Marshal that identifies fire hazard severity zones within the City, to designate, by ordinance, moderate, high, and very high fire hazard severity zones in the City; and
WHEREAS, as required by Government Code Section 51179, the City Council of the City of Corona desires to designate the fire hazard severity zones as identified by the State Fire Marshal as required by Government Code Section 51179; and WHEREAS, the City

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Council also desires to amend Corona Municipal Code (“CMC”) Chapter 15.16 to update the regulations pertaining to fire hazard severity zones to be consistent with state law.

NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORONA, CALIFORNIA, DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:

SECTION 1. Incorporation of Recitals. The City Council finds and determines that the foregoing Recitals are true and correct and incorporates the Recitals herein.

SECTION 2. CEQA Findings. This action is exempt pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) of the Guidelines for the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), which states that a project is exempt from CEQA if the activity is covered by the common sense exemption that CEQA applies only to projects that have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment. Where it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment, the activity is not subject to CEQA.

This action simply designates fire hazard severity zones as recommended by the California State Fire Marshal pursuant to Government Code Section 51178, as mandated by Government Code Section 51179, and there is no possibility that adopting this Ordinance will have a significant effect on the environment. Therefore, no environmental analysis is required.

SECTION 3. Adoption of Fire Hazard Severity Zones Map. The City Council hereby adopts the City of Corona Local Responsibility Area Fire Hazard Severity Zones Map from the Office of the State Fire Marshal dated March 24, 2025 for the incorporated area of the City of Corona.

SECTION 4. Amendment of Chapter 15.16. Chapter 15.16 (Fire Hazard Severity Zones) of Title 15 (Buildings and Construction) of the Corona Municipal Code is hereby amended in its entirety to read as set forth in Exhibit “A” attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

SECTION 5. Severability. If any provision or clause of this Ordinance or any application of it to any person, firm, organization, partnership or corporation is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions of this Ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application. To this end, the provisions of this Ordinance are declared to be severable.

SECTION 6. Conflicting Ordinances. This Ordinance shall supersede all other previous City Council resolutions and ordinances that may conflict with, or be contrary to, this Ordinance.

SECTION 7. Effective Date. The Mayor shall sign this Ordinance and the City Clerk shall attest thereto and shall within fifteen (15) days of its adoption cause it, or a summary of it, to be published in a general circulation newspaper published and circulated in the City of Corona. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force on the 30th day after its adoption.

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PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 4
th day of June, 2025.
_________________________________
Mayor of the City of Corona, California
ATTEST:
____________________________________
City Clerk of the City of Corona, California

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CERTIFICATION
I, Sylvia Edwards, City Clerk of the City of Corona, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was regularly introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Corona, California, duly held on the 21st day of May 2025, and thereafter at a regular meeting held on the 4
th day of June, 2025, it was duly passed and adopted by the following vote of the City Council:

AYES:

NOES:

ABSTAINED:

ABSENT:

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Corona, California, this 4
th day of June, 2025.
___________________________________
City Clerk of the City of Corona, California
(SEAL)

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EXHIBIT “A”
CHAPTER 15.16

FIRE HAZARD SEVERITY ZONES
Sections

15.16.010 Fire Hazard Severity Zones Map.

15.16.020 Changes to Fire Hazard Severity Zones.

15.16.030 Building Official responsibility.

15.16.040 Filing of Map with City Clerk.

15.16.050 Posting of notice of Map with County Entities.

15.16.060 Defensible space compliance inspections.

15.16.010 Fire Hazard Severity Zones Map.

15.16.030 Building Official responsibility.

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Building Code, Section R337 of the California Residential Code, and all other applicable state and federal laws, rules and regulations.

15.16.040 Filing of Map with City Clerk.

The Fire Chief shall cause the most current version of the FHSZ Map to be maintained on file with the office of the City Clerk at all times.

15.16.050 Posting of notice of Map with County Entities.

15.16.060 Defensible space compliance inspections.

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City and County boundaries as of 10/22/24 (CA Board of Equalization) CAL FIRE State Responsibility Areas (SRA25_1)
CAL FIRE Fire Hazard Severity Zones (FHSZSRA23_3, FHSZLRA_25_1) Data Sources:

Daniel Berlant, State Fire Marshal, CA Department of Forestry and Fire Protection Joe Tyler, Director/Fire Chief, CA Department of Forestry and Fire Protection Wade Crowfoot, Secretary for Natural Resources, CA Natural Resources Agency The State of California and the Department of Forestry and Fire Gavin Newsom, Governor, State of California Protection make no representations or warranties regarding the accuracy of data or maps. Neither the State nor the Department shall be liable under any circumstances for any direct, special, incidental, or consequential damages with respect to any claim by any user or third party on account of, or arising from, the use of data or maps. and other relevant factors including areas where winds
have been identified by the Office of the State Fire Marshal as a major cause of wildfire spread.
statewide criteria and based on the severity of fire hazard that is expected to prevail in those areas. Moderate, high, and very high fire hazard severity zones shall be based on fuel loading, slope, fire weather, Government Code section 51178 requires the State Fire
Marshal to identify areas in the state as moderate, high, and very high fire hazard severity zones based on consistent Waterbody
Federal Responsibility
Area (FRA)
Unzoned LRA
Incorporated City
Projection: NAD 83 California Teale Albers
Scale: 1:74,000 at 11" x 17"
Km 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Mi 0 1 2 3
Very High High Moderate
Very High High Moderate
Fire Hazard Severity Zones (FHSZ) in Local Responsibility Area (LRA), as Identified by the State Fire Marshal
Corona
15 91

UNINCORPORATED
ORANGE CO.

UNINCORPORATED
RIVERSIDE CO.

ANAHEIM
CHINO

CHINO HILLS

EASTVALE
NORCO

RIVERSIDE
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S A N B E R N A R D I N O
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March 24, 2025
As Identified by the
State Fire Marshal
Local Responsibility Area
Fire Hazard Severity Zones
CITY OF CORONA – RIVERSIDE COUNTY
Fire Hazard Severity Zones in State Responsibility
Area (SRA), Effective April 1, 2024

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DATE: 05/21/2025
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Finance Department
2025-211

REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION
SUBJECT:

ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 3.08 OF THE CORONA MUNICIPAL CODE TO UPDATE THE CITY’S PURCHASING REGULATIONS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:

The staff report recommends the City Council approve an ordinance amending Chapter

3.08 of the Corona Municipal Code to update the City’s purchasing regulations.

RECOMMENDED ACTION:

That the City Council introduce, by title only, and waive full reading of consideration of Ordinance No. 3419, first reading of an ordinance amending Chapter 3.08 of the Corona Municipal Code to update the City’s purchasing regulations.

BACKGROUND & HISTORY:

Chapter 3.08 of the Corona Municipal Code (CMC) governs the City’s purchasing process. The current authorization limits were previously approved in 2018.

Since 1988, the City of Corona has participated in the California Uniform Public Construction Cost Accounting Act, Public Contracts Code 22000 et seq. (Act, also known as CUPCCAA). The Act is legislation enacted in 1983 to help streamline bidding procedures for public construction projects and to promote “uniformity of the cost accounting standards and bidding procedures on construction work performed or contracted by public entities in the state” (Section 22001). The Act is a voluntary program

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available to all public entities statewide. However, it only applies to those public agencies that have formally approved participation. The Act establishes various thresholds and guidelines for public construction-related projects. Amendments to the Act, effective January 2025, increase the formal bidding thresholds to $220,000 and allow for public agencies to perform public construction-related projects using their employees for projects up to $75,000.

ANALYSIS:

The attached Ordinance amends various sections of Chapter 3.08 of the CMC pertaining to the City’s purchasing process. The Ordinance revises the purchasing limits for public construction projects pursuant to the Act. Additionally, the Ordinance increases the City Manager’s approval authority for the purchase of materials, supplies, and equipment up to $220,000 to align with the updated Act levels. Staff is seeking City Council direction regarding the authorization levels for professional and maintenance/general services.

The following table outlines the proposed changes:

Position Current
Limits
Proposed
Non-Public
Projects
Proposed
Materials,
Supplies, and
Equipment
(Aligns with
the Act)
Public
Projects
(Aligns with
the Act)
Department Directors $60,000 Council
Direction
$75,000 $75,000
Public Works Director,
Utilities Director, and
Assistant City Manager
$75,000 Council
Direction
Same as
Department
Directors
Same as
Department
Directors
City Manager $100,000 Council
Direction
$220,000 $220,000
City Council >$100,000 Council
Direction
>$220,000 >$220,000
Estimated staff cost
savings
$21,068 -
$31,367
$5,150 $468
Updating the purchasing limits will align the CMC with the Act. Additionally, the Ordinance updates multiple items throughout CMC Chapter 3.08, to be reflective of current state laws, removes outdated information, and adds clarity. The changes include:
 Defines a Non-Public Project
 Clarifies the role of the Purchasing Agent
 Allows for approval limits to be applied independently, not cumulatively, when vendors are used by multiple departments
 Updates the maximum total of a change order to be equal to the lesser of $220,000 or 10% of the original contract amount to align with the Act  Increases the authorization for public project emergency purchasing, up to $500,000

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 Moves the alternative competitive bidding process (cooperative purchasing agreements) for non-public projects
 References the Purchasing Policy and Procedures Manual to provide specific administrative rules surrounding the purchasing process  Several non-substantive updates to various sections
If approved this evening, after a discussion about the authorization limits for professional and maintenance/general services, the Ordinance would return to the City Council for a second reading at the June 4, 2025, meeting and become effective 30 days thereafter.

Once effective, staff will complete revisions of an updated purchasing manual to be used in the administration of contracts and purchasing procedures for all City departments.

FINANCIAL IMPACT:

There is no financial impact associated with the recommended action.

ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS:

This action is exempt pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) of the Guidelines for the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), which states that a project is exempt from CEQA if the activity is covered by the common sense exemption that CEQA applies only to projects that have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment. Where it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment, the activity is not subject to CEQA. This action seeks the of City Council approval of an Ordinance increasing purchasing thresholds and making other modifications to Chapter 3.08 of the CMC, and there is no possibility that approving the recommended action will have a significant effect on the environment. Therefore, no environmental analysis is required.

PREPARED BY: KIM SITTON, FINANCE DIRECTOR
REVIEWED BY: BRETT CHANNING, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER
ATTACHMENTS:

1. Exhibit 1 – Ordinance No. 3419 (Redline Version)

2. Exhibit 2 – Ordinance No. 3419 (Clean Version)

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ORDINANCE NO. 3419

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF CORONA AMENDING CHAPTER 3.08 OF THE

CORONA MUNICIPAL CODE TO UPDATE AND
STREAMLINE THE CITY’S PURCHASING REGULATIONS
WHEREAS, Chapter 3.08 of the Corona Municipal Code (“CMC”) sets forth the purchasing regulations for all City purchases; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Corona (“City Council”) desires to make certain changes to such regulations as provided for herein.

NOW THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CORONA, CALIFORNIA, DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:

SECTION 1. Chapter 3.08 (Purchasing Regulations) of Title 3 (Revenue and Finance) of the Corona Municipal Code is hereby amended in its entirety to read as provided for in Exhibit “A” attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

SECTION 2. CEQA Findings. The City Council finds that this Ordinance is exempt pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) of the Guidelines for the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), which states that a project is exempt from CEQA if the activity is covered by the general rule that CEQA applies only to projects that have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment. Where it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment, the activity is not subject to CEQA. This Ordinance merely amends the Corona Municipal Code to update the City’s purchasing regulations. Thus, there is no possibility that adopting this Ordinance will have a significant effect on the environment and no further environmental analysis is required.

SECTION 3. Invalidity; Severability. If any sentence, cause or phrase of this Ordinance is for any reason held to be unconstitutional or otherwise invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this Ordinance.

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SECTION 4. Effective Date of Ordinance. The Mayor shall sign this Ordinance and the City Clerk shall attest thereto and shall within fifteen (15) days of its adoption cause it, or a summary of it, to be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Corona. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force on the 30th day after its adoption.

PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 4th day of June, 2025. _________________________________________
Mayor of the City of Corona, California
ATTEST:
____________________________________
City Clerk of the City of Corona, California

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CERTIFICATION
I, Sylvia Edwards, City Clerk of the City of Corona, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was regularly introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Corona, California duly held on the 21st day of May, 2025 and thereafter at a regular meeting held on 4th day June, 2025, it was duly passed and adopted by the following vote:

AYES:

NOES:

ABSENT:

ABSTAINED:

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Corona, California, this 4th day of June, 2025. _________________________________________
City Clerk of the City of Corona, California
[SEAL]

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EXHIBIT “A”
CMC CHAPTER 3.08
(PURCHASING REGULATIONS)
[SEE ATTACHED TWENTY-TWO (22) PAGES]

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CHAPTER 3.08

PURCHASING REGULATIONS
Sections

3.08.010 Definitions.

3.08.020 Centralized purchasing division and purchasing system.

3.08.030 Purchasing agent.

3.08.040 General purchasing regulations, policies, and procedures.

3.08.050 Bidding requirements - public projects.

3.08.060 Bidding requirements - maintenance and general services.

3.08.070 Bidding requirements - professional services.

3.08.080 Bidding requirements - materials, supplies, and equipment.

3.08.090 Public projects - formal bidding procedure.

3.08.100 Public projects - informal bidding procedure.

3.08.110 Non-public projects - formal bidding procedure.

3.08.120 Non-public projects - informal bidding procedure.

3.08.125 Non-public projects - public agency alternative competitive bidding procedure.

3.08.130 Exceptions to competitive bidding - public projects

3.08.140 Exceptions to competitive bidding - non-public projects.

3.08.160 Surplus materials, supplies, and equipment.

3.08.010 Definitions.

Unless otherwise indicated, the following definitions shall apply to all provisions of this chapter:
(A) “Act” means the Uniform Public Construction Cost Accounting Act found at Cal.

Public Contract Code, §§ 22000 et seq.
(B) “Alternative procedure” means purchasing materials, supplies, services, (professional, consulting, public works, maintenance, and other general services) or equipment by negotiated contract, purchase order or any other procedure outlined in the city’s Purchasing Policies and Procedures Manual approved by the City Manager and consistent with this chapter.

A type of alternative procedure may include, but is not limited to, what will be referred to as a "simplified pricing procedure" wherein the authorized contracting party, or his or her designee, obtains oral price quotes from one or more potential contractors or suppliers, and accepts the quote which is determined to be in the best interests of the city. (C) "Authorized contracting party" means the city official or body provided with authority under this chapter to approve or award a contract or to make a purchase, as well as to reject all bids when appropriate. Unless otherwise stated, the party authorized to approve or award a contract or to make a purchase shall have the authority to execute the associated purchase order, contract, and/or agreement.
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City Engineer to perform all or some of the duties prescribed in this chapter. (E) "City Manager" means the City Manager or person designated by the City Manager to perform all or some of the duties prescribed in this chapter. (F) "Commission" means the California Uniform Construction Cost Accounting Commission created by Division 2, Part 3, Chapter 2, Article 2, of the Cal. Public Contract Code (commencing at § 22010).
(G) "Corona formal bidding procedure" means a procedure which meets the requirements of state and local law, including the Act, this chapter, and the city’s Purchasing Policies and Procedures Manual.
(H) "Emergency" for purposes of public projects shall have that meaning provided in Cal. Public Contract Code §§ 22035 and 22050. "Emergency" for all other purchasing or contracting purposes means a situation which makes competitive bidding, either formal or informal, impractical or not in the best interests of the city. (I) "Facility" means any plant, building, structure, ground facility, utility system (subject to the limitation found in Cal. Public Contract Code § 22002, subdivision (c)(3)), real property, streets and highways, or other public work improvement. (J) “Force account” means the city’s performing of a project using its own employees. (K) "General services" means all services performed by persons not in a professional occupation including, but not limited to, contract services for park, electrical, and computer repair, building, facility, and vehicle maintenance, recreation programs, and other similar services which are not typical of professional services.
(L) "Maintenance work" shall have that meaning provided in § 22002(d) of the Act, as that section may be amended from time to time. In addition and to the extent not inconsistent with § 22002(d), "maintenance work" shall include, but shall not be limited to, the following:
(1) Routine, recurring, and usual work for the preservation or protection of any publicly-owned or publicly-operated facility for its intended purposes. (2) Minor repainting.
(3) Street and highway maintenance including utility patching, skin patching, crack filling, filling of pot holes, slurry sealing, edge grading, street striping, resurfacing of streets and highways at less than one-inch, sign replacement, sidewalk repair and replacement, curb and gutter repair and replacement, and street and traffic light repair and replacement. "Maintenance work" shall not include striping of a new street or highway. (4) Sewer maintenance including foaming, video taping, cleaning, and manhole

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restoration.
(5) Traffic signal maintenance. Maintenance work shall not include installation of new traffic signals.
(6) Storm drain related maintenance.
(7) Landscape maintenance, including mowing, watering, trimming, pruning, planting, tree and plant replacement, irrigation and sprinkler system servicing, retrofit and repair, and landscape rehabilitation.
(8) Maintenance of facilities including roof repairs or replacements, heating and air conditioning repairs, and electric repairs.
(9) Vehicle and equipment maintenance and repairs.
(10) Work performed to keep, operate, and maintain publicly-owned water, power, or waste disposal systems including, but not limited to, dams, reservoirs, powerplants, and electrical transmission lines of 230,000 volts and higher. (M) "Non-public project" shall mean any type of purchase other than for a “public project” as defined in Section 3.08.010 (Q) below. For instance, a “non-public project” includes maintenance work (Section 3.08.010 (L)), general services (Section 3.08.010(K)), professional services (Section 3.08.010 (P)), and materials, supplies, and equipment. (N) "Non-public project formal bidding procedure" means a procedure which meets the requirements of state and local law, including this chapter and the Purchasing Policies and Procedures Manual.
(O) "Non-public project informal bidding procedure" means a procedure which meets the requirements of state and local law, including this chapter and the Purchasing Policies and Procedures Manual.
(P) "Professional services" means all services performed by persons in a professional occupation including, but not limited to, consulting and performance services for accounting, auditing, computer hardware and software support, engineering, architectural, planning, environmental, redevelopment, financial, economic, personnel, social services, animal control, legal, management, cable television, communication, and other similar professional functions which may be necessary for the operation of the city.
(Q) "Public project" shall have that meaning provided in § 22002(c) of the Act, as that section may be amended from time to time. A "public project" shall not include maintenance work. In addition and to the extent not inconsistent with § 22002(c), "public project" shall include, but shall not be limited to, the following:

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(1) Construction, reconstruction, erection, alteration, renovation, improvement, demolition, and repair work involving any publicly-owned, leased, or operated facility. (2) Painting or repainting of any publicly-owned, leased, or operated facility; and
(3) In the case of a publicly-owned “electric” utility system, "public project" shall include only the construction, erection, improvement, or repair of dams, reservoirs, powerplants, and electrical transmission lines of 230,000 volts and higher. (R) "Public project formal bidding procedure" means a procedure which meets the requirements of state and local law, including § 22037 of the Act, this chapter, and the Purchasing Policies and Procedures Manual.
(S) "Public project informal bidding procedure" means a procedure which meets the requirements of state and local law, including § 22034 of the Act, this chapter, and the Purchasing Policies and Procedures Manual.
(T) "Purchasing agent" means the City Manager or his or her designee(s) as provided in § 3.08.030. Pursuant to § 3.08.030, the City Manager may change his or her designation at any time.
(U) “Department Director” means the person in charge of a particular department of the city, and shall include the Assistant City Manager, the Utilities Director, the Chief of Police, and the Fire Chief.
(V) “On-call maintenance work or general services” means maintenance work or general services to be provided on an on-call or as-needed basis pursuant to a master agreement or contract.

3.08.020 Centralized purchasing division and purchasing system.

The purpose of this chapter is to establish efficient procedures for the purchase of materials, supplies, services (professional, consulting, public works, maintenance, and other general services), and equipment at the lowest possible cost commensurate with quality needed, to exercise positive financial control over purchases, to clearly define authority for the purchasing function, and to assure the quality of purchases. In addition, this chapter and the purchasing system it establishes are designed to provide appropriate procedures to implement the city's participation in the Uniform Public Construction Cost Accounting Act pursuant to Cal. Public Contract Code, §§ 22000 et seq.

A centralized purchasing division and purchasing system are hereby adopted and vested with the authority to govern the purchase of all city materials, supplies, services (professional, consulting, public works, maintenance and other general services), and equipment.

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3.08.030 Purchasing agent.

There is created the position of purchasing agent. The purchasing agent shall be the City Manager or his or her designee. Initially, the City Manager designates the Finance Director to act as the purchasing agent. The City Manager may change his or her designation at any time. The duties of the purchasing agent may be combined with those of any other city office or position. The purchasing agent may delegate the duties of that position to one or more employees with the consent of the City Manager.

The purchasing agent shall be the head, and have the general supervision of all purchasing functions of the city. The purchasing agent shall direct and supervise the city's purchasing program.

The purchasing agent shall endeavor to obtain full and open competition as provided herein and in the Purchasing Policies and Procedures Manual. The purchasing agent shall establish methods and procedures for the efficient and economical functioning of the purchasing division.

Subject to the supervision of the City Manager, the purchasing agent shall have the authority to:
(A) Purchase and contract. Purchase or contract for materials, supplies, services (professional, consulting, public works, maintenance, and other general services), and equipment required by the city.
(B) Negotiate and recommend. Negotiate and recommend to the City Council execution of contracts for the purchase of materials, supplies, services (professional, consulting, public works, maintenance, and other general services), and equipment. (C) Purchasing Policies and Procedures Manual. Prepare and implement policies and procedures governing the bidding, contracting, purchasing, storing, distribution, and disposal of materials, supplies, services (professional, consulting, public works, maintenance, and other general services), and equipment for the city. To this end, the purchasing agent shall be responsible for developing and obtaining City Manager approval of a Purchasing Policies and Procedures Manual, which shall outline the policies and procedures necessary to implement the regulations of this Chapter 3.08. Upon approval by the City Manager, the Purchasing Policies and Procedures Manual shall have the same force and effect as the provisions of this Chapter 3.08. (D) Forms. Prescribe and maintain such forms as may be reasonably necessary to the implementation of this chapter and the city’s Purchasing Policies and Procedures Manual. (E) Review plans and specifications. Review, or provide for the review of, the working details, drawings, plans, and specifications for any projects or purchases requiring such review in this chapter.
(F) Inspections and testing. Inspect, supervise, or provide for the inspection and supervision of, purchased materials, supplies, services (professional, consulting, public works, maintenance, and other general services), and equipment to ensure conformity with any specifications established or required by the city. The purchasing agent or his or her designee shall have authority to require appropriate testing of items delivered or samples to determine their

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quality and conformance with the specifications. Samples of items, when required, shall be furnished free of expense to the city and, if not destroyed by test, will be returned upon request at the bidder's expense.
(G) Surplus materials, supplies, and equipment: As provided for in § 3.08.150 below, transfer, sell, exchange, or trade any materials, supplies, or equipment deemed to be surplus.
(H) Bidder, contractor, and vendor lists and catalogs. Develop and maintain, or provide for the development and maintenance of, any bidder's list, contractor's list, or vendor's list and catalog file necessary to the operation of this chapter and the city’s Purchasing Policies and Procedures Manual. Each city department may have its own lists or catalogs. If the purchasing agent delegates the obligation to develop and maintain any list to another city employee, the purchasing agent shall retain final oversight authority and approval regarding how the list is developed and maintained.
(I) Delegation of purchasing agent authority. Provide written authorization to any department director to conduct a bidding process outside of the centralized purchasing system; provided, however, that such bidding process and the resulting contract or purchase shall otherwise comply with the requirements of this chapter. The purchasing agent may rescind such authorization in writing at any time and for any or no reason.

3.08.040 General purchasing regulations, policies, and procedures. (A) Applicability of chapter. The purchasing regulations contained in this Chapter

3.08 shall apply to the purchase of materials, supplies, services (professional, consulting, public works, maintenance, and other general services), and equipment. (B) Basis of Awards. The city shall secure materials, supplies, services (professional, consulting, public works, maintenance, and other general services), and equipment at the greatest overall value to the city, commensurate with the quality and scope needed, and subject to any limitations imposed by state law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, although the city is not adopting the formal procedures outlined in Cal. Gov’t Code §§ 4525 et seq., the city shall secure professional services based upon demonstrated competence, professional qualifications, and suitability for the project in general. The city may consider cost of professional services if the authorized contracting party determines it to be a relevant factor under the circumstances. (C) Purchasing Policies and Procedures Manual. The purchasing agent shall develop a Purchasing Policies and Procedures Manual, as provided for in Section 3.08.030(C) above. The Purchasing Policies and Procedures Manual shall be written and implemented in such a way to encourage open and competitive bidding, where appropriate, provide equal opportunity based on merit, make each selection process free of invidious discrimination, provide for efficient and timely acquisition of needed materials, supplies, services (professional, consulting, public works, maintenance, and other general services), and equipment, and provide effective fiscal controls.

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(D) Competitive bidding. In purchasing, materials, supplies, services (professional, consulting, public works, maintenance, and other general services), and equipment, the city shall make use of competitive bidding, both formal and informal, whenever required by law, this chapter, or the city’s Purchasing Policies and Procedures Manual. Formal and informal competitive bidding is not required, for instance, when an "emergency" is declared pursuant to this chapter.
(E) Unencumbered funds. The purchasing agent shall not issue a purchase order for materials, supplies, services (professional, consulting, public works, maintenance, and other general services), or equipment involving any project or purchase without an unencumbered appropriation in the fund account against which such purchase is to be charged except for the following:

(1) In cases of emergency;
(2) When specifically authorized by resolution or minute order of the City Council;
(3) When the purchasing department acquires inventory for the warehouse that is not yet assigned to any department or fund; and
(4) When using limited purchase orders, yearly purchase orders, or blanket purchase orders, as those terms are defined in the Purchasing Policies and Procedures Manual. (F) Requisition forms. The department responsible for a purchase shall submit requests for materials, supplies, services (professional, consulting, public works, maintenance, and other general services), or equipment to the purchasing agent by standard requisition forms, or by other means as may be established by the Purchasing Policies and Procedures Manual. (G) Applicable state and federal law: The city shall comply with all applicable federal and state laws for the particular purchase at issue including, but not limited to, bidder's security and bonding requirements, as well as prevailing wage requirements. (H) Purchase orders; contract and agreement forms. The purchasing agent shall require all purchases for materials, supplies, services (professional, consulting, public works, maintenance, and other general services), or equipment to be made with an appropriate purchase order and on an appropriate contract or agreement, the form of which shall be approved by the City Attorney. The City Attorney shall not need to review and approve as to form each executed contract or agreement; provided a city model approved as to form by the City Attorney is used without substantive modification. In addition, when the purchasing agent determines that issues under the responsibility of the city's risk manager are involved, the relevant contract or agreement provisions shall also be reviewed and approved by the city's risk manager. (I) Unlawful purchasing activities and conflicts. The Purchasing Policies and Procedures Manual shall specifically prohibit practices which might result in unlawful activity including, but not limited to, rebates, kickbacks, or other unlawful consideration, and shall

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specifically prohibit city officials, officers, and employees from participating in the bidding or selection process when they have a relationship with a person or business entity seeking a contract under this Chapter 3.08 which would subject the officials, officers, or employees to the prohibitions of Cal. Gov’t Code §§ 1090 and 87100 et seq. (J) Records retention. The purchasing agent shall comply with the Records Retention Schedule duly adopted by the City Council for the Finance Department. (K) State or federal funding. Any purchases made with state or federal funds shall comply with all laws, rules, and regulations made applicable by the funding source. (L) Delegation of department director authority. The department directors, with approval of the City Manager, may provide written authorization to any subordinate employees to exercise the director’s purchasing authority; provided, however, that such delegation shall be pursuant to the process provided for in the city’s Purchasing Policies and Procedures Manual. The department directors, with approval of the City Manager, may rescind such delegation in writing at any time and for any or no reason. As used herein and as provided for in § 3.08.010, the term department director shall include the Assistant City Manager and the Utilities Director, the Chief of Police, and the Fire Chief.

3.08.050 Bidding requirements - public projects.
(A) $75,000 or less. Public projects which are equal to or less than the amount provided for in Section 22032(a) of the Act (currently $75,000) may be awarded by the director of the department responsible for the project, or his or her designee, by any alternative procedure. (B) $75,001 - $220,000. Public projects which are greater than the amount provided for in Section 22032(a) of the Act (currently $75,000), but less than or equal to the amount provided for in Section 22032(b) of the Act (currently $220,000) may, except as otherwise provided in this chapter or the Act, be awarded by the City Manager, or his or her designee, pursuant to the public project informal bidding procedure. If all bids received are over the amount provided for in Section 22032(b) of the Act (currently $220,000), the City Council may, with the approval of a four-fifths vote of those members present and without following the public project formal bidding procedure, award the contract in an amount not exceeding the amount provided for in Section 22034(d) of the Act (currently $235,000) to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder, so long as the City Council also determines that the city’s cost estimate for the project was reasonable. (C) More than $220,000. Public projects which are greater than the amount provided for in Section 22032(b) of the Act (currently $220,000), may, except as otherwise provided in this chapter or the Act, be awarded by the City Council pursuant to the public project formal bidding procedure.
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into question the city’s liability for dangerous conditions of public property. (E) City Council review of plans and specifications. The City Council shall review and approve the working details, drawings, plans, and specifications prepared for every public project approved by the City Council pursuant Section 3.08.050 (C) above. (F) Award. Contracts for public projects which are equal to or less than the amount provided for in Section 22032(a) of the Act (currently $75,000), if awarded, may be awarded in the best interests of the city. Contracts for public projects which are greater than the amount provided for in Section 22032(a) of the Act (currently $75,000), if awarded, shall be awarded to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder. If two or more bids are the same and the lowest, the authorized contracting party may accept the one it chooses. (G) Dollar limits and change orders or amendments. Unless an exception provided in § 3.08.130 below applies, any contract amendment or change order which would increase the contract amount above the amount provided for in Section 22032(b) of the Act (currently $220,000), shall be approved by the City Council. For public projects awarded by the City Council, unless a lower or higher amount is stated in the City Council staff report for the project or directed by the City Council, the City Manager or his or her designees shall have authority to approve contract amendments or change orders up to the lesser of either $220,000 or 10% of the original contract amount.
(H) No bid splitting. The city shall not split a project, work, service, or purchase into smaller projects, works, services, or purchases for the purpose of avoiding any bidding or contracting requirements of this code.

3.08.060 Bidding requirements - maintenance and general services. (A) $[CC DAIS DIRECTION] or less. Maintenance work and other general services projects of $[CC DAIS DIRECTION]or less, including those involving on-call maintenance work or general services, may be awarded by the director of the department responsible for the project, or his or her designee, by any alternative procedure. (B) $[CC DAIS DIRECTION]- $[CC DAIS DIRECTION]. Maintenance work and other general services projects of more than $[CC DAIS DIRECTION], but less than or equal to $[CC DAIS DIRECTION], including those involving on-call maintenance work or general services, may, except as otherwise provided in this chapter or the Act, be awarded by the City Manager, or his or her designee, pursuant to the non-public project informal bidding procedure. (C) More than $[CC DAIS DIRECTION]. Maintenance work and other general services projects of more than $[CC DAIS DIRECTION], including those involving on-call maintenance work or general services, shall, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, be awarded by the City Council pursuant to the non-public project formal bidding procedure. (D) City Engineer review of plans and specifications. The City Engineer shall review

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and approve the working details, drawings, plans, and specifications prepared for every maintenance work and other general services project which may affect the design or operation of public improvements and which may bring into question the city’s liability for dangerous conditions of public property.
(E) Purchasing agent review of plans and specifications. The purchasing agent, or his or her designee, shall review and approve the form of the working details, drawings, plans, and specifications prepared for every maintenance work and other general services project. (F) City Council review of plans and specifications. The City Council shall review and approve the working details, drawings, plans, and specifications prepared for every maintenance work and other general services project approved by the City Council pursuant Section 3.08.060 (C) above.
(G) Award. Contracts for maintenance work and other general services projects of $75,000 or less, including those involving on-call maintenance work or general services, if awarded, may be awarded in the best interests of the city. Contracts for maintenance work and other general services projects of more than $75,000, if awarded, shall be awarded to the contractor who will best serve the interests of the city, taking into account, in addition to cost, their demonstrated competence, qualifications and suitability for the project in general. (H) Dollar limits and change orders or amendments. Unless an exception provided in § 3.08.140 below applies, any contract amendment or change order which would increase the contract amount above the amount provided for in Section 3.08.060 (C) above, plus 10% of the original contract amount, shall be approved by the City Council. For contracts awarded by the City Council, unless a lower or higher amount is stated in the City Council staff report for the project or directed by the City Council, the City Manager or his or her designees shall have authority to approve contract amendments or change orders up to the lesser of either $220,000 or 10% of the original contract amount.
(I) 6-year term limitation. No maintenance work or other general services contract shall extend for a period of more than 6 years, including any authorized extensions, unless specifically approved by City Council action.
(J) No bid splitting. The city shall not split a project, work, service, or purchase into smaller projects, works, services, or purchases for the purpose of avoiding any bidding or contracting requirements of this code.
(K) Local preference; maintenance and general services. As set forth in further detail in § 3.08.080(J) below, the City Council has made findings and adopted a local bidder preference program (“local program”) applicable to certain purchases of materials, supplies, and equipment, as well as contracts for maintenance work and other general services projects described in this section. Accordingly, contracts for maintenance work and other general services projects that are competitively bid and involve an expenditure of $220,000 or less, shall be subject to the local program set forth in § 3.08.080(J). For recurring procurements/contracts, the local program

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shall be applicable only to the city’s first $220,000 worth of such procurements/contracts for any fiscal year, as determined by city staff in its sole discretion. For such recurring procurements/contracts, the bidding documents shall indicate whether or not the local program is in effect for the applicable procurement. Properly certified local businesses (as defined in § 3.08.080(J)) shall be entitled to the specified reduction of 5% in the tabulation of their bid for purposes of determining the lowest responsible bidder, unless otherwise prohibited by law (such as special state or federal grant programs). If the local program is applicable to a bid offering, it shall be noted in the applicable bid solicitation.

3.08.070 Bidding requirements - professional services.
(A) $[CC DAIS DIRECTION]or less. Professional services contracts of $[CC DAIS DIRECTION]or less may be awarded by the director of the department responsible for the project, or his or her designee, by any alternative procedure.
(B) $[CC DAIS DIRECTION]- $[CC DAIS DIRECTION] . Professional services contracts of more than $[CC DAIS DIRECTION], but less than or equal to $[CC DAIS DIRECTION]may, except as otherwise provided in this chapter or the Act, be awarded by the City Manager, or his or her designee, pursuant to the non-public project informal bidding procedure.
(C) More than $[CC DAIS DIRECTION]. Professional services contracts of more than $[CC DAIS DIRECTION]shall, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, be awarded by the City Council pursuant to the non-public project formal bidding procedure. (D) Purchasing agent review of scope of services. The purchasing agent shall review and approve, or provide for the review and approval of, the scope of services prepared for every professional services contract.
(E) City Council review of scope of services. The City Council shall review and approve the scope of services prepared for every professional services contract approved by the City Council pursuant Section 3.08.070 (C) above.
(F) Award. Contracts for professional services shall be awarded to the contractor who will best serve the interests of the city, taking into account the demonstrated competence, professional qualifications, and suitability for the project in general. The city may consider cost of professional services if the authorized contracting party determines it to be a relevant factor under the circumstances.
(G) Dollar limits and change orders or amendments. Unless an exception provided in § 3.08.140 below applies, any contract amendment or change order which would increase the contract amount above the amount provided for in Section 3.08.070 (C) above, plus 10% of the original contract amount, shall be approved by the City Council. For contracts awarded by the City Council, unless a lower or higher amount is stated in the City Council staff report for the project or directed by the City Council, the City Manager or his or her designees shall have authority to

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approve contract amendments or change orders up to the lesser of either $220,000 or 10% of the original contract amount.
(H) No bid splitting. The city shall not split a project, work, service, or purchase into smaller projects, works, services, or purchases for the purpose of avoiding any bidding or contracting requirements of this code.

3.08.080 Bidding requirements - materials, supplies, and equipment.

(A) $75,000 or less. Purchases of materials, supplies, and equipment of $75,000 or less may be awarded by the purchasing agent or the director of the department responsible for the purchase, or his or her designee, by any alternative procedure. (B) $75,001 - $220,000. Purchases of materials, supplies, and equipment of more than $75,000, but less than or equal to $220,000 may, except as otherwise provided in this chapter or the Act, be awarded by the City Manager, or his or her designee, pursuant to the non-public project informal bidding procedure.
(C) More than $220,000. Purchases of materials, supplies, and equipment of more than $220,000 shall, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, be awarded by the City Council pursuant to the non-public project formal bidding procedure. (D) Fleet replacement vehicles and equipment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, purchases, in any amount, of vehicles or other equipment on the city’s annual vehicle/equipment replacement list, as approved through the budget process each year, shall be awarded by the purchasing agent. Unless an exception provided in § 3.08.140 below applies or unless the purchasing agent uses the public agency alternative competitive bidding process provided in §3.08.125 below, the purchasing agent shall use the non-public project informal bidding procedure for purchases of more than $75,000, but less than or equal to $220,000, and the non-public project formal bidding procedure for purchases of more than $220,000, (E) Department director review of specifications. The director of the using department shall review and approve, or provide for the review and approval of, the specifications prepared for every purchase of materials, supplies, and equipment. (F) Purchasing agent review of specifications. The purchasing agent, or his or her designee, shall review and approve the form of all contracts for the purchase of materials, supplies, and equipment.
(G) City Council review of specifications. The City Council shall review and approve the specifications prepared for every purchase of materials, supplies, and equipment approved by the City Council pursuant Section 3.08.080 (C) above.
(H) Award. Contracts for the purchase of materials, supplies, and equipment of $75,000 or less, if awarded, may be awarded in the best interests of the city. Contracts for the

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purchase of materials, supplies, and equipment of more than $75,000, if awarded, shall be awarded to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder. If two or more bids are the same and the lowest, the authorized contracting party may accept the one it chooses. (I) Dollar limits and change orders or amendments. Unless an exception provided in § 3.08.140 below applies, any contract amendment or change order which would increase the contract amount above the amount provided for in Section 3.08.080 (C) above, plus 10% of the original contract amount, shall be approved by the City Council. For contracts awarded by the City Council, unless a lower or higher amount is stated in the City Council staff report for the project or directed by the City Council, the City Manager, or his or her designees shall have authority to approve contract amendments or change orders up to the lesser of either $220,000 or 10% of the original contract amount.
(J) Local bidder preference program; purchases of materials, supplies, and equipment; maintenance and general services.
(1) Based upon the findings provided for in the recitals of the ordinance adding this § 3.08.080(J), the City Council has determined that it is in the best interests of the city to give a minimal preference to local businesses when the city is making certain purchases of materials, supplies, and equipment, as well as when it is entering into contracts for certain maintenance work and other general services projects, as set forth in this local bidder preference program (“local program”).
(2) The local program shall consist of the following general requirements, which shall be implemented by the purchasing agent within the city’s Purchasing Policies and Procedures Manual:
(a) A “local business” for purposes of this local program shall mean the vendor: (1) has fixed facilities with one or more employees, which may include a sole proprietor, located at an address within city limits (a post office box alone is insufficient); and (2) has an appropriate city business license/permit.
(b) A vendor seeking to qualify for this local program shall provide supporting information and certify in writing that it meets the above requirements as part of its bid.
(c) In applying the local program to bids on a city purchase subject to the local program, a qualifying local business shall be entitled to a reduction of 5% in the tabulation of its bid for purposes of determining the lowest responsible bidder, unless otherwise prohibited by law (i.e. special state or federal grant programs).
(d) The local program shall only be applicable to purchases of materials, supplies, and equipment which are competitively bid and which involve an expenditure of $220,000 or less. If the local program is applicable to a bid offering, it shall be noted in the applicable bid solicitation.

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(3) The local program preference described in division (J)(2) above shall be applicable only to purchases of materials, supplies, and equipment, as well as contracts for maintenance work and other general services, which are competitively bid and which involve an expenditure of $220,000 or less. For recurring purchases, the local program shall be applicable only to the city’s first $220,000 worth of such purchases for any fiscal year, as determined by city staff in its sole discretion. For such recurring purchases, the bidding documents shall indicate whether or not the local program is in effect for the applicable procurement. If the local program is applicable to a bid offering, it shall be noted in the applicable bid solicitation. (4) The local program may also establish a preference for purchases of materials, supplies, and equipment, as well as contracts for maintenance work and other general services, which are competitively bid and which involve an expenditure of more than $220,000.

Such preference shall allow the city to take into consideration the net sales tax to be returned to the city as a result of an award to a qualifying local business in determining the lowest responsive and responsible bidder. The net sales tax shall be calculated based on the applicable bid price provided by the bidder in accordance with the city’s Purchasing Policies and Procedures Manual. (K) Recycled products preference. In order to promote the use of products containing recycled material, including post consumer material and secondary material, the city may take into consideration the percentage of recycled product in the materials, supplies, or equipment being provided in determining the lowest responsive and responsible bidder. This section shall not be effective unless and until the purchasing agent adopts a written policy to implement its provisions, which policy shall be included in the city’s Purchasing Policies and Procedures Manual. In addition, fitness and quality being equal, the city shall endeavor to purchase products containing recycled material instead of virgin products, whenever available at no more than the total cost of the virgin materials.
(L) No bid splitting. The city shall not split a project, work, service, or purchase into smaller projects, works, services, or purchases for the purpose of avoiding any bidding or contracting requirements of this code.

3.08.090 Public projects - formal bidding procedure.
(A) Uses of formal bidding procedure. This formal bidding procedure shall be used whenever formal bidding is required for a public project. (B) Required process. The formal competitive bidding procedure shall comply with all aspects of state and local law governing formal competitive bidding including, but not limited to, the California Public Contract Code, California Government Code, California Labor Code, resolutions of the City Council as may be adopted from time to time, and the city’s Purchasing Policies and Procedures Manual.
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from time to time. Notices shall state the time and place for the receiving and opening of sealed bids and distinctly describe the project. The Purchasing Policies and Procedures Manual shall describe the minimum list of information required to be included in the notice inviting formal bids.

(D) Published notice. The notice shall be published within the time frame required by the Act (currently at least 14 calendar days before the date of opening the bids) in a newspaper of general circulation printed and published in the city, or, if there is no such newspaper, in a newspaper of general circulation which is circulated in the city. (E) Distribution of notice inviting formal bids. The notice inviting formal bids shall also be sent to those construction trade journals specified in § 22036 of the Act in the manner and within the time frame required by the Act (currently at least 15 calendar days before the date of bid opening).
(F) Additional notice. The city may also provide any additional notice as it deems proper.
(G) Contents of remaining bid and contract documents. The contents and form of the remaining bid and contract documents shall be approved by the director of the using department, as well as the City Attorney.
(H) Bidder's security. When required by applicable law or determined necessary by the purchasing agent or his or her designee, each bidder shall be required to provide appropriate security to guarantee its bid. Upon refusal or failure to execute the required contract or agreement and provide all required information and documentation, the full amount of the bid security shall be forfeited, except to the extent limited by applicable law. (I) City's authority. The city may reject any or all bids received, and may waive any minor irregularities in each bid received.
(J) No bids received. If no bids are received, the authorized contracting party may award the contract by any alternative procedure.
(K) Award of contract. The contract shall be awarded in accordance with § 3.08.050(F). If two or more bids are the same and the lowest, the city may accept the one it chooses.
(L) Rejection of bids. The city may, in its sole and absolute discretion, reject any bids presented. If after the first invitation of bids all bids are rejected, after reevaluating its cost estimates for the project, the city shall have the option of any of the following:
(1) Abandon the project;
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that the project can be performed more economically by the employees of the city and have the project done by force account.

3.08.100 Public projects - informal bidding procedure.
(A) Uses of public project informal bidding procedure. This informal bidding procedure shall be used when a public project is involved and informal bidding is permitted by this chapter.
(B) Contractor list. The purchasing agent shall develop and maintain, or provide for the development and maintenance of, a list of qualified contractors, identified according to categories of work, as described in § 22034(a) of the Act. The list shall be developed and maintained in accordance with criteria established by the Commission. In developing the list, the purchasing agent or his or her designee shall obtain from the Contractor's State License Board and from the contractor's trade associations in the county, the names and addresses of qualified contractors located in the county.
(C) Distribution of notice inviting informal bids. The purchasing agent shall provide a notice inviting informal bids. The notice inviting informal bids shall be mailed or otherwise distributed in the manner required by the Act. The notice inviting informal bids must be mailed or otherwise distributed within the time frame required by the Act (currently not less than 10 calendar days before the bids are due).
(D) Contents of notice inviting informal bids. The Purchasing Policies and Procedures Manual shall describe the minimum list of information required to be included in the notice inviting informal bids.
(E) Proprietary projects or products. If the director of the using department certifies that, to the best of his or her knowledge, the project, product, or service is proprietary in nature and can be obtained only from one contractor, and that no equivalent projects, products or services are available, the notice inviting informal bids may be sent exclusively to such contractor. (F) Contents of bid and contract documents. The contents and form of the bid and contract documents shall he approved by the director of the using department, as well as the City Attorney; provided, however, that the City Attorney need not review or approve the contents of the technical specifications, drawings, and other technical documents. (G) Bidder's security. When required by applicable law or determined necessary by the purchasing agent or his or her designee, each bidder shall be required to provide appropriate security to guarantee its bid. Upon refusal or failure to execute the required contract or agreement and provide all required information and documentation, the full amount of the bid security shall be forfeited, except to the extent limited by applicable law. (H) City's authority. The city may reject any or all bids received, and may waive any minor irregularities in each bid received.

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(I) No bids received. If no bids are received, the authorized contracting party may award the contract by any alternative procedure.
(J) Award of contract. The contract shall be awarded in accordance with § 3.08.050(F). If two or more bids are the same and the lowest, the city may accept the one it chooses.

3.08.110 Non-public projects - formal bidding procedure. (A) Uses of the non-public project formal bidding procedure. A formal bidding procedure shall be used whenever formal bidding is required by this chapter and the project does not involve a public project.
(B) Distribution of notice inviting formal bids or request for proposals. A notice inviting formal bids or a request for proposals, as appropriate, shall be posted in the manner and within the timeframe provided for in the Purchasing Policies and Procedures Manual and provided directly to bidders, vendors, or contractors on the city's approved list for the type of purchase at issue. A notice inviting bids shall be used whenever the project or purchase must be awarded to the lowest responsible and responsive bidder. A request for proposals may be used whenever the project or purchase is not required to be awarded to the lowest responsible and responsive bidder.

If the purchasing agent and the director of the using department certify that, to the best of their knowledge, there is no local source or local provider available for the project, the notice inviting bids or the request for proposals, as appropriate, may be distributed to a list of qualified vendors maintained by the purchasing agent and/or published in a trade journal appropriate to the project. (C) Contents of notice inviting formal bids or request for proposals. The Purchasing Policies and Procedures Manual shall describe the minimum list of information required to be included in the notice inviting formal bids or request for proposals. (D) Proprietary projects or sole source products. If the director of the using department certifies that, to the best of his or her knowledge, the project, product, or service is proprietary in nature and can be obtained only from one vendor or contractor, and that no equivalent products or services are available, the notice inviting formal bids or request for proposals may be sent exclusively to such vendor or contractor. (E) Contents of remaining bid and contract documents. The contents and form of the remaining bid and contract documents shall be approved by the director of the using department, as well as the City Attorney; provided, however, that the City Attorney need not review or approve the contents of the technical specifications, drawings, and other technical documents.
(F) Bidder’s security. When required by applicable law or determined necessary by the purchasing agent or his or her designee, each bidder shall be required to provide appropriate security to guarantee its bid. Upon refusal or failure to execute the required contract or agreement and provide all required information and documentation, the full amount of the bid security shall

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be forfeited, except to the extent limited by applicable law. (G) City’s authority. The city may reject any or all bids or proposals received, and may waive any minor irregularities in each bid or proposal received. (H) No bids received. If no bids are received, the authorized contracting party may award the contract by any alternative procedure.
(I) Award of contract. The contract shall be awarded in accordance with §§ 3.08.060(G), 3.08.070(F), or 3.08.080(H) as applicable. If two or more bids are the same and the lowest, the city may accept the one it chooses.

3.08.120 Non-public projects - informal bidding procedure. (A) Uses of non-public project informal bidding procedure. This informal bidding procedure shall be used whenever informal bidding is allowed for a purchase which does not involve a public project.
(B) Distribution of notice inviting informal bids or request for proposals. A notice inviting informal bids or request for proposals, as appropriate, shall be provided. The notice inviting informal bids or requests for proposals shall be provided to the number of vendors or contractors provided for in the Purchasing Policies and Procedures Manual. A notice inviting bids shall be used whenever the project or purchase must be awarded to the lowest responsible and responsive bidder. A request for proposals may be used whenever the project or purchase is not required to be awarded to the lowest responsible and responsive bidder. (C) Contents of notice inviting informal bids or request for proposals. The Purchasing Policies and Procedures Manual shall describe the minimum list of information required to be included in the notice inviting informal bids or request for proposals. (D) Proprietary projects or sole source products. If the director of the using department certifies that, to the best of his or her knowledge, the project, product or service is proprietary in nature and can be obtained only from one vendor or contractor, and that no equivalent products or services are available, the notice inviting informal bids or request for proposals may be sent exclusively to such vendor or contractor. (E) Contents of remaining bid and contract documents. The contents and form of the remaining bid and contract documents shall be approved by the director of the using department, as well as the City Attorney; provided, however, that the City Attorney need not review or approve the contents of the technical specifications, drawings, and other technical documents.
(F) Bidder’s security. When required by applicable law or determined necessary by the purchasing agent or his or her designee, each bidder shall be required to provide appropriate security to guarantee its bid. Upon refusal or failure to execute the required contract or agreement

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and provide all required information and documentation, the full amount of the bid security shall be forfeited, except to the extent limited by applicable law. (G) City’s authority. The city may reject any or all bids or proposals received, and may waive any minor irregularities in each bid or proposal received.\ (H) No bids or proposals received. If no bids or proposals are received, the authorized contracting party may award the contract by any alternative purchasing procedure. (I) Award of contract. The contract shall be awarded in accordance with §§ 3.08.060(G), 3.08.070(F), or 3.08.080(H) as applicable. If two or more bids are the same and the lowest, the city may accept the one it chooses.

3.08.125 Non-public projects - public agency alternative competitive bidding procedure.

In addition to the situations described in §§ 3.08.060 through 3.08.080, competitive bidding, either formal or informal, shall be deemed to have been satisfied in the situations provided for in this section. The purchasing agent shall establish rules and regulations within the Purchasing Policies and Procedures Manual which are necessary to implement the provisions of this section. (A) Competitive bidding already completed. When the purchasing agent and the authorized contracting party, with the approval of the City Manager, determines that:
(1) A competitive bid procedure has been conducted by another public agency including, but not limited to, another local agency, the state through the California Multiple Award Schedule (CMAS), the federal government through the General Services Administration (GSA), the U.S. Communities Government Purchasing Alliance, or the Western States Contracting Alliance (WSCA); and
(2) The price to the city is equal to or better than the price to that public agency.

3.08.130 Exceptions to competitive bidding - public projects.

In addition to the situations described in § 3.08.050, competitive bidding, either formal or informal, is not required for public projects in the situations provided for in this section. The purchasing agent shall establish rules and regulations within the Purchasing Policies and Procedures Manual which are necessary to implement the provisions of this section. Under the conditions outlined herein and in the Purchasing Policies and Procedures Manual, any alternative procedure may be used.
(A) Emergencies. In situations determined by the City Manager to constitute an emergency for a public project pursuant to § 22035 of the Act and Cal. Public Contract Code § 22050. The City Council hereby delegates to the City Manager the power to declare a public emergency and take any directly related and immediate action required by the emergency, up to a total of $500,000, pursuant to § 22035 of the Act and Cal. Public Contract Code § 22050.

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shall be performed without the benefit of competitive bidding, either formal or informal, only so long as necessary under those sections.

For projects of more than the amount provided for in Section 22032(a) of the Act (currently $75,000), a report on the emergency and work performed shall be provided at the next regular meeting of the City Council, and then at every meeting thereafter required by § 22050. At such meetings, the City Council shall determine, by a four-fifths vote, that there is a need to continue the action without the benefit of informal or formal competitive bidding in accordance with § 22035 of the Act and Cal. Public Contract Code § 22050. The City Council shall terminate the emergency action at the earliest possible date that conditions warrant, so that the remainder of the emergency action may be completed pursuant to a formal bidding procedure.

For projects of less than the amount provided for in Section 22032(a) of the Act (currently $75,000), the City Manager shall have the authority to cause the director of the department responsible for the project, or his or her designee, to proceed by any alternative procedure pursuant to § 3.08.050 above.
(B) No competitive market. When the City Council determines, upon recommendation by the City Manager and purchasing agent, in accordance with applicable law, that a competitive market does not exist and that no competitive advantage will be gained by the public bidding process.
(C) No bids received. When no bids are received pursuant to either the public project informal bidding procedure or the public project formal bidding procedure. (D) Otherwise authorized. Upon recommendation of the City Manager, purchasing agent and City Attorney, when otherwise authorized by this chapter or applicable law.

3.08.140 Exceptions to competitive bidding - non-public projects.

In addition to the situations described in §§ 3.08.060 through 3.08.080, competitive bidding, either formal or informal, is not required for non-public projects in the situations provided for in this section. The purchasing agent shall establish rules and regulations within the Purchasing Policies and Procedures Manual which are necessary to implement the provisions of this section. Under the conditions outlined herein and in the Purchasing Policies and Procedures Manual, any alternative procedure, including no bidding, may be used with the City Manager's approval. (A) Emergencies. When the purchasing agent and the authorized contracting party, with the approval of the City Manager, determine that an emergency exists, as defined in § 3.08.010.
(B) No competitive market. When the purchasing agent and the authorized contracting party, with the approval of the City Manager, determines, in accordance with applicable law, that a competitive market does not exist and that no competitive advantage will be gained by the public bidding process.

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(C) State purchase. When the purchase is made on behalf of the city by the State Department of General Services.
(D) Purpose of bidding is otherwise accomplished. When the purchasing agent and the authorized contracting party, with the approval of the City Manager, determine that it is in the best interest of the city and its administrative operations to dispense with public bidding for nonpublic projects under this chapter. (E) No bids received. When no bids are received through the non-public project formal or informal bidding procedures.
(F) Natural gas, water, and electricity. The Utilities Director , or his or her designee, is authorized to negotiate and execute, on behalf of the city, agreements with privately owned, federally owned, state owned and locally owned entities for the wholesale purchase and sale of natural gas, water, economy energy, replacement energy, replacement capacity and transmission service to deliver such natural gas, water and energy to Corona or such other locations as may be appropriate without competitive bidding. The Purchasing Policies and Procedures Manual shall include a process by which the Utilities Director shall approve such purchases and sales through utilization of the competitive open market for such commodities. (G) Library information purchases. The Director is authorized to negotiate and execute, on behalf of the city, contracts for the purchase of library books, tapes, periodicals, and other information delivery formats (e.g. microfilm, DVD, CD-ROM, and internet information) without competitive bidding, so long as each purchase is in accordance with the budget approved by the City Council and there is an unencumbered appropriation in the fund account against which the purchase is to be charged. The Purchasing Policies and Procedures Manual shall include a process by which the Director approves such purchases in a manner which identifies a competitive price which is in the best interests of the city. The Director shall not be required to select the lowest price.
(H) Mandated expenditures. Expenditures mandated by law or regulation, such as county booking fees, waste disposal fees, or other non-negotiable permit, use, or application fees. (I) Otherwise authorized. When otherwise authorized by this chapter or applicable law.

3.08.150 Surplus materials, supplies, and equipment.
(A) Designations by city departments. All city departments shall submit to the purchasing agent, at such times and in such form as he or she shall prescribe, reports showing all materials, supplies, and equipment which are deemed by that department to be surplus, in that they are no longer used or are unsuitable for city use by that department. (B) Transfer among departments. The purchasing agent shall have the authority to

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transfer to another department any materials, supplies, and equipment designated by a department as surplus.
(C) Sale, exchange, or trade. The purchasing agent, or his or her designee, shall have authority to sell as surplus all materials, supplies, and equipment which cannot be used by any department or which have become unsuitable for city use, or to exchange the same for, or trade in the same on, new materials, supplies, and equipment. The sale of surplus materials, supplies, and equipment shall be made by public auction pursuant to applicable law and any rules and regulations provided for in the Purchasing Policies and Procedures Manual. In addition, the purchasing agent may approve the sale of any surplus materials, supplies, or equipment by means other than public auction, upon a finding that the sale in such alternative manner is in the best interests of the city and is supported by documentation sufficient to establish that the city is receiving compensation at least equal to the fair market value of the materials, supplies, or equipment. The City Council shall approve by resolution any sale, exchange, or trade of materials, supplies, and equipment with an estimated value of $220,000 or more.
(D) Abandonment or destruction. Except as otherwise prohibited by applicable law, the City Manager shall have the authority, with the consent of the Finance Director, to authorize the abandonment or destruction of materials, supplies, and equipment which have no commercial value or which will require an expenditure of funds for continued care, handling, maintenance, or storage which exceeds the estimated proceeds of sale. The authorization shall be in writing and shall be countersigned by the City Manager and Finance Director. (E) Donation. Except as otherwise prohibited by applicable law, the City Council may, by resolution, establish a procedure for the City Manager and Finance Director to approve the donation of materials, supplies, and equipment which have no commercial value or which will require an expenditure of funds for continued care, handling, maintenance, or storage which exceeds the estimated proceeds of sale. Donations may be made to charitable, civic, or non-profit organizations, as well as other public agencies, and shall be done in a fair and equitable manner.

In its resolution, the City Council shall establish rules and regulations to govern the fair and equitable donation of materials, supplies, and equipment. The resolution shall also indicate that the City Manager and Finance Director shall not approve any donation without first making a finding that the materials, supplies, and equipment are surplus to the needs of the city, that they either have no commercial value or will require an expenditure of funds for continued care, handling, maintenance, or storage which exceeds the estimated proceeds of sale, and that the donation is in the best interests of the city.
(F) City officials and employees. Surplus supplies and equipment may be sold to the public if so prescribed by the City Manager and/or the City Council. City officials and employees, and their immediate families, however, shall not be eligible to purchase such surplus items; provided, however, that retired service animals may be purchased by their primary handler.

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Kim Sitton
Finance Director

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That the City Council discuss
the Corona Municipal Code
proposed updates and
authorization changes related
to purchasing

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Problems Solutions
• Make the process quicker, more
efficient & simpler
• Enhance reporting, documentation,
and communication
• Exercise balance between control
and efficiency
• Analyze best practices and update
the Municipal Code appropriately
Process takes too long (more than a year
in some rare cases)
Outdated Municipal Code
Process is too complex
Reporting and documentation issues
Communication and information gaps

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 Clarified the current language to eliminate confusion and increase efficiency  Simplified language/sections where possible
 Utilized best practices
 Eliminated outdated language

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 Aligns with the City's Strategic Plan – Goal #2 – Strong Economy • Review and update the City’s purchasing process
 Helps keep up with inflation
• Current authorization levels set in 2018
• CPI has increased 26.9% from July 2018 to March 2025
• Projects are much more expensive today than 2018
 Aligns authorization thresholds at the same levels set by the California Uniform Public Construction Cost Accounting Act (CUPCCAA)/State Law, which was recently increased in Jan. 2025  Makes the process move faster
• On average, the process is completed 3-4 weeks earlier if the agreement can be approved at staff level Authority granted by the City Council to certain levels of staff to approve agreements or purchases up to a certain dollar amount.

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Position
Current
Limits
Recommended Limits -
Aligns with State Law
Department Directors $60,000 $75,000
Public Works Director, Utilities
Director, Assistant City Manager
$75,000 Removed - Included above
City Manager $100,000 $220,000
6 Public Project Examples – Building construction, bridge construction, waterline replacement, and pavement rehabilitation
Goods, Materials, and Supplies Examples – Fuel, office supplies, computer equipment, software, pipeline materials, vehicle parts, and irrigation parts

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Position
Current
Limits
Option #1
Proposed
Limits
Option #2
Proposed
Limits
Option #3
Proposed
Limits
Option #4
Proposed
Limits *
Department Directors $60,000 $75,000 $75,000 $75,000 $75,000 Public Works Director,
Utilities Director, Assistant
City Manager
$75,000 Removed –
included
above
Removed -
Included
above
Removed -
Included
above
Removed -
Included
above
City Manager $100,000 $150,000 $175,000 $200,000 $220,000 7 * Same limits as state law
Non-Public Project Examples – Landscape maintenance, professional services, janitorial services, pest control, and resurfacing of streets/highways less than one inch

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Position
Current
Limits
Option #1
Proposed
Limits
Option #2
Proposed
Limits
Option #3
Proposed
Limits
Option #4
Proposed
Limits *
Department Directors $60,000 $75,000 $75,000 $75,000 $75,000 Public Works Director,
Utilities Director, Assistant
City Manager
$75,000 Removed –
included
above
Removed -
Included
above
Removed -
Included
above
Removed -
Included
above
City Manager $100,000 $150,000 $175,000 $200,000 $220,000 8 * Same limits as state law
Non-Public Project Examples – Landscape maintenance, professional services, janitorial services, pest control, and resurfacing of streets/highways less than one inch Recommended

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Goods, Materials,
and Supplies
Up to $100,000 3
$100,001-$220,000 8
> $220,001 8
Total 19
9 Public Projects
(Construction Contracts)
Up to $100,000 1
$100,001-$220,000 0
> $220,001 16
Total 17
Non-Public Projects
(Professional, Maintenance, and
General Services)
Up to $100,000 26
$100,001-$150,000 19
$150,001-$175,000 9
$175,001-$200,000 12
$200,001-$220,000 1
> $220,001 157
Total 224
Over past year, at the recommended levels, Council would still approve:
• Goods, Materials, and Supplies – 42%
• Public Projects – 94%
• Non-Public Projects – 70%
• Items with budgetary adjustments

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 Various clean-up language
 Defines non-public project and clarifies other sections  Updates total change order to be equal to the lesser of $220,000 or 10%  Updates purchase limit under emergency situations to $500,000  Clarifies that certain administrative rules (process) will be included in the Purchasing Policies and Procedures Manual

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Ordinance Second Reading
June 4, 2025
Effective Date
July 4, 2025

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That the City Council discuss
the Corona Municipal Code
proposed updates and
authorization changes related
to purchasing

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(951) 279-3500
[email protected]
www.CoronaCA.gov

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Corona City CouncilMay 21, 2025

Corona City Council
May 21, 2025