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City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report Project ID: ST-028
Project Title: Stetson Avenue, California Avenue to Walden Weaver Road – Full Width Widening Description: Widen Stetson Avenue from California Avenue to Walden Weaver Road to provide the adopted ultimate cross-section, including approximately 9,250 linear feet of full-width widening and installation of approximately 8 ADA-compliant curb ramps. Work includes pavement improvements where required, new curb and gutter, drainage improvements, signing and striping, driveway and access tie-ins, temporary traf�ic control, and restoration within the project limits.
Size/Scope: On Stetson Avenue between California Avenue and Walden Weaver Road — approximately 9,250 LF of full-width widening; approximately 8 ADA-compliant curb ramps; standard in-ROW improvements.
Location: On Stetson Avenue between California Avenue and Walden Weaver Road.
New Development Share: 80%–$2,543,000 (to be funded through BST Impact Fees) Existing Community Share: 20%–$635,750 (not eligible for impact fee funding) Total Cost: $3,178,750
Timing: 2026–2036
Project ID: ST-029
Project Title: Palm Avenue, Esplanade Avenue to Florida Avenue – Corridor Widening Description: Widen Palm Avenue from Esplanade Avenue to Florida Avenue toward the adopted ultimate cross-section, including approximately 2,630 linear feet of full-width widening and approximately 4,480 linear feet of half-street widening, plus approximately 520 linear feet of sidewalk and streetlight frontage improvements. Work includes pavement improvements where required, new curb and gutter, drainage improvements, signing and striping, driveway and access tieins, temporary traf�ic control, and restoration within the project limits.
Size/Scope: On Palm Avenue between Esplanade Avenue and Florida Avenue — approximately 2,630 LF of full-width widening; approximately 4,480 LF of half-street widening; approximately 520 LF of sidewalk and streetlight frontage improvements; standard in-ROW improvements.
Location: On Palm Avenue between Esplanade Avenue and Florida Avenue.
New Development Share: 25%–$416,702 (to be funded through BST Impact Fees) Existing Community Share: 75%–$1,250,108 (not eligible for impact fee funding) Total Cost: $1,666,810
Timing: 2026–2036
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City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report Project ID: ST-030
Project Title: Park Avenue, Hewitt Street to Black Walnut Drive – Corridor Widening Description: Widen Park Avenue from Hewitt Street to Black Walnut Drive toward the adopted ultimate cross-section, including approximately 5,482 linear feet of full-width widening and approximately 5,703 linear feet of half-street widening, plus approximately 1,001 linear feet of sidewalk and streetlight frontage improvements and installation of approximately 33 ADA-compliant curb ramps. Work includes pavement improvements where required, new curb and gutter, drainage improvements, signing and striping, driveway and access tie-ins, temporary traf�ic control, and restoration within the project limits.
Size/Scope: On Park Avenue between Hewitt Street and Black Walnut Drive — approximately 5,482 LF of full-width widening; approximately 5,703 LF of half-street widening; approximately 1,001 LF of sidewalk and streetlight frontage improvements; approximately 33 ADA-compliant curb ramps; standard in-ROW improvements.
Location: On Park Avenue between Hewitt Street and Black Walnut Drive.
New Development Share: 25%–$797,448 (to be funded through BST Impact Fees) Existing Community Share: 75%–$2,392,342 (not eligible for impact fee funding) Total Cost: $3,189,790
Timing: 2026–2036
Project ID: ST-031
Project Title: Celeste Road, Old Warren Road to Myers Street – Full Street Improvements Description: Widen Celeste Road from Old Warren Road to Myers Street to the adopted ultimate cross-section, including approximately 2,650 linear feet of full-width improvements. Work includes pavement improvements where required, new curb and gutter, drainage improvements, signing and striping, driveway and access tie-ins, temporary traf�ic control, and restoration within the project limits.
Size/Scope: On Celeste Road between Old Warren Road and Myers Street — approximately 2,650 LF of full-width improvements; standard in-ROW improvements.
Location: On Celeste Road between Old Warren Road and Myers Street.
New Development Share: 80%–$1,467,040 (to be funded through BST Impact Fees) Existing Community Share: 20%–$366,760 (not eligible for impact fee funding) Total Cost: $1,833,800
Timing: 2026–2036
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City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report Project ID: ST-032
Project Title: San Jacinto Street, South City Limits – Half Street Widening Description: Widen one side of San Jacinto Street toward the South City Limits, including approximately 5,910 linear feet of half-street widening. Work includes pavement improvements where required, new curb and gutter, drainage improvements, signing and striping, driveway and access tie-ins, temporary traf�ic control, and restoration within the project limits.
Size/Scope: On San Jacinto Street toward the South City Limits — approximately 5,910 LF of halfstreet widening; standard in-ROW improvements.
Location: On San Jacinto Street toward the South City Limits.
New Development Share: 65%–$643,451 (to be funded through BST Impact Fees) Existing Community Share: 35%–$346,474 (not eligible for impact fee funding) Total Cost: $989,925
Timing: 2026–2036
Project ID: ST-033
Project Title: Santa Fe Street, North City Limits to Date Street – Half Street Widening Description: Widen one side of Santa Fe Street from the North City Limits to Date Street, including approximately 3,600 linear feet of half-street widening and approximately 1,246 linear feet of sidewalk and streetlight frontage improvements. Work includes pavement improvements where required, new curb and gutter, drainage improvements, signing and striping, driveway and access tieins, temporary traf�ic control, and restoration within the project limits.
Size/Scope: On Santa Fe Street between the North City Limits and Date Street —approximately 3,600 LF of half-street widening; approximately 1,246 LF of sidewalk and streetlight frontage improvements; standard in-ROW improvements.
Location: On Santa Fe Street between the North City Limits and Date Street.
New Development Share: 25%–$171,932 (to be funded through BST Impact Fees) Existing Community Share: 75%–$515,796 (not eligible for impact fee funding) Total Cost: $687,728
Timing: 2026–2036
Project ID: ST-034
Project Title: Soboba Street, North City Limits to Florida Avenue – Half Street Widening 81
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Chapter 5 Bridges, Streets, & Traffic
City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report Description: Widen one side of Soboba Street from the North City Limits to Florida Avenue, including approximately 5,770 linear feet of half-street widening. Work includes pavement improvements where required, new curb and gutter, drainage improvements, signing and striping, driveway and access tie-ins, temporary traf�ic control, and restoration within the project limits.
Size/Scope: On Soboba Street between the North City Limits and Florida Avenue — approximately 5,770 LF of half-street widening; standard in-ROW improvements.
Location: On Soboba Street between the North City Limits and Florida Avenue.
New Development Share: 65%–$628,209 (to be funded through BST Impact Fees) Existing Community Share: 35%–$338,266 (not eligible for impact fee funding) Total Cost: $966,475
Timing: 2026–2036
Project ID: ST-035
Project Title: State Street, Domenigoni Parkway to Newport Road – Corridor Widening Description: Widen State Street from Domenigoni Parkway to Newport Road toward the adopted ultimate cross-section, including approximately 3,165 linear feet of full-width widening and approximately 3,070 linear feet of half-street widening. Work includes pavement improvements where required, new curb and gutter, drainage improvements, signing and striping, driveway and access tie-ins, temporary traf�ic control, and restoration within the project limits.
Size/Scope: On State Street between Domenigoni Parkway and Newport Road — approximately 3,165 LF of full-width widening and approximately 3,070 LF of half-street widening; standard inROW improvements.
Location: On State Street between Domenigoni Parkway and Newport Road.
New Development Share: 65%–$1,023,425 (to be funded through BST Impact Fees) Existing Community Share: 35%–$551,075 (not eligible for impact fee funding) Total Cost: $1,574,500
Timing: 2026–2036
Project ID: ST-036
Project Title: Stetson Avenue, Walden Weaver Road to Cawston Avenue – Full Width Widening Description: Widen Stetson Avenue from Walden Weaver Road to Cawston Avenue to provide the adopted ultimate cross-section, including approximately 1,280 linear feet of full-width widening. 82
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Chapter 5 Bridges, Streets, & Traffic
City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report Work includes pavement improvements where required, new curb and gutter, drainage improvements, signing and striping, driveway and access tie-ins, temporary traf�ic control, and restoration within the project limits.
Size/Scope: On Stetson Avenue between Walden Weaver Road and Cawston Avenue — approximately 1,280 LF of full-width widening; standard in-ROW improvements.
Location: On Stetson Avenue between Walden Weaver Road and Cawston Avenue.
New Development Share: 80%–$343,040 (to be funded through BST Impact Fees) Existing Community Share: 20%–$85,760 (not eligible for impact fee funding) Total Cost: $428,800
Timing: 2026–2036
Project ID: ST-037
Project Title: Thornton Avenue, Fisher Street to Sanderson Avenue – Half Street Widening Description: Widen one side of Thornton Avenue from Fisher Street to Sanderson Avenue, including approximately 2,590 linear feet of half-street widening. Work includes pavement improvements where required, new curb and gutter, drainage improvements, signing and striping, driveway and access tie-ins, temporary traf�ic control, and restoration within the project limits.
Size/Scope: On Thornton Avenue between Fisher Street and Sanderson Avenue — approximately 2,590 LF of half-street widening; standard in-ROW improvements.
Location: On Thornton Avenue between Fisher Street and Sanderson Avenue.
New Development Share: 65%–$281,986 (to be funded through BST Impact Fees) Existing Community Share: 35%–$151,839 (not eligible for impact fee funding) Total Cost: $433,825
Timing: 2026–2036
Project ID: ST-038
Project Title: Whittier Avenue, Cawston Avenue to Sanderson Avenue – Full Street Improvements Description: Widen Whittier Avenue from Cawston Avenue to Sanderson Avenue to the adopted ultimate cross-section, including approximately 2,600 linear feet of full-width improvements. Work includes pavement improvements where required, new curb and gutter, drainage improvements, signing and striping, driveway and access tie-ins, temporary traf�ic control, and restoration within the project limits.
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City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report Size/Scope: On Whittier Avenue between Cawston Avenue and Sanderson Avenue — approximately 2,600 LF of full-width improvements; standard in-ROW improvements.
Location: On Whittier Avenue between Cawston Avenue and Sanderson Avenue.
New Development Share: 80%–$1,439,360 (to be funded through BST Impact Fees) Existing Community Share: 20%–$359,840 (not eligible for impact fee funding) Total Cost: $1,799,200
Timing: 2026–2036
Project ID: ST-039
Project Title: Yale Street, Park Avenue to Florida Avenue – Sidewalks & Streetlights Description: Construct and upgrade sidewalks and street lighting along Yale Street from Park Avenue to Florida Avenue, including approximately 5,720 linear feet of frontage improvements and installation of approximately 7 ADA-compliant curb ramps. Work includes pavement improvements where required, new curb and gutter, drainage improvements, signing and striping, driveway and access tie-ins, temporary traf�ic control, and restoration within the project limits.
Size/Scope: On Yale Street between Park Avenue and Florida Avenue — approximately 5,720 LF of sidewalk and streetlight frontage improvements; approximately 7 ADA-compliant curb ramps; standard in-ROW improvements.
Location: On Yale Street between Park Avenue and Florida Avenue.
New Development Share: 25%–$114,740 (to be funded through BST Impact Fees) Existing Community Share: 75%–$344,220 (not eligible for impact fee funding) Total Cost: $458,960
Timing: 2026–2036
Project ID: ST-040
Project Title: Citywide – Right-of-Way Acquisition
Description: Acquire right-of-way along designated corridors to deliver the adopted ultimate crosssections and approach transitions. Work includes title and survey support, parcel and easement acquisition, and coordination needed to secure the corridor footprint for future capital improvements within the project limits.
Size/Scope: Citywide — right-of-way acquisition for designated roadway segments per the adopted circulation network.
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City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report Location: Citywide along designated corridors.
New Development Share: 80%–$5,526,007 (to be funded through BST Impact Fees) Existing Community Share: 20%–$1,381,502 (not eligible for impact fee funding) Total Cost: $6,907,509
Timing: 2026–2036
Project ID: ST-041
Project Title: Citywide – Traf�ic Signal Upgrade/Coordination Description: Upgrade and coordinate existing traf�ic signals at priority intersections to meet current standards and improve operations, including new signal controllers, detection, communications, ADA pedestrian push buttons, mast arms/poles as needed, signing/striping, and integration with the City’s timing plans.
Size/Scope: Citywide — signal hardware, detection, communications, and timing upgrades at selected intersections.
Location: Citywide at selected signalized intersections.
New Development Share: 40%–$400,000 (to be funded through BST Impact Fees) Existing Community Share: 60%–$600,000 (not eligible for impact fee funding) Total Cost: $1,000,000
Timing: 2026–2036
Project ID: ST-042
Project Title: State Street at Devonshire Avenue – Traf�ic Signal Description: Install a new traf�ic signal and intersection improvements at State Street and Devonshire Avenue to achieve the ultimate lane layout, including poles/mast arms, signal heads, controller/cabinet, vehicle detection, ADA pedestrian push buttons, signing/striping, and lighting adjustments as required. Work includes temporary traf�ic control and restoration within the project limits.
Size/Scope: At the intersection of State Street and Devonshire Avenue — new traf�ic signal and associated intersection improvements.
Location: State Street at Devonshire Avenue.
New Development Share: 40%–$160,000 (to be funded through BST Impact Fees) 85
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Chapter 5 Bridges, Streets, & Traffic
City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report Existing Community Share: 60%–$240,000 (not eligible for impact fee funding) Total Cost: $400,000
Timing: 2026–2036
Project ID: ST-043
Project Title: State Street at Whittier Avenue – Traf�ic Signal Description: Install a new traf�ic signal and intersection improvements at State Street and Whittier Avenue to achieve the ultimate lane layout, including poles/mast arms, signal heads, controller/cabinet, vehicle detection, ADA pedestrian push buttons, signing/striping, and lighting adjustments as required. Work includes temporary traf�ic control and restoration within the project limits.
Size/Scope: At the intersection of State Street and Whittier Avenue — new traf�ic signal and associated intersection improvements.
Location: State Street at Whittier Avenue.
New Development Share: 80%–$640,000 (to be funded through BST Impact Fees) Existing Community Share: 20%–$160,000 (not eligible for impact fee funding) Total Cost: $800,000
Timing: 2026–2036
Project ID: ST-044
Project Title: Lyon Avenue at Devonshire Avenue – Traf�ic Signal Description: Install a new traf�ic signal and intersection improvements at Lyon Avenue and Devonshire Avenue to achieve the ultimate lane layout, including poles/mast arms, signal heads, controller/cabinet, vehicle detection, ADA pedestrian push buttons, signing/striping, and lighting adjustments as required. Work includes temporary traf�ic control and restoration within the project limits.
Size/Scope: At the intersection of Lyon Avenue and Devonshire Avenue — new traf�ic signal and associated intersection improvements.
Location: Lyon Avenue at Devonshire Avenue.
New Development Share: 80%–$640,000 (to be funded through BST Impact Fees) Existing Community Share: 20%–$160,000 (not eligible for impact fee funding) 86
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Chapter 5 Bridges, Streets, & Traffic
City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report Total Cost: $800,000
Timing: 2026–2036
Project ID: ST-045
Project Title: Lyon Avenue at Menlo Avenue – Traf�ic Signal Description: Install a new traf�ic signal and intersection improvements at Lyon Avenue and Menlo Avenue to achieve the ultimate lane layout, including poles/mast arms, signal heads, controller/cabinet, vehicle detection, ADA pedestrian push buttons, signing/striping, and lighting adjustments as required. Work includes temporary traf�ic control and restoration within the project limits.
Size/Scope: At the intersection of Lyon Avenue and Menlo Avenue — new traf�ic signal and associated intersection improvements.
Location: Lyon Avenue at Menlo Avenue.
New Development Share: 80%–$640,000 (to be funded through BST Impact Fees) Existing Community Share: 20%–$160,000 (not eligible for impact fee funding) Total Cost: $800,000
Timing: 2026–2036
Project ID: ST-046
Project Title: Acacia Avenue at Palm Avenue – Traf�ic Signal Description: Install a new traf�ic signal and intersection improvements at Acacia Avenue and Palm Avenue to achieve the ultimate lane layout, including poles/mast arms, signal heads, controller/cabinet, vehicle detection, ADA pedestrian push buttons, signing/striping, and lighting adjustments as required. Work includes temporary traf�ic control and restoration within the project limits.
Size/Scope: At the intersection of Acacia Avenue and Palm Avenue — new traf�ic signal and associated intersection improvements.
Location: Acacia Avenue at Palm Avenue.
New Development Share: 80%–$640,000 (to be funded through BST Impact Fees) Existing Community Share: 20%–$160,000 (not eligible for impact fee funding) 87
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Chapter 5 Bridges, Streets, & Traffic
City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report Total Cost: $800,000
Timing: 2026–2036
Project ID: ST-047
Project Title: Kirby Street at Menlo Avenue – Traf�ic Signal Description: Install a new traf�ic signal and intersection improvements at Kirby Street and Menlo Avenue to achieve the ultimate lane layout, including poles/mast arms, signal heads, controller/cabinet, vehicle detection, ADA pedestrian push buttons, signing/striping, and lighting adjustments as required. Work includes temporary traf�ic control and restoration within the project limits.
Size/Scope: At the intersection of Kirby Street and Menlo Avenue — new traf�ic signal and associated intersection improvements.
Location: Kirby Street at Menlo Avenue.
New Development Share: 80%–$640,000 (to be funded through BST Impact Fees) Existing Community Share: 20%–$160,000 (not eligible for impact fee funding) Total Cost: $800,000
Timing: 2026–2036
Project ID: ST-048
Project Title: State Street at Johnston Avenue – Traf�ic Signal Description: Install a new traf�ic signal and intersection improvements at State Street and Johnston Avenue to achieve the ultimate lane layout, including poles/mast arms, signal heads, controller/cabinet, vehicle detection, ADA pedestrian push buttons, signing/striping, and lighting adjustments as required. Work includes temporary traf�ic control and restoration within the project limits.
Size/Scope: At the intersection of State Street and Johnston Avenue — new traf�ic signal and associated intersection improvements.
Location: State Street at Johnston Avenue.
New Development Share: 40%–$320,000 (to be funded through BST Impact Fees) Existing Community Share: 60%–$480,000 (not eligible for impact fee funding) 88
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Chapter 5 Bridges, Streets, & Traffic
City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report Total Cost: $800,000
Timing: 2026–2036
Project ID: ST-049
Project Title: Sanderson Avenue at Johnston Avenue – Traf�ic Signal Description: Install a new traf�ic signal and intersection improvements at Sanderson Avenue and Johnston Avenue to achieve the ultimate lane layout, including poles/mast arms, signal heads, controller/cabinet, vehicle detection, ADA pedestrian push buttons, signing/striping, and lighting adjustments as required. Work includes temporary traf�ic control and restoration within the project limits.
Size/Scope: At the intersection of Sanderson Avenue and Johnston Avenue — new traf�ic signal and associated intersection improvements.
Location: Sanderson Avenue at Johnston Avenue.
New Development Share: 40%–$160,000 (to be funded through BST Impact Fees) Existing Community Share: 60%–$240,000 (not eligible for impact fee funding) Total Cost: $400,000
Timing: 2026–2036
Project ID: ST-050
Project Title: Kirby Street at Johnston Avenue – Traf�ic Signal Description: Install a new traf�ic signal and intersection improvements at Kirby Street and Johnston Avenue to achieve the ultimate lane layout, including poles/mast arms, signal heads, controller/cabinet, vehicle detection, ADA pedestrian push buttons, signing/striping, and lighting adjustments as required. Work includes temporary traf�ic control and restoration within the project limits.
Size/Scope: At the intersection of Kirby Street and Johnston Avenue — new traf�ic signal and associated intersection improvements.
Location: Kirby Street at Johnston Avenue.
New Development Share: 80%–$640,000 (to be funded through BST Impact Fees) Existing Community Share: 20%–$160,000 (not eligible for impact fee funding) 89
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Chapter 5 Bridges, Streets, & Traffic
City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report Total Cost: $800,000
Timing: 2026–2036
Project ID: ST-051
Project Title: California Avenue at Florida Avenue – Traf�ic Signal Description: Install a new traf�ic signal and intersection improvements at California Avenue and Florida Avenue to achieve the ultimate lane layout, including poles/mast arms, signal heads, controller/cabinet, vehicle detection, ADA pedestrian push buttons, signing/striping, and lighting adjustments as required. Work includes temporary traf�ic control and restoration within the project limits.
Size/Scope: At the intersection of California Avenue and Florida Avenue — new traf�ic signal and associated intersection improvements.
Location: California Avenue at Florida Avenue.
New Development Share: 40%–$160,000 (to be funded through BST Impact Fees) Existing Community Share: 60%–$240,000 (not eligible for impact fee funding) Total Cost: $400,000
Timing: 2026–2036
Project ID: ST-052
Project Title: Palm Avenue at Menlo Avenue – Traf�ic Signal Description: Install a new traf�ic signal and intersection improvements at Palm Avenue and Menlo Avenue to achieve the ultimate lane layout, including poles/mast arms, signal heads, controller/cabinet, vehicle detection, ADA pedestrian push buttons, signing/striping, and lighting adjustments as required. Work includes temporary traf�ic control and restoration within the project limits.
Size/Scope: At the intersection of Palm Avenue and Menlo Avenue — new traf�ic signal and associated intersection improvements.
Location: Palm Avenue at Menlo Avenue.
New Development Share: 80%–$640,000 (to be funded through BST Impact Fees) Existing Community Share: 20%–$160,000 (not eligible for impact fee funding) 90
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Chapter 5 Bridges, Streets, & Traffic
City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report Total Cost: $800,000
Timing: 2026–2036
Project ID: ST-053
Project Title: Santa Fe Street at Stetson Avenue – Traf�ic Signal Description: Install a new traf�ic signal and intersection improvements at Santa Fe Street and Stetson Avenue to achieve the ultimate lane layout, including poles/mast arms, signal heads, controller/cabinet, vehicle detection, ADA pedestrian push buttons, signing/striping, and lighting adjustments as required. Work includes temporary traf�ic control and restoration within the project limits.
Size/Scope: At the intersection of Santa Fe Street and Stetson Avenue — new traf�ic signal and associated intersection improvements.
Location: Santa Fe Street at Stetson Avenue.
New Development Share: 80%–$640,000 (to be funded through BST Impact Fees) Existing Community Share: 20%–$160,000 (not eligible for impact fee funding) Total Cost: $800,000
Timing: 2026–2036
Project ID: ST-054
Project Title: Warren Road at Devonshire Avenue – Traf�ic Signal Description: Install a new traf�ic signal and intersection improvements at Warren Road and Devonshire Avenue to achieve the ultimate lane layout, including poles/mast arms, signal heads, controller/cabinet, vehicle detection, ADA pedestrian push buttons, signing/striping, and lighting adjustments as required. Work includes temporary traf�ic control and restoration within the project limits.
Size/Scope: At the intersection of Warren Road and Devonshire Avenue — new traf�ic signal and associated intersection improvements.
Location: Warren Road at Devonshire Avenue.
New Development Share: 80%–$640,000 (to be funded through BST Impact Fees) Existing Community Share: 20%–$160,000 (not eligible for impact fee funding) 91
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Chapter 5 Bridges, Streets, & Traffic
City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report Total Cost: $800,000
Timing: 2026–2036
Project ID: ST-055
Project Title: Warren Road at Stetson Avenue – Traf�ic Signal Description: Install a new traf�ic signal and intersection improvements at Warren Road and Stetson Avenue to achieve the ultimate lane layout, including poles/mast arms, signal heads, controller/cabinet, vehicle detection, ADA pedestrian push buttons, signing/striping, and lighting adjustments as required. Work includes temporary traf�ic control and restoration within the project limits.
Size/Scope: At the intersection of Warren Road and Stetson Avenue — new traf�ic signal and associated intersection improvements.
Location: Warren Road at Stetson Avenue.
New Development Share: 80%–$640,000 (to be funded through BST Impact Fees) Existing Community Share: 20%–$160,000 (not eligible for impact fee funding) Total Cost: $800,000
Timing: 2026–2036
Project ID: ST-056
Project Title: Fisher Street at Stetson Avenue – Traf�ic Signal Description: Install a new traf�ic signal and intersection improvements at Fisher Street and Stetson Avenue to achieve the ultimate lane layout, including poles/mast arms, signal heads, controller/cabinet, vehicle detection, ADA pedestrian push buttons, signing/striping, and lighting adjustments as required. Work includes temporary traf�ic control and restoration within the project limits.
Size/Scope: At the intersection of Fisher Street and Stetson Avenue — new traf�ic signal and associated intersection improvements.
Location: Fisher Street at Stetson Avenue.
New Development Share: 80%–$640,000 (to be funded through BST Impact Fees) Existing Community Share: 20%–$160,000 (not eligible for impact fee funding) 92
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Chapter 5 Bridges, Streets, & Traffic
City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report Total Cost: $800,000
Timing: 2026–2036
Project ID: ST-057
Project Title: Fisher Street at Harrison Avenue – Traf�ic Signal Description: Install a new traf�ic signal and intersection improvements at Fisher Street and Harrison Avenue to achieve the ultimate lane layout, including poles/mast arms, signal heads, controller/cabinet, vehicle detection, ADA pedestrian push buttons, signing/striping, and lighting adjustments as required. Work includes temporary traf�ic control and restoration within the project limits.
Size/Scope: At the intersection of Fisher Street and Harrison Avenue — new traf�ic signal and associated intersection improvements.
Location: Fisher Street at Harrison Avenue.
New Development Share: 80%–$640,000 (to be funded through BST Impact Fees) Existing Community Share: 20%–$160,000 (not eligible for impact fee funding) Total Cost: $800,000
Timing: 2026–2036
Project ID: ST-058
Project Title: Dartmouth Street at Florida Avenue – Traf�ic Signal Description: Install a new traf�ic signal and intersection improvements at Dartmouth Street and Florida Avenue to achieve the ultimate lane layout, including poles/mast arms, signal heads, controller/cabinet, vehicle detection, ADA pedestrian push buttons, signing/striping, and lighting adjustments as required. Work includes temporary traf�ic control and restoration within the project limits.
Size/Scope: At the intersection of Dartmouth Street and Florida Avenue — new traf�ic signal and associated intersection improvements.
Location: Dartmouth Street at Florida Avenue.
New Development Share: 40%–$160,000 (to be funded through BST Impact Fees) Existing Community Share: 60%–$240,000 (not eligible for impact fee funding) 93
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Chapter 5 Bridges, Streets, & Traffic
City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report Total Cost: $400,000
Timing: 2026–2036
Project ID: ST-059
Project Title: Hemet Street at Florida Avenue – Traf�ic Signal Description: Install a new traf�ic signal and intersection improvements at Hemet Street and Florida Avenue to achieve the ultimate lane layout, including poles/mast arms, signal heads, controller/cabinet, vehicle detection, ADA pedestrian push buttons, signing/striping, and lighting adjustments as required. Work includes temporary traf�ic control and restoration within the project limits.
Size/Scope: At the intersection of Hemet Street and Florida Avenue — new traf�ic signal and associated intersection improvements.
Location: Hemet Street at Florida Avenue.
New Development Share: 40%–$160,000 (to be funded through BST Impact Fees) Existing Community Share: 60%–$240,000 (not eligible for impact fee funding) Total Cost: $400,000
Timing: 2026–2036
Project ID: ST-060
Project Title: Devonshire Avenue at Myers Street – Traf�ic Signal Description: Install a new traf�ic signal and intersection improvements at Devonshire Avenue and Myers Street to achieve the ultimate lane layout, including poles/mast arms, signal heads, controller/cabinet, vehicle detection, ADA pedestrian push buttons, signing/striping, and lighting adjustments as required. Work includes temporary traf�ic control and restoration within the project limits.
Size/Scope: At the intersection of Devonshire Avenue and Myers Street — new traf�ic signal and associated intersection improvements.
Location: Devonshire Avenue at Myers Street.
New Development Share: 80%–$640,000 (to be funded through BST Impact Fees) Existing Community Share: 20%–$160,000 (not eligible for impact fee funding) 94
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Chapter 5 Bridges, Streets, & Traffic
City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report Total Cost: $800,000
Timing: 2026–2036
Project ID: ST-061
Project Title: Cawston Avenue at Florida Avenue – Traf�ic Signal Description: Install a new traf�ic signal and intersection improvements at Cawston Avenue and Florida Avenue to achieve the ultimate lane layout, including poles/mast arms, signal heads, controller/cabinet, vehicle detection, ADA pedestrian push buttons, signing/striping, and lighting adjustments as required. Work includes temporary traf�ic control and restoration within the project limits.
Size/Scope: At the intersection of Cawston Avenue and Florida Avenue — new traf�ic signal and associated intersection improvements.
Location: Cawston Avenue at Florida Avenue.
New Development Share: 40%–$160,000 (to be funded through BST Impact Fees) Existing Community Share: 60%–$240,000 (not eligible for impact fee funding) Total Cost: $400,000
Timing: 2026–2036
Project ID: ST-062
Project Title: Cawston Avenue at Devonshire Avenue – Traf�ic Signal Description: Install a new traf�ic signal and intersection improvements at Cawston Avenue and Devonshire Avenue to achieve the ultimate lane layout, including poles/mast arms, signal heads, controller/cabinet, vehicle detection, ADA pedestrian push buttons, signing/striping, and lighting adjustments as required. Work includes temporary traf�ic control and restoration within the project limits.
Size/Scope: At the intersection of Cawston Avenue and Devonshire Avenue — new traf�ic signal and associated intersection improvements.
Location: Cawston Avenue at Devonshire Avenue.
New Development Share: 40%–$160,000 (to be funded through BST Impact Fees) Existing Community Share: 60%–$240,000 (not eligible for impact fee funding) 95
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City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report Total Cost: $400,000
Timing: 2026–2036
Project ID: ST-063
Project Title: Sanderson Avenue at Fruitvale Avenue – Traf�ic Signal Description: Install a new traf�ic signal and intersection improvements at Sanderson Avenue and Fruitvale Avenue to achieve the ultimate lane layout, including poles/mast arms, signal heads, controller/cabinet, vehicle detection, ADA pedestrian push buttons, signing/striping, and lighting adjustments as required. Work includes temporary traf�ic control and restoration within the project limits.
Size/Scope: At the intersection of Sanderson Avenue and Fruitvale Avenue — new traf�ic signal and associated intersection improvements.
Location: Sanderson Avenue at Fruitvale Avenue.
New Development Share: 40%–$160,000 (to be funded through BST Impact Fees) Existing Community Share: 60%–$240,000 (not eligible for impact fee funding) Total Cost: $400,000
Timing: 2026–2036
Project ID: ST-064
Project Title: State Street at Fruitvale Avenue – Traf�ic Signal Description: Install a new traf�ic signal and intersection improvements at State Street and Fruitvale Avenue to achieve the ultimate lane layout, including poles/mast arms, signal heads, controller/cabinet, vehicle detection, ADA pedestrian push buttons, signing/striping, and lighting adjustments as required. Work includes temporary traf�ic control and restoration within the project limits.
Size/Scope: At the intersection of State Street and Fruitvale Avenue — new traf�ic signal and associated intersection improvements.
Location: State Street at Fruitvale Avenue.
New Development Share: 40%–$160,000 (to be funded through BST Impact Fees) Existing Community Share: 60%–$240,000 (not eligible for impact fee funding) 96
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City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report Total Cost: $400,000
Timing: 2026–2036
Project ID: ST-065
Project Title: State Street at Mayberry Avenue – Traf�ic Signal Description: Install a new traf�ic signal and intersection improvements at State Street and Mayberry Avenue to achieve the ultimate lane layout, including poles/mast arms, signal heads, controller/cabinet, vehicle detection, ADA pedestrian push buttons, signing/striping, and lighting adjustments as required. Work includes temporary traf�ic control and restoration within the project limits.
Size/Scope: At the intersection of State Street and Mayberry Avenue — new traf�ic signal and associated intersection improvements.
Location: State Street at Mayberry Avenue.
New Development Share: 80%–$640,000 (to be funded through BST Impact Fees) Existing Community Share: 20%–$160,000 (not eligible for impact fee funding) Total Cost: $800,000
Timing: 2026–2036
Project ID: ST-066
Project Title: Santa Fe Street at Acacia Avenue – Traf�ic Signal Description: Install a new traf�ic signal and intersection improvements at Santa Fe Street and Acacia Avenue to achieve the ultimate lane layout, including poles/mast arms, signal heads, controller/cabinet, vehicle detection, ADA pedestrian push buttons, signing/striping, and lighting adjustments as required. Work includes temporary traf�ic control and restoration within the project limits.
Size/Scope: At the intersection of Santa Fe Street and Acacia Avenue — new traf�ic signal and associated intersection improvements.
Location: Santa Fe Street at Acacia Avenue.
New Development Share: 80%–$640,000 (to be funded through BST Impact Fees) Existing Community Share: 20%–$160,000 (not eligible for impact fee funding) 97
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City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report Total Cost: $800,000
Timing: 2026–2036
Project ID: ST-067
Project Title: Santa Fe Street at Devonshire Avenue – Traf�ic Signal Description: Install a new traf�ic signal and intersection improvements at Santa Fe Street and Devonshire Avenue to achieve the ultimate lane layout, including poles/mast arms, signal heads, controller/cabinet, vehicle detection, ADA pedestrian push buttons, signing/striping, and lighting adjustments as required. Work includes temporary traf�ic control and restoration within the project limits.
Size/Scope: At the intersection of Santa Fe Street and Devonshire Avenue — new traf�ic signal and associated intersection improvements.
Location: Santa Fe Street at Devonshire Avenue.
New Development Share: 80%–$640,000 (to be funded through BST Impact Fees) Existing Community Share: 20%–$160,000 (not eligible for impact fee funding) Total Cost: $800,000
Timing: 2026–2036
Project ID: ST-068
Project Title: San Jacinto Street at Acacia Avenue – Traf�ic Signal Description: Install a new traf�ic signal and intersection improvements at San Jacinto Street and Acacia Avenue to achieve the ultimate lane layout, including poles/mast arms, signal heads, controller/cabinet, vehicle detection, ADA pedestrian push buttons, signing/striping, and lighting adjustments as required. Work includes temporary traf�ic control and restoration within the project limits.
Size/Scope: At the intersection of San Jacinto Street and Acacia Avenue — new traf�ic signal and associated intersection improvements.
Location: San Jacinto Street at Acacia Avenue.
New Development Share: 80%–$640,000 (to be funded through BST Impact Fees) Existing Community Share: 20%–$160,000 (not eligible for impact fee funding) 98
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City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report Total Cost: $800,000
Timing: 2026–2036
Project ID: ST-069
Project Title: Soboba Street at Mountain Avenue – Traf�ic Signal Description: Install a new traf�ic signal and intersection improvements at Soboba Street and Mountain Avenue to achieve the ultimate lane layout, including poles/mast arms, signal heads, controller/cabinet, vehicle detection, ADA pedestrian push buttons, signing/striping, and lighting adjustments as required. Work includes temporary traf�ic control and restoration within the project limits.
Size/Scope: At the intersection of Soboba Street and Mountain Avenue — new traf�ic signal and associated intersection improvements.
Location: Soboba Street at Mountain Avenue.
New Development Share: 40%–$160,000 (to be funded through BST Impact Fees) Existing Community Share: 60%–$240,000 (not eligible for impact fee funding) Total Cost: $400,000
Timing: 2026–2036
Project ID: ST-070
Project Title: Florida Avenue at Lake Street – Traf�ic Signal Description: Install a new traf�ic signal and intersection improvements at Florida Avenue and Lake Street to achieve the ultimate lane layout, including poles/mast arms, signal heads, controller/cabinet, vehicle detection, ADA pedestrian push buttons, signing/striping, and lighting adjustments as required. Work includes temporary traf�ic control and restoration within the project limits.
Size/Scope: At the intersection of Florida Avenue and Lake Street — new traf�ic signal and associated intersection improvements.
Location: Florida Avenue at Lake Street.
New Development Share: 80%–$640,000 (to be funded through BST Impact Fees) Existing Community Share: 20%–$160,000 (not eligible for impact fee funding) 99
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City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report Total Cost: $800,000
Timing: 2026–2036
Project ID: ST-071
Project Title: Sanderson Avenue at Wentworth Drive – Traf�ic Signal Description: Install a new traf�ic signal and intersection improvements at Sanderson Avenue and Wentworth Drive to achieve the ultimate lane layout, including poles/mast arms, signal heads, controller/cabinet, vehicle detection, ADA pedestrian push buttons, signing/striping, and lighting adjustments as required. Work includes temporary traf�ic control and restoration within the project limits.
Size/Scope: At the intersection of Sanderson Avenue and Wentworth Drive — new traf�ic signal and associated intersection improvements.
Location: Sanderson Avenue at Wentworth Drive.
New Development Share: 40%–$160,000 (to be funded through BST Impact Fees) Existing Community Share: 60%–$240,000 (not eligible for impact fee funding) Total Cost: $400,000
Timing: 2026–2036
Project ID: ST-072
Project Title: Palm Avenue at Devonshire Avenue – Traf�ic Signal Description: Install a new traf�ic signal and intersection improvements at Palm Avenue and Devonshire Avenue to achieve the ultimate lane layout, including poles/mast arms, signal heads, controller/cabinet, vehicle detection, ADA pedestrian push buttons, signing/striping, and lighting adjustments as required. Work includes temporary traf�ic control and restoration within the project limits.
Size/Scope: At the intersection of Palm Avenue and Devonshire Avenue — new traf�ic signal and associated intersection improvements.
Location: Palm Avenue at Devonshire Avenue.
New Development Share: 80%–$640,000 (to be funded through BST Impact Fees) Existing Community Share: 20%–$160,000 (not eligible for impact fee funding) 100
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City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report Total Cost: $800,000
Timing: 2026–2036
Project ID: ST-073
Project Title: State Street at Thornton Avenue – Traf�ic Signal Description: Install a new traf�ic signal and intersection improvements at State Street and Thornton Avenue to achieve the ultimate lane layout, including poles/mast arms, signal heads, controller/cabinet, vehicle detection, ADA pedestrian push buttons, signing/striping, and lighting adjustments as required. Work includes temporary traf�ic control and restoration within the project limits.
Size/Scope: At the intersection of State Street and Thornton Avenue — new traf�ic signal and associated intersection improvements.
Location: State Street at Thornton Avenue.
New Development Share: 40%–$160,000 (to be funded through BST Impact Fees) Existing Community Share: 60%–$240,000 (not eligible for impact fee funding) Total Cost: $400,000
Timing: 2026–2036
Project ID: ST-074
Project Title: Citywide – Future Traf�ic Signalization
Description: Plan, design, and implement future traf�ic signals at priority intersections citywide to meet the adopted ultimate lane layouts and current standards, including controllers/cabinets, detection, communications, ADA pedestrian push buttons, signing/striping, and lighting adjustments as required. Work includes temporary traf�ic control and restoration within the project limits.
Size/Scope: Citywide — programmatic installation of new traf�ic signals at selected intersections per the circulation network and warrants.
Location: Citywide at selected intersections.
New Development Share: 80%–$800,000 (to be funded through BST Impact Fees) Existing Community Share: 20%–$200,000 (not eligible for impact fee funding) Total Cost: $1,000,000
Timing: 2026–2036
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City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report Project ID: ST-075
Project Title: Hemet Street Bridge over Charlton Avenue – Bridge/Structure Description: Construct a bridge at Hemet Street over Charlton Avenue to deliver the adopted crosssection through the structure and approaches, including structure, approach roadway, drainage, signing/striping, and safety features. Work includes temporary traf�ic control and restoration within the project limits.
Size/Scope: At Hemet Street over Charlton Avenue — bridge/structure and approach improvements.
Location: Hemet Street over Charlton Avenue.
New Development Share: 60%–$3,000,000 (to be funded through BST Impact Fees) Existing Community Share: 40%–$2,000,000 (not eligible for impact fee funding) Total Cost: $5,000,000
Timing: 2026–2036
Project ID: ST-076
Project Title: Highway 79 Bridge over Devonshire Avenue – Bridge/Structure Description: Construct a new bridge on Highway 79 over Devonshire Avenue to deliver the adopted cross-section through the structure and approaches, including structure, approach roadway, drainage, signing/striping, and safety features. Work includes temporary traf�ic control and restoration within the project limits.
Size/Scope: On Highway 79 over Devonshire Avenue — new bridge/structure and approach improvements.
Location: Highway 79 over Devonshire Avenue.
New Development Share: 100%–$5,000,000 (to be funded through BST Impact Fees) Existing Community Share: 0%–$0 (not eligible for impact fee funding) Total Cost: $5,000,000
Timing: 2026–2036
Project ID: ST-077
Project Title: Highway 79 Bridge over Stetson Avenue – Bridge/Structure Description: Construct a new bridge on Highway 79 over Stetson Avenue to deliver the adopted cross-section through the structure and approaches, including the bridge structure, approach 102
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City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report roadway, drainage, signing and striping, safety features, lighting adjustments, and utility coordination. Work includes temporary traf�ic control and restoration within the project limits.
Size/Scope: On Highway 79 over Stetson Avenue — new bridge/structure and approach improvements.
Location: Highway 79 over Stetson Avenue.
New Development Share: 100%–$5,000,000 (to be funded through BST Impact Fees) Existing Community Share: 0%–$0 (not eligible for impact fee funding) Total Cost: $5,000,000
Timing: 2026–2036
Project ID: ST-078
Project Title: Buena Vista Street, Johnston Avenue to Chambers Street – Sidewalks & Streetlights Description: Construct and upgrade sidewalks and street lighting along Buena Vista Street from Johnston Avenue to Chambers Street, including approximately 1,730 linear feet of frontage improvements and installation of approximately 2 ADA-compliant curb ramps. Work includes pavement improvements where required, new curb and gutter, drainage improvements, signing and striping, driveway and access tie-ins, temporary traf�ic control, and restoration within the project limits.
Size/Scope: On Buena Vista Street between Johnston Avenue and Chambers Street — approximately 1,730 LF of sidewalk and streetlight frontage improvements and approximately 2 ADA-compliant curb ramps; standard in-ROW improvements.
Location: On Buena Vista Street between Johnston Avenue and Chambers Street.
New Development Share: 25%–$77,444 (to be funded through BST Impact Fees) Existing Community Share: 75%–$232,331 (not eligible for impact fee funding) Total Cost: $309,775
Timing: 2026–2036
Project ID: ST-079
Project Title: Cawston Avenue, Florida Avenue to Cloudywing Road – Corridor Widening Description: Widen Cawston Avenue from Florida Avenue to Cloudywing Road toward the adopted ultimate cross-section, including approximately 2,173 linear feet of full-width improvements, approximately 1,190 linear feet of half-street widening, approximately 1,884 linear feet of sidewalk 103
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City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report and streetlight frontage improvements, and installation of approximately 4 ADA-compliant curb ramps. Work includes pavement improvements where required, new curb and gutter, drainage improvements, signing and striping, driveway and access tie-ins, temporary traf�ic control, and restoration within the project limits.
Size/Scope: On Cawston Avenue between Florida Avenue and Cloudywing Road — approximately 2,173 LF of full-width improvements, approximately 1,190 LF of half-street widening, approximately 1,884 LF of sidewalk and streetlight frontage improvements, and approximately 4 ADA-compliant curb ramps; standard in-ROW improvements.
Location: On Cawston Avenue between Florida Avenue and Cloudywing Road.
New Development Share: 50%–$1,128,968 (to be funded through BST Impact Fees) Existing Community Share: 50%–$1,128,968 (not eligible for impact fee funding) Total Cost: $2,257,936
Timing: 2026–2036
Project ID: ST-080
Project Title: Devonshire Avenue, California Avenue to Sanderson Avenue – Half Street Widening Description: Widen one side of Devonshire Avenue from California Avenue to Sanderson Avenue, including approximately 7,037 linear feet of half-street widening, approximately 3,343 linear feet of sidewalk and streetlight frontage improvements, and installation of approximately 16 ADA-compliant curb ramps. Work includes pavement improvements where required, new curb and gutter, drainage improvements, signing and striping, driveway and access tie-ins, temporary traf�ic control, and restoration within the project limits.
Size/Scope: On Devonshire Avenue between California Avenue and Sanderson Avenue — approximately 7,037 LF of half-street widening; approximately 3,343 LF of sidewalk and streetlight frontage improvements; approximately 16 ADA-compliant curb ramps; standard in-ROW improvements.
Location: On Devonshire Avenue between California Avenue and Sanderson Avenue.
New Development Share: 65%–$2,000,276 (to be funded through BST Impact Fees) Existing Community Share: 35%–$1,077,072 (not eligible for impact fee funding) Total Cost: $3,077,348
Timing: 2026–2036
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City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report Project ID: ST-081
Project Title: Lyon Avenue, Florida Avenue to Stetson Avenue – Half Street Widening Description: Widen one side of Lyon Avenue from Florida Avenue to Stetson Avenue, including approximately 4,410 linear feet of half-street widening and approximately 332 linear feet of sidewalk and streetlight frontage improvements. Work includes pavement improvements where required, new curb and gutter, drainage improvements, signing and striping, driveway and access tie-ins, temporary traf�ic control, and restoration within the project limits.
Size/Scope: On Lyon Avenue between Florida Avenue and Stetson Avenue — approximately 4,410 LF of half-street widening and approximately 332 LF of sidewalk and streetlight frontage improvements; standard in-ROW improvements.
Location: On Lyon Avenue between Florida Avenue and Stetson Avenue.
New Development Share: 65%–$996,424 (to be funded through BST Impact Fees) Existing Community Share: 35%–$536,536 (not eligible for impact fee funding) Total Cost: $1,532,960
Timing: 2026–2036
Project ID: ST-082
Project Title: Lyon Avenue, Stetson Avenue to Salt Creek – Full Width Widening Description: Widen Lyon Avenue from Stetson Avenue to Salt Creek to provide the adopted ultimate cross-section, including approximately 3,930 linear feet of full-width widening. Work includes pavement improvements where required, new curb and gutter, drainage improvements, signing and striping, driveway and access tie-ins, temporary traf�ic control, and restoration within the project limits.
Size/Scope: On Lyon Avenue between Stetson Avenue and Salt Creek — approximately 3,930 LF of full-width widening; standard in-ROW improvements.
Location: On Lyon Avenue between Stetson Avenue and Salt Creek.
New Development Share: 80%–$2,175,648 (to be funded through BST Impact Fees) Existing Community Share: 20%–$543,912 (not eligible for impact fee funding) Total Cost: $2,719,560
Timing: 2026–2036
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City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report Project ID: ST-083
Project Title: Menlo Avenue, State Street to Park Avenue – Sidewalks & Streetlights Description: Construct and upgrade sidewalks and street lighting along Menlo Avenue from State Street to Park Avenue, including approximately 270 linear feet of half-street widening, approximately 4,344 linear feet of sidewalk and streetlight frontage improvements, approximately 1,804 linear feet of additional frontage improvements, and installation of approximately 7 ADA-compliant curb ramps.
Work includes pavement improvements where required, new curb and gutter, drainage improvements, signing and striping, driveway and access tie-ins, temporary traf�ic control, and restoration within the project limits.
Size/Scope: On Menlo Avenue between State Street and Park Avenue — approximately 270 LF of half-street widening; approximately 4,344 LF of sidewalk and streetlight frontage improvements; approximately 7 ADA-compliant curb ramps; standard in-ROW improvements.
Location: On Menlo Avenue between State Street and Park Avenue.
New Development Share: 25%–$252,686 (to be funded through BST Impact Fees) Existing Community Share: 75%–$758,057 (not eligible for impact fee funding) Total Cost: $1,010,742
Timing: 2026–2036
Project ID: ST-084
Project Title: Meridian Street, Park Avenue to Florida Avenue – Half Street Widening Description: Widen one side of Meridian Street from Park Avenue to Florida Avenue, including approximately 269 linear feet of half-street widening, approximately 242 linear feet of sidewalk and streetlight frontage improvements, and installation of approximately 5 ADA-compliant curb ramps.
Work includes pavement improvements where required, new curb and gutter, drainage improvements, signing and striping, driveway and access tie-ins, temporary traf�ic control, and restoration within the project limits.
Size/Scope: On Meridian Street between Park Avenue and Florida Avenue — approximately 269 LF of half-street widening; approximately 242 LF of sidewalk and streetlight frontage improvements; approximately 5 ADA-compliant curb ramps; standard in-ROW improvements.
Location: On Meridian Street between Park Avenue and Florida Avenue.
New Development Share: 65%–$125,378 (to be funded through BST Impact Fees) Existing Community Share: 35%–$67,512 (not eligible for impact fee funding) 106
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City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report Total Cost: $192,890
Timing: 2026–2036
Project ID: ST-085
Project Title: Palm Avenue, Florida Avenue to South of Chambers Street – Corridor Widening Description: Widen Palm Avenue from Florida Avenue to south of Chambers Street toward the adopted ultimate cross-section, including approximately 2,560 linear feet of full-width improvements and approximately 5,198 linear feet of half-street widening. Work includes pavement improvements where required, new curb and gutter, drainage improvements, signing and striping, driveway and access tie-ins, temporary traf�ic control, and restoration within the project limits.
Size/Scope: On Palm Avenue between Florida Avenue and south of Chambers Street — approximately 2,560 LF of full-width improvements and approximately 5,198 LF of half-street widening; standard in-ROW improvements.
Location: On Palm Avenue between Florida Avenue and south of Chambers Street.
New Development Share: 80%–$2,810,280 (to be funded through BST Impact Fees) Existing Community Share: 20%–$702,570 (not eligible for impact fee funding) Total Cost: $3,512,850
Timing: 2026–2036
Project ID: ST-086
Project Title: Santa Fe Street, Devonshire Avenue to Florida Avenue – Half Street Widening Description: Widen one side of Santa Fe Street from Devonshire Avenue to Florida Avenue, including approximately 7,920 linear feet of half-street widening and approximately 640 linear feet of sidewalk and streetlight frontage improvements. Work includes pavement improvements where required, new curb and gutter, drainage improvements, signing and striping, driveway and access tie-ins, temporary traf�ic control, and restoration within the project limits.
Size/Scope: On Santa Fe Street between Devonshire Avenue and Florida Avenue — approximately 7,920 LF of half-street widening and approximately 640 LF of sidewalk and streetlight frontage improvements; standard in-ROW improvements.
Location: On Santa Fe Street between Devonshire Avenue and Florida Avenue.
New Development Share: 65%–$1,794,260 (to be funded through BST Impact Fees) Existing Community Share: 35%–$966,140 (not eligible for impact fee funding) 107
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City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report Total Cost: $2,760,400
Timing: 2026–2036
Project ID: ST-087
Project Title: Thornton Avenue, Lyon Avenue to Santa Fe Street – Sidewalks & Streetlights Description: Construct and upgrade sidewalks and street lighting along Thornton Avenue from Lyon Avenue to Santa Fe Street, including approximately 5,090 linear feet of frontage improvements, approximately 330 linear feet of additional frontage improvements, and installation of approximately 1 ADA-compliant curb ramp. Work includes pavement improvements where required, new curb and gutter, drainage improvements, signing and striping, driveway and access tie-ins, temporary traf�ic control, and restoration within the project limits.
Size/Scope: On Thornton Avenue between Lyon Avenue and Santa Fe Street — approximately 5,090 LF of sidewalk and streetlight frontage improvements and approximately 1 ADA-compliant curb ramp; standard in-ROW improvements.
Location: On Thornton Avenue between Lyon Avenue and Santa Fe Street.
New Development Share: 25%–$221,254 (to be funded through BST Impact Fees) Existing Community Share: 75%–$663,761 (not eligible for impact fee funding) Total Cost: $885,015
Timing: 2026–2036
Project ID: ST-088
Project Title: Warren Road – Half-Street Widening, Local Share (Non-TUMF Scope) Description: Construct local half-street widening improvements along Warren Road within the City’s jurisdiction, including roadway widening, sidewalks, ADA-compliant curb ramps, drainage, signing and striping, and associated streetscape improvements. The WRCOG Transportation Uniform Mitigation Fee (TUMF) program funds the regional arterial lane construction component of this corridor ($10,345,000 per the 2024 TUMF Nexus Study, page 238). BST Impact Fee funds are limited to the local improvement scope not covered by TUMF — estimated at $2,083,000 in construction costs — and may not be expended on any scope for which TUMF funding has been programmed or received. Work includes pavement tie-ins, temporary traf�ic control, and restoration within the project limits.
Size/Scope: Along Warren Road within the City’s jurisdiction — approximately 25,990 LF of halfstreet widening corridor; BST-eligible scope limited to local improvements outside the TUMF-funded 108
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City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report lane construction ($10,345,000), including sidewalks, ADA ramps, drainage, and streetscape as needed.
Location: Warren Road within the City of Hemet’s jurisdiction (western corridor).
New Development Share: 65%–$1,624,740 (to be funded through BST Impact Fees) Existing Community Share: 35%–$874,860 (not eligible for impact fee funding) Total Cost: $2,499,600
Timing: 2026–2036
Project ID: ST-089
Project Title: Warren Road Bridge Widening – Bridge/Structure Description: Widen the existing bridge structure on Warren Road to deliver the adopted ultimate cross-section, including approximately 555 linear feet of bridge widening at 45 feet, with structure modi�ications, approach roadway improvements, drainage, signing and striping, and safety features.
Work includes temporary traf�ic control and restoration within the project limits. The bridge widening is jointly funded through the WRCOG Transportation Uniform Mitigation Fee (TUMF) program and the City’s BST Impact Fee; the TUMF program funds the regional arterial component and the BST Impact Fee funds the local share above the TUMF-funded scope. The combined funding of approximately $9,000,000 is consistent with independent cost benchmarks of $300–$500 per square foot for a structure of this size (24,974 SF).
Size/Scope: Warren Road bridge structure — approximately 555 LF of bridge widening at 45-foot width (24,974 SF); structure modi�ications and approach improvements.
Location: Warren Road bridge structure within the City of Hemet’s jurisdiction.
New Development Share: 60%–$3,000,000 (to be funded through BST Impact Fees) Existing Community Share: 40%–$2,000,000 (not eligible for impact fee funding) Total Cost: $5,000,000
Timing: 2026–2036
Allocation of Project Costs
This section assigns, for each transportation project, the proportion of cost attributable to new development versus the existing community. Only the portion of a project’s cost necessitated by new development is recovered through the impact fee; the remaining share, which bene�its existing residents and businesses, is funded from other City sources such as grants, transportation funds, or the General Fund.
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City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report New development pays only its proportionate share. Each project is reviewed to distinguish improvements required by additional trips from growth from those that remedy existing conditions or provide broader, systemwide bene�its.
These allocations are documented with each project and summed to determine the total growtheligible cost. Land use demand has already been established earlier in this chapter and is applied in the next section to distribute these growth-eligible costs across the adopted land use categories and fee units.
The new-development allocation percentages applied to each project were provided by City staff based on their assessment of each improvement’s relationship to growth-generated demand.
Derivation of Maximum Justi�ied Fees
The total cost of improvements allocated to new development within the BST Program provides the basis for calculating maximum justi�ied fees. That growth-eligible cost is distributed across land use categories in proportion to each category’s share of growth-related demand, measured in trip-miles as established earlier in this chapter.
Allocating the BST Program’s growth-eligible cost by each land use’s percentage of total trip-miles maintains proportionality and equity and is consistent with the Mitigation Fee Act and AB-602. The resulting fees are presented per square foot for all land uses, with Commercial Lodging Rooms presented per Room, consistent with this report’s adopted presentation standards.
Table 5-3 allocates the BST Program’s growth-eligible cost to land uses in proportion to their shares of total growth trip-miles; the following subsection presents the existing community’s funding commitment for the remaining share.
Table 5-3
Allocation of Development Cost per Land Use
Land Use Units/SF
Percentage of
Additional
Trip-Miles
Allocation of
Expansion
Costs
Development
Impact Fee Per
SF/Room
Single-Family Residential 7,185 10.19% $6,550,096 $0.396/SF Multiple-Family Residential 5,734 3.25% $2,089,089 $0.393/SF Mobile Home Dwelling Units 160 0.10% $64,280 $0.321/SF
Commercial Lodging Rooms 468 0.16% $106,062 $227/Room
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City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report Allocation of Development Cost per Land Use
Land Use Units/SF
Percentage of
Additional
Trip-Miles
Allocation of
Expansion
Costs
Development
Impact Fee Per
SF/Room
Retail, Commercial, &
Service Uses 11,992,581 61.27% $39,377,711 $3.284/SF
Industrial Uses 12,816,678 24.40% $15,684,234 $1.224/SF Institutional Uses 630,800 0.63% $404,962 $0.642/SF
Total 100% $64,279,647 -
Existing Community Financial Commitment Comparison
The Mitigation Fee Act requires that new development pay no more than its fair share of the cost of public facilities needed to serve growth. To demonstrate compliance, this chapter documents the �inancial commitment already made by the existing community and contrasts it with the costs allocated to new development within the BST Program.
City records show that Hemet’s existing transportation system encompasses capitalized investments totaling $623,501,495, consisting of $614,880,543 in roadway and traf�ic control assets (arterials, collectors, divided secondaries, express collectors, secondaries, locals, major facilities, rural locals, fully actuated signals, street signs, and safety lighting) plus an $8,620,952 circulation fund balance.
These �igures represent the existing community’s contribution to establishing baseline capacity for the circulation system.
Table 5-4 presents these existing system amounts alongside the BST Program costs assigned to new development using the same land use categories and fee units, providing a direct, proportional comparison between the existing community’s historical contributions and the obligations assigned to future growth.
Table 5-4
Allocation of Existing Community Financial Commitment
Land Use Units/SF
Percentage
of Existing
Trip-Miles
Allocation of
Existing Costs
Existing
Financial
Commitment
Per SF/Room
Single-Family Residential 18,721 33.11% $206,430,913 $4.631/SF 111
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City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report Allocation of Existing Community Financial Commitment
Land Use Units/SF
Percentage
of Existing
Trip-Miles
Allocation of
Existing Costs
Existing
Financial
Commitment
Per SF/Room
Multiple-Family Residential 8,721 6.17% $38,465,806 $4.570/SF Mobile Home Dwelling Units 9,387 7.33% $45,701,201 $4.018/SF Commercial Lodging Rooms 532 0.23% $1,459,466 $2,764/Room Retail, Commercial, & Service
Uses 7,258,419 46.24% $288,309,090 $39.721/SF
Industrial Uses 1,767,322 4.19% $26,154,594 $14.799/SF
Institutional Uses 2,188,022 2.72% $16,980,425 $7.761/SF Total 100% $623,501,495 -
Fee Schedule and Summary
The maximum justi�ied fees are derived by allocating the BST Program’s growth-eligible cost to land uses in proportion to each land use’s share of total growth trip-miles. The resulting fee levels represent the cost responsibility of new development to provide the transportation improvements required to accommodate projected growth while maintaining the City’s adopted performance standards.
Fees are presented per square foot for residential and nonresidential land uses, with Commercial Lodging Rooms presented per Room, consistent with this chapter’s methodology and presentation standards. The schedule provides a transparent distribution of costs across land uses and ties fee obligations directly to measurable demand.
Table 5-5 presents the maximum justi�ied transportation impact fees by land use. The City may adopt any amount at or below the maximum justi�ied levels and may implement annual indexing and administrative provisions consistent with the Mitigation Fee Act and AB-602. 112
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Summary of Proposed Development Impact Fees
Land Use Per SF/Room
Single-Family Residential $0.396/SF
Multiple-Family Residential $0.393/SF
Mobile Home Dwelling Units $0.321/SF
Commercial Lodging Rooms $227/Room
Retail, Commercial, & Service
Uses $3.284/SF
Industrial Uses $1.224/SF
Institutional Uses $0.642/SF
Current Bridges, Streets, & Traf�ic Fee
The City of Hemet levies the Bridges, Streets, & Traf�ic (BST) development impact fee to �inance capacity-increasing circulation improvements, including highways/roads, bridges, and traf�ic signals.
The City initiated its DIF Program and the BST Fee on January 23, 2001, through adoption of Ordinance No. 1639 (the fee was formerly known as the Road Facilities Fee).
According to the City’s FY 2023–24 AB-1600 Annual Report, the BST Fund (Fund 329) held a balance of $8,620,952 as of June 30, 2024. This amount re�lects a beginning balance of $6,813,714, plus revenues of $1,179,148 in BST fees, $241,456 in interest income, $86,239 in fair-market-value adjustments, and $865,966 in other revenues/reimbursements, offset by $564,994 in project expenses and $578 in other expenses. No transfers, loans, or refunds were reported for FY 2023–24.
The current adopted BST fee amounts (FY 2023–24) are $2,948 per Single Family dwelling unit, $2,030 per Multi-Family dwelling unit, $1,537 per Mobile Home/Senior dwelling unit, $1,805 per Townhome/Duplex dwelling unit, $2.46 per square foot for Commercial/Of�ice ($2.01 for TUMF projects), and $0.414 per square foot for Industrial ($0.325 for TUMF projects). These legacy rates remain in effect pending adoption of the updated fee program presented in this chapter.
Five Findings
1. Purpose of the Fee
The purpose of the Bridges, Streets, & Traf�ic (BST) development impact fee is to �inance the roadway, bridge, intersection, and traf�ic signal improvements necessary to mitigate the impacts of new development on the City’s circulation system. The fee ensures that growth 113
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City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report contributes its fair, proportionate share toward maintaining adopted mobility standards, consistent with the Mitigation Fee Act (Government Code § 66000 et seq.) and AB-602.
2. Use of the Fee
Fee revenues are used exclusively to plan, design, acquire right-of-way for, and construct the BST capital projects identi�ied in this chapter, including roadway widenings and extensions, bridge projects, intersection and signal improvements, and corridor operations/safety elements that expand system capacity to accommodate growth. Operations and routine maintenance are not funded by this fee.
3. Relationship Between the Fee’s Use and the Type of Development All new development increases travel demand on the circulation system. The improvements funded by the BST fee directly expand system capacity and operations to serve that additional demand. Accordingly, there is a reasonable relationship between the use of the fee (eligible BST projects) and the impacts of the development on which the fee is imposed.
4. Relationship Between the Need for Facilities and the Type of Development The need for additional BST facilities arises from the incremental trip demand generated by new development. Without capacity expansion—such as added lanes, new signals, and related corridor improvements—the circulation system would fall below adopted performance standards. Each category of development contributes to this demand, establishing a reasonable relationship between new development and the need for the identi�ied improvements.
5. Relationship Between the Amount of the Fee and the Cost Attributable to Development Each BST project’s cost is allocated between new development and the existing community using a proportional methodology grounded in measured trip demand. The growth-eligible share is then distributed across land uses in proportion to each land use’s share of total growth trip-miles, and fees are presented per square foot (Commercial Lodging Rooms per Room) consistent with AB-602. The resulting maximum justi�ied fee for each land use does not exceed the cost of facilities reasonably attributable to that development category.
Implementation and Compliance Notes
Adoption and Program Structure: The Bridges, Streets, & Traf�ic (BST) development impact fee shall be adopted by ordinance of the Hemet City Council. Upon adoption, the BST Program will supersede prior transportation fee mechanisms for new collections and provide a consolidated framework to fund capacity-adding roadway, bridge, intersection, and signal improvements consistent with this chapter.
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City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report The City will track revenues and expenditures by project and report annually, consistent with the Mitigation Fee Act.
Eligible Uses: Fee revenues may be used only for BST improvements that add capacity to serve new development, including roadway widenings and extensions, bridge projects, intersection expansions, new traf�ic signals, signal coordination, and related circulation improvements identi�ied in this chapter. Fees may not fund operations or routine maintenance, nor replace existing facilities without adding capacity.
Timing of Collection: Fees shall be collected at the time of building permit issuance, unless otherwise directed by City ordinance.
Indexing: The BST fee schedule will be adjusted annually using a construction cost index approved by the City Council to maintain purchasing power for planned improvements.
Credits and Reimbursements: Developers that construct eligible BST improvements or dedicate right-of-way identi�ied in this chapter may receive credits against fees otherwise due. If eligible improvements constructed by a developer exceed the fee obligation, the City may enter into a reimbursement agreement, subject to City Council approval and program requirements.
AB-1600 Reporting: The City will comply with Government Code § 66006 annual reporting, including fee collections, interest, expenditures, and balances. For unexpended balances held �ive years or more, the City Council will make �indings required by Government Code § 66001(d). This chapter provides the technical basis to support those �indings.
Program Applicability: The BST Program applies citywide. Funds may be expended on any eligible BST facility consistent with the nexus established in this chapter and in a manner that maintains consistency with the City’s General Plan, Circulation/Mobility Element, and adopted performance standards.
References
Institute of Transportation Engineers. (2021). Trip Generation Manual - 11th Edition. Washington DC: Institute of Transportation Engineers.
San Diego Association of Governments. (2002). Not So Brief Guide of Vehicular Traffic Generation Rates for the San Diego Region. San Diego: California Department of Transportation.
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Flood Control (Storm Drainage Facilities)
Purpose and Scope
Purpose: The purpose of this chapter is to update the City’s existing development impact fee (DIF) for storm drain facilities so new development funds its fair, proportional share of added capacity required to maintain the City’s established level of service (LOS) for �lood control as growth increases impervious area and runoff. For purposes of this chapter, the program is referred to as the Flood Control Program (FCP), consistent with the City’s Flood Control (Storm Drainage Facilities) fee as reported in the Annual Development Impact Fee Report. The City maintains an active storm drain DIF fund with ongoing collections and interest. This chapter modernizes the nexus basis, aligns the fee with Hemet’s current land uses and runoff coef�icients, and documents eligible growth-related capital uses. Fee revenues are restricted to capitalized, growth-related costs and may not fund repair or likefor-like replacement of existing facilities, except where a project increases capacity attributable to growth.
Scope of Improvements: Projects eligible for Flood Control Program (FCP) funding consist of �ive basin-level regional drainage improvements (FC-001 through FC-005) that aggregate the City’s master-planned storm drain systems from the Little Lake Basin, Southwest Hemet Basin, San Jacinto Basin (Hemet Segments), West Hemet Basin, and Hemet Main Basin Master Drainage Plans. These basin projects form the basis of this fee update and are documented in Appendix J (Flood Control Cost Basis and Project Detail), which summarizes the component facilities in each basin and the associated escalated costs. A consolidated Flood Control Capital Project Summary chart is provided in Appendix K.
This chapter frames the fee update across the basin project list so that new development contributes its fair, proportional share toward the added drainage capacity required to maintain the City’s established level of service (LOS) as impervious area and runoff increase.
Eligible uses of FCP revenues are limited to growth-related capital costs associated with the adopted projects, for example, planning, design, land or easements (if required), permitting, construction, and other capacity-adding components. Routine maintenance, repair, or like-for-like replacement is not eligible, except where a project element increases capacity attributable to growth.
Scope of Bene�iciaries: Storm drain capacity improvements bene�it both existing residents and businesses and new development within Hemet because added capacity preserves citywide protection as runoff increases with growth. For this update, the Flood Control Program (FCP) includes �ive basin-level regional drainage improvements (FC-001 through FC-005). For each basin project, costs are apportioned 50% to the existing community and 50% to new development; only the growtheligible share is carried forward for fee allocation. The growth-related share of each basin project will be funded by new development; any remaining share is attributable to the existing community or other non-DIF sources. The 50% growth allocation is a policy-based apportionment that re�lects the 116
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City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report forward-looking nature of these regional trunk systems. Each master drainage plan was designed and sized to accommodate ultimate buildout conditions; the need to construct trunk capacity that does not yet exist is primarily driven by new development. This apportionment is consistent with accepted practice under the Mitigation Fee Act for regional drainage facilities where basin hydrology has not been updated to support a more granular demand-driven allocation, and where no prior fee program has funded trunk-level construction.
The growth share is allocated across the study’s fee land use classes in proportion to each class’s contribution to additional runoff, using the adopted runoff coef�icients by land use type. This maintains a proportional nexus between the fee and those who bene�it from the added capacity.
Scope of Nexus: The nexus for the FCP is the incremental runoff generated by new impervious area as development occurs. Costs are allocated across land uses using the adopted runoff coef�icients from the Runoff Coef�icient (C) Fact Sheet, Fact Sheet-5.1.3, Clean Water Team Guidance Compendium for Watershed Monitoring and Assessment(State Water Resources Control Board, 2011), ensuring that development types with higher coef�icients bear a proportionally greater share of cost. This approach maintains the legally required relationship between the use of the fee and the development paying the fee.
Existing System
Assets and Infrastructure: The City’s storm drainage system includes a closed pipe network, open channels, intake and outlet structures, storage facilities, and energy-dissipation features, together with related appurtenances. Based on City records, the closed conveyance network totals 61,450 feet (approximately 11.638 miles) and includes 18-inch (5,000 feet), 24-inch (5,000 feet), 30-inch (15,000 feet), 36-inch (35,000 feet), 48-inch (1,000 feet), and 60-inch (450 feet) pipe across 61 pipe runs. The structure inventory includes 156 manholes and 246 inlets. Storage capacity includes 0.50 acres of retention basins and 10.75 acres of detention basins. Intake structures collect local runoff and connect it to the conveyance network; open channels with soil, concrete, or asphalt linings carry �lows where closed pipe is not feasible and interface with dissipation features at transitions or outfalls.
Ancillary protections are provided where hydraulic transitions, safety, or access constraints require them. Together, these elements establish the baseline storm drainage system referenced in this chapter and provide the foundation for identifying capacity-adding improvements eligible for the Flood Control Program.
Existing Financial Commitment: The existing community’s equity in storm drain assets totals $70,594,228, consisting of $68,781,728 for the existing conveyance system, $150,000 for the retention basin, and $1,662,500 for detention basins. The current fund balance of $6,864,347 is maintained separately and is applied against growth-eligible costs elsewhere in this chapter; it is not included in the equity amount above. For transparency and proportionality, this amount will be allocated across the study’s fee land use classes using the same runoff-based methodology applied in the fee calculation, providing a consistent comparison between the existing community’s investment and the proportionate shares assigned to new development in the Flood Control Program. 117
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City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report Level of Service: The City’s storm drainage level of service (LOS) is the system’s ability to collect and convey runoff from developed land uses without localized �looding, property damage, or public-safety hazards. For design context, the City’s adopted master drainage plans for the individual drainage basins establish the basin hydrology yield and facility-sizing approach used to plan improvements (for example, the relationship between tributary area and peak �low).
However, the master drainage plans provide sizing criteria rather than proportional demand factors by land use; they compile tract-level �low–area relationships into basin yields and do not prescribe land-use-speci�ic runoff coef�icients for fee allocation. To establish proportional demand by land use for a development impact fee, this study uses runoff coef�icients as the demand metric because they translate differences in imperviousness across land uses into relative runoff generation in a consistent, auditable way, yielding effective impervious area for allocation. This study adopts runoff coef�icients from the State Water Resources Control Board’s Runoff Coef�icient (C) Fact Sheet (State Water Resources Control Board, 2011), which provides recognized ranges by land use and directs the practitioner to select appropriate values for the local context.
The coef�icients adopted for this study are:
• Single-Family Residential: 0.50
• Multiple-Family Residential: 0.575
• Mobile Home Dwelling Units: 0.60
• Commercial Lodging Rooms: 0.725
• Retail, Commercial, & Service Uses: 0.725
• Industrial Uses: 0.70
• Institutional Uses: 0.725
These values quantify each land use’s relative contribution to stormwater generation; higher coef�icients re�lect greater impervious coverage and thus higher runoff per acre. They provide the basis for allocating growth-related capacity costs in this chapter.
Growth and Demand
Growth Inputs: This chapter measures growth using Land Use Database (LUDB) quantities for new development over the study horizon—dwelling units or rooms for residential categories and building square feet for nonresidential categories. As noted in Level of Service, runoff coef�icients are the demand metric for allocation; the study adopts coef�icients from the State Water Resources Control Board’s Runoff Coef�icient (C) Fact Sheet (2011) and holds them constant across scenarios.
For demand measurement and allocation, each land use’s growth quantity is multiplied by its adopted runoff coef�icient to produce an effective impervious area. The effective impervious areas are summed to a study total, and each land use’s share of that total represents its proportion of growthrelated demand on the storm drainage system. Those proportional shares are then used to allocate growth-eligible capacity costs and to determine the maximum justi�ied fees. Coef�icients are selected within published ranges for Hemet’s development context and are not tuned to target outcomes. 118
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City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report This analysis uses seven land use categories: Single-Family Residential, Multiple-Family Residential, Mobile Home Dwelling Units, Commercial Lodging Rooms, Retail, Commercial, & Service Uses, Industrial Uses, and Institutional Uses.
Method: This chapter converts growth to drainage demand by expressing each land use’s growth on an area basis and applying the adopted runoff coef�icient to derive effective impervious acres (EIA).
In the study tables, “Potential Acres” are multiplied by the adopted coef�icient to produce “Total Impervious Acres,” which represent the portion of developed area that functions as impervious for drainage design and fee allocation.
The citywide EIA is the sum of “Total Impervious Acres” across all land uses. Each land use’s demand share appears as “Percentage of Demand,” calculated as that land use’s EIA divided by the citywide total; those percentages carry directly into “Allocation of Costs,” distributing growth-eligible program costs in proportion to each land use’s contribution to runoff. The allocated amounts are then divided by the applicable growth measures used in the fee schedule, per square foot for residential and nonresidential development, and per Room for lodging, to derive the maximum justi�ied fees. This method ensures that land uses with higher impervious coverage bear a correspondingly larger share of growth-related costs and that the fee remains proportionate to the runoff burden created by new development.
The capital cost basis to which this allocation method is applied consists of �ive basin-level regional drainage projects (FC-001 through FC-005). Each basin project aggregates the master-planned storm drain facilities identi�ied in the City’s adopted master drainage plans for the individual drainage basins. Basin-level costs are established, escalated to 2025 dollars, and reconciled to their component facilities as documented in Appendix J. For fee purposes, each basin’s total cost is apportioned 50 percent to existing development and 50 percent to new development; only the growth-eligible share is carried forward for allocation using the runoff-based method described above.
For project eligibility and quantities, only facilities located inside the City boundary are included; facilities solely within the sphere of in�luence are excluded. Where a facility runs along or crosses the boundary, only the portion inside the City is counted, with split facilities prorated to the inside footprint. Project siting references the City’s adopted master drainage plans for the individual basins, together with mapped City boundary information, for inside/outside determinations, with City engineering review to con�irm placements and quantities.
Scope of Included Demand Metric: The demand metric used to allocate storm drainage costs is effective impervious acreage. This converts the physical extent of development into an equivalent runoff impact by applying land use speci�ic runoff coef�icients to each category. For example, a SingleFamily Residential area with a coef�icient of 0.50 is assumed to generate less runoff per acre than an Industrial use with a coef�icient of 0.70, re�lecting differences in impervious coverage. By standardizing runoff generation across all land uses, effective impervious acreage provides a common unit for comparing relative impacts and distributing costs proportionately, so each land use pays only its fair share of growth-related system costs. This approach is consistent with industry practice and aligns with the Mitigation Fee Act’s requirement that fees be reasonably related to the burden created 119
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Table 6-1
Existing Land Use Runoff Coefficients and Effective Impervious Acres Land Use Developed
Acres
Runoff
Coefficient (C)
Effective
Impervious
Acres
Single-Family Residential 4,837 0.500 2,419
Multiple-Family Residential 909 0.575 523
Mobile Home Dwelling Units 1,300 0.600 780
Commercial Lodging Rooms 17 0.725 12
Retail, Commercial, & Service Uses 940 0.725 681
Industrial Uses 454 0.700 318
Institutional Uses 3,542 0.725 2,568
Total 11,998 - 7,301
Resulting Service Demand: Based on the method described above, applying the adopted runoff coef�icients to the Land Use Database growth yields a total effective impervious acreage as summarized in Table 6-2. This total represents the resulting service demand from new development and serves as the basis for allocating growth-related storm drainage capacity costs. Each land use’s share is determined by its proportion of the total effective impervious acreage and is carried forward to the allocation of costs and the fee calculation in the next section. The calculation of potential impervious acres from new development is summarized in Table 6-2. [This space left blank to fit the following table on one page.] 120
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Potential Impervious Acres from New Development
Land Use Potential
Acres
Runoff
Coefficient (C)
Effective
Impervious
Acres
(Growth)
Single-Family Residential 1,902 0.500 951
Multiple-Family Residential 1,429 0.575 822
Mobile Home Dwelling Units 28 0.600 17
Commercial Lodging Rooms 15 0.725 11
Retail, Commercial, & Service Uses 759 0.725 550
Industrial Uses 766 0.700 536
Institutional Uses 1,034 0.725 750
Total 5,934 - 3,637
Capacity Implications: Growth-related increases in effective impervious area raise peak runoff and required conveyance. To maintain the existing level of protection, capacity is added where the system is constrained, by upsizing pipelines and inlets or constructing new conveyance or detention, while routine repair or like-for-like replacement remains ineligible for fee funding.
This study converts LUDB growth to runoff-weighted demand (effective impervious acres) and uses the resulting citywide total of 3,637 acres to apportion the growth-eligible share of capacity costs.
For this update, each project’s cost is apportioned 50% to the existing community and 50% to new development; only the growth-eligible share is allocated to land uses in proportion to each category’s share of the total effective impervious acres. Because Hemet’s growth inputs show no negative entries in the runoff totals, there is no reduction to citywide growth demand from redevelopment offsets.
Project sizing and siting are consistent with the City’s adopted master drainage plans for the individual basins and City engineering review, identifying where added capacity is necessary to serve growth while keeping service levels constant.
Allocation by Land Use: For each land use category, growth (dwelling units or rooms for residential development and building square feet for nonresidential development) is converted to runoffweighted demand using the adopted runoff coef�icients described in the Level of Service section.
Summing these results establishes the total effective impervious acres from growth, and each category’s proportion of that total becomes its allocation share. Those shares are applied to the growth-eligible portion of the basin-level capital program in this update to produce category subtotals. Subtotals are then converted to fee schedule units consistent with AB-602: residential and nonresidential fees are expressed per square foot, and lodging is expressed per Room. This sequence 121
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City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report keeps the allocation directly tied to each land use’s contribution to runoff and to the capacity provided.
Capacity Sizing and Capital Program: Capacity is sized to maintain the City’s existing level of storm drain protection as development occurs. Sizing and prioritization follow the runoff-coef�icient framework used in this chapter. Projects that add capacity—such as upsizing pipelines and inlets, constructing new conveyance, or providing detention where constraints exist—are eligible only to the capacity-increase share attributable to growth; routine repair or like-for-like replacement without added capacity is not fee-eligible.
For this update, the capital program consists of �ive basin-level regional drainage projects (FC-001 through FC-005). Each basin project aggregates the master-planned storm drain facilities identi�ied in the City’s adopted master drainage plans for the individual basins and is documented in Appendix J. Each project’s cost is apportioned 50% to the existing community and 50% to new development; only the growth-eligible share is carried forward for fee allocation. As discussed in the Scope of Bene�iciaries section, the 50% growth allocation is a policy-based apportionment that re�lects the forward-looking nature of these trunk systems and is consistent with accepted practice under the Mitigation Fee Act for regional drainage facilities. Fee-eligible costs are allocated to land use categories using the runoff-based method described above, and the results carry through to the fee schedule presentation.
The following section presents the basin-level regional drainage projects included in this update and documents their scope, purpose, and eligibility. Consistent with the sizing approach described above, the projects are framed to maintain the existing level of storm drain protection as development occurs. The fee-eligible shares are determined using the runoff-based allocation method, and the resulting amounts carry forward to the fee schedule.
Storm Drainage Projects
Project ID: FC-001
Project Title: Little Lake Basin Regional Drainage Improvements Description: This project implements the regional storm drainage system for the Little Lake Basin as identi�ied in the Little Lake Master Drainage Plan. The improvements include the primary trunk mains and laterals needed to collect runoff from existing neighborhoods and planned development, and to convey �lows toward the Little Lake outfall. The project addresses existing conveyance constraints, reduces localized �looding at key roadways, and provides the additional hydraulic capacity needed to serve buildout within the Little Lake Basin while maintaining the City’s adopted level of storm drainage service.
Size/Scope: Construction and upsizing of master-planned storm drain facilities in the Little Lake Basin, including the Line A Storm Drain System (with Lines A-2 and A-4), the Line B Storm Drain System (with Line B-4), the Line C Storm Drain System (with Line C-1), the Line D Storm Drain System 122
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Location: Little Lake Basin within the City of Hemet, including trunk and lateral corridors along the master-planned Line A, Line B, Line C, Line D, and Line E alignments, as shown in the Little Lake Master Drainage Plan.
New Development Share: 50%–$9,015,193 (to be funded through Flood Control Impact Fees) Existing Community Share: 50%–$9,015,192 (not eligible for impact fee funding) Total Cost: $18,030,385
Timing: 2026–2036
Project ID: FC-002
Project Title: Southwest Hemet Basin Regional Drainage Improvements Description: This project implements the regional storm drainage system for the Southwest Hemet Basin as identi�ied in the Southwest Hemet Master Drainage Plan. The improvements provide the trunk and lateral facilities required to convey runoff from existing and future development in the southwestern portion of the City to downstream regional outfalls. The project addresses existing gaps in the system, mitigates localized �looding along key corridors, and provides the hydraulic capacity needed to serve long-term residential and commercial buildout in the Southwest Basin.
Size/Scope: Construction of the master-planned Southwest Basin storm drain network, including Line A and laterals A-1 through A-4, Line B and laterals B-1 through B-6, and additional basin conveyance elements such as Lines C, D, F, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, and P, as identi�ied in the Southwest Hemet Master Drainage Plan and summarized in Appendix J.
Location: Southwest Hemet Basin within the City of Hemet, including storm drain corridors along the master-planned Line A and Line B alignments, their associated laterals, and other Southwest Basin corridors as shown in the Southwest Hemet Master Drainage Plan.
New Development Share: 50%–$14,234,388 (to be funded through Flood Control Impact Fees) Existing Community Share: 50%–$14,234,388 (not eligible for impact fee funding) Total Cost: $28,468,776
Timing: 2026–2036
Project ID: FC-003
Project Title: San Jacinto Basin Regional Drainage Improvements 123
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City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report Description: This project implements the master-planned regional storm drain facilities within the City of Hemet that are tributary to the San Jacinto Basin, as identi�ied in the San Jacinto Valley Master Drainage Plan. The improvements provide trunk conveyance along major corridors such as Florida Avenue, Menlo Avenue, State Street, Santa Fe Street, and Esplanade Avenue, allowing stormwater generated within and upstream of the City to be safely conveyed to downstream regional facilities.
The project is needed to address existing capacity limitations, reduce localized �looding, and provide suf�icient conveyance for future development within the Hemet portions of the San Jacinto Basin.
Size/Scope: Construction and upsizing of San Jacinto Basin regional storm drain facilities serving the City of Hemet, including Line A (Florida Avenue Storm Drain), Line B-1 (E. Menlo Avenue Storm Drain), Line C-4 (Santa Fe Street Storm Drain), Line E-2 (State Street Regional Trunk), and Line X (W.
Esplanade Avenue Regional Trunk), as identi�ied in the San Jacinto Valley Master Drainage Plan and summarized in Appendix J.
Location: Corridors within the San Jacinto Basin that lie inside the City of Hemet, including segments along Florida Avenue, Menlo Avenue, State Street, Santa Fe Street, and Esplanade Avenue, as shown in the San Jacinto Valley Master Drainage Plan.
New Development Share: 50%–$11,402,161 (to be funded through Flood Control Impact Fees) Existing Community Share: 50%–$11,402,160 (not eligible for impact fee funding) Total Cost: $22,804,321
Timing: 2026–2036
Project ID: FC-004
Project Title: West Hemet Basin Regional Drainage Improvements Description: This project implements the regional storm drainage system for the West Hemet Basin as identi�ied in the West Hemet Master Drainage Plan. The improvements include major trunk storm drains and a regional detention facility that together form the backbone of �lood control for the western portion of the City. The project addresses existing capacity constraints along key corridors, provides needed storage and attenuation at the Devonshire Retention Basin, and supplies adequate conveyance capacity to serve existing development and planned growth in the West Hemet Basin.
Size/Scope: Construction and upsizing of master-planned storm drain facilities in the West Hemet Basin, including the Line A system (Lines A and A-1), the Line E system (Lines E and E-1), the Line C system (Lines C, C-1 through C-4, C-7, and C-8), the Line D corridor, and improvements to the Devonshire Retention Basin, as identi�ied in the West Hemet Master Drainage Plan and summarized in Appendix J.
Location: West Hemet Basin within the City of Hemet, including storm drain corridors along Devonshire Avenue, Cawston Avenue, and adjacent streets, and the Devonshire Retention Basin, as shown in the West Hemet Master Drainage Plan.
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City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report New Development Share: 50%–$20,580,789 (to be funded through Flood Control Impact Fees) Existing Community Share: 50%–$20,580,788 (not eligible for impact fee funding) Total Cost: $41,161,577
Timing: 2026–2036
Project ID: FC-005
Project Title: Hemet Main Basin Regional Drainage Improvements Description: This project implements the regional storm drainage system for the Hemet Main Basin as identi�ied in the Hemet Area Master Drainage Plan. The basin includes major conveyance routes along Florida Avenue, Stetson Avenue, and Ramona Expressway that together form the City’s primary storm drain backbone. The project completes missing segments, replaces interim facilities with ultimate improvements, and enlarges undersized reaches to meet current hydrologic design criteria.
These improvements are necessary to address existing �looding constraints and to provide adequate capacity for long-term development in the central and southeastern portions of the City.
Size/Scope: Construction and upsizing of master-planned regional storm drain facilities in the Hemet Main Basin, including the fee-eligible portions of the Line A Storm Drain System (the Florida Avenue extension and associated Lines A-2, A-3, A-6, and A-7), the fee-eligible portion of the Line B Storm Drain System (B-1 and B-2, plus the unconstructed mainline segment), the Line C-1 reach, and the Line D corridors (Lines D-1 and D-6), as identi�ied in the Hemet Area Master Drainage Plan and summarized in Appendix J.
Location: Hemet Main Basin within the City of Hemet, including storm drain corridors along Florida Avenue, Stetson Avenue, Ramona Expressway, and adjacent streets served by the Line A, Line B, Line C-1, and Line D systems, as shown in the Hemet Area Master Drainage Plan.
New Development Share: 50%–$7,729,081 (to be funded through Flood Control Impact Fees) Existing Community Share: 50%–$7,729,080 (not eligible for impact fee funding) Total Cost: $15,458,161
Timing: 2026–2036
Allocation of Project Costs
The capital program for this update consists of �ive basin-level regional drainage projects (FC-001 through FC-005). For each project, costs are apportioned 50% to the existing community and 50% to new development; only the growth-eligible share is carried forward for fee allocation. Across the program, the total capital cost is $125,923,220, and the growth-eligible subtotal is $62,961,610. This subtotal is reduced by the current program fund balance of $6,864,347, yielding a net fee-eligible 125
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City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report amount of $56,097,263 for allocation in Table 6-3. Net fee-eligible costs are then distributed to land uses by their shares of effective impervious area. Fees are expressed consistently with AB-602:
residential and nonresidential development per square foot, and Commercial Lodging per Room.
Derivation of Maximum Justi�ied Fees
The maximum justi�ied storm drainage fee is derived by linking growth-related costs to the runoff generated by new development and expressing the results in fee units. Growth by land use category— dwelling units or rooms for residential development and building square feet for nonresidential development—is converted to runoff-weighted demand using the adopted runoff coef�icients from the Level of Service section. Each category’s proportion of the total effective impervious acres becomes its allocation factor, maintaining proportionality between fee use and those who generate demand.
Those allocation factors are applied to the net fee-eligible share of the capital program, totaling $56,097,263, which re�lects the City’s growth-eligible project costs after accounting for the current fund balance. The resulting category subtotals are then converted to fee schedule units consistent with AB-602, so that residential and nonresidential fees are expressed per square foot and Commercial Lodging is expressed per Room. This process yields the maximum justi�ied fee by land use category and maintains the reasonable relationship between new development, the runoff it generates, and the facilities funded through the program.
Table 6-3
Allocation of Development Cost per Land Use
Land Use
Effective
Impervious
Acres
(Growth)
Percentage
of Growth
Effective
Impervious
Acres
Allocation of
Expansion
Costs
Development
Impact Fee
Per SF/Room
Single-Family Residential 951 26.15% $14,668,270 $0.886/SF Multiple-Family Residential 822 22.60% $12,678,568 $2.388/SF Mobile Home Dwelling Units 17 0.47% $262,209 $1.311/SF
Commercial Lodging Rooms 11 0.30% $169,665 $362.53/Room Retail, Commercial, & Service Uses 550 15.12% $8,483,226 $0.707/SF Industrial Uses 536 14.74% $8,267,290 $0.645/SF
Institutional Uses 750 20.62% $11,568,036 $18.339/SF
Total 3,637 100% $56,097,263 -
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Existing Community Financial Commitment Comparison
The City’s existing storm drainage system represents $70,594,228 in community equity (replacement value of existing assets). In addition, the Flood Control Fund held a balance of $6,864,347 as of June 30, 2024. For fee calculation purposes, this fund balance is applied as a �inancing offset to the gross growth-eligible share of the capital program and is not included in the equity amount above. Using the study’s runoff-coef�icient framework, Table 6-4 allocates the existing equity across the fee land use classes—Single-Family Residential, Multiple-Family Residential, Mobile Home Dwelling Units, Commercial Lodging Rooms, Retail, Commercial, & Service Uses, Industrial Uses, and Institutional Uses—for comparison to the proposed fee schedule.
This comparison shows the existing community has already �inanced the current drainage service level; new development pays only its proportional, growth-related share of capacity-expanding planning and improvements. Fee schedule units remain per square foot for residential and nonresidential development, and per Room for Commercial Lodging Rooms, as established earlier.
Table 6-4
Allocation of Existing Community Financial Commitment
Land Use
Effective
Impervious
Acres
Percentage
of Existing
Effective
Impervious
Acres
Allocation of
Existing Costs
Existing
Financial
Commitment
Per SF/Room
Single-Family Residential 2,419 33.13% $25,663,922 $0.576/SF Multiple-Family Residential 523 7.16% $5,548,669 $0.659/SF Mobile Home Dwelling Units 780 10.68% $8,275,262 $0.727/SF Commercial Lodging Rooms 12 0.16% $127,312 $241/Room
Retail, Commercial, & Service
Uses 681 9.33% $7,224,940 $0.995/SF
Industrial Uses 318 4.36% $3,373,761 $1.909/SF
Institutional Uses 2,568 35.17% $27,244,709 $12.452/SF
Total 7,301 100% $77,458,575 -
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Table 6-5 presents the recommended Flood Control development impact fees by land use, expressed per square foot for residential and nonresidential development, and per Room for Commercial Lodging Rooms. For the fee schedule, the existing Flood Control fund balance of $6,864,347 is deducted from the growth-eligible program cost before deriving fees. The schedule is derived from the fee-eligible growth share of the capital program, allocated to land use classes in proportion to their runoff contributions using the study’s runoff-coef�icient method. The schedule re�lects the maximum justi�ied amounts consistent with the Mitigation Fee Act. The City Council may adopt the fees in whole or in part and may apply rounding, indexing by an appropriate cost index, or other policy adjustments, provided the adopted schedule does not exceed the maximum justi�ied fee amounts documented in this chapter and maintains the required reasonable relationship between new runoff and the capacity provided, as documented in this chapter.
Table 6-5
Summary of Proposed Development Impact Fees
Land Use Per SF/Room
Single-Family Residential $0.886/SF
Multiple-Family Residential $2.388/SF
Mobile Home Dwelling Units $1.311/SF
Commercial Lodging Rooms $362.53/Room
Retail, Commercial, & Service Uses $0.707/SF
Industrial Uses $0.645/SF
Institutional Uses $18.339/SF
Current Flood Control Development Impact Fees
The City of Hemet currently levies a Flood Control (Storm Drainage Facilities) development impact fee under Fund 326 of its adopted Development Impact Fee Program. The Flood Control Fee supports street gutter facilities, inlets, and a pipeline network of storm drain lines that convey runoff to smaller lines, creeks, aqueducts, and channels across the City.
According to the City’s FY 2023–24 AB-1600 Annual Report, the Flood Control Fund (Fund 326) held a balance of $6,864,347 as of June 30, 2024. This amount re�lects a beginning balance of $5,917,438, plus revenues of $741,923 in new Flood Control fees, $169,922 in interest income, and $60,690 in fair-market-value adjustments, offset by $25,626 in project expenditures. The $6,864,347 represents 128
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City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report cumulative contributions from prior and ongoing development activity and forms the existing reserve for the Flood Control Program.
The current adopted Flood Control (Storm Drainage Facilities) fee amounts (FY 2023–24, as summarized in the Annual Report) are $1,405 per Single-Family Dwelling Unit, $2,030 per Townhome/Duplex Dwelling Unit, $474 per Multifamily Dwelling Unit, $1,147 per Mobile Home/Senior Dwelling Unit, $0.402 per square foot for Commercial/Of�ice development, and $0.344 per square foot for Industrial development. These legacy rates remain in effect pending adoption of the updated fee program presented in this chapter.
The updated Flood Control fee schedule developed herein will replace the legacy rates with values that re�lect current construction costs, veri�ied runoff-based growth allocations, and compliance with the Mitigation Fee Act and AB-602. Upon adoption, the revised fees will provide a modernized and defensible funding mechanism for storm drainage improvements identi�ied in the City’s capital program.
Five Findings
1. Purpose of the Fee
The storm drain development impact fee (DIF) funds the growth-related share of facilities needed to accommodate additional runoff from new development. The fee allows the City to maintain its adopted level of storm drainage protection by adding capacity where needed as development occurs. Revenues are limited to capitalized, capacity-adding costs attributable to growth; routine maintenance or like-for-like replacement without added capacity is not fee-eligible.
2. Use of the Fee
Fee revenues will be used to fund the growth-related share of the storm drainage capital program identified in this chapter. For this update, the capital scope consists of five basinlevel regional drainage projects (FC-001 through FC-005), as documented in Appendix J.
Expenditures are limited to capacity-increasing costs associated with these projects—such as planning, design, land or easements if required, permitting, construction, and other capacity-adding elements. Operations, maintenance, and like-for-like replacement without added capacity are not eligible. Fee revenues are programmed for improvements that serve the City’s integrated drainage system and help maintain the adopted level of protection as development occurs.
3. Relationship Between the Fee’s Use and the Type of Development The fee is charged to new developments in proportion to the runoff they generate. Runoff coef�icients are applied to land uses to measure impervious surface increases and allocate costs accordingly. This ensures that each development type pays only for the drainage impacts it creates.
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4. Relationship Between the Need for the Facilities and the Type of Development New development increases the extent of impervious surfaces, which in turn increases stormwater runoff, requiring additional capacity in the storm drainage system. Without new improvements, the level of service provided to the existing community would diminish. The fee establishes a reasonable relationship between the need for expanded storm drainage facilities and the additional runoff generated by new development.
5. Relationship Between the Amount of the Fee and the Cost Attributable to Development
The fee amount is based on allocating the growth share of project costs across development units, using effective impervious acreage as the demand metric. The resulting fees re�lect only the portion of costs attributable to new development. Existing community needs are excluded from the fee program, ensuring compliance with the proportionality requirements of the Mitigation Fee Act.
Implementation and Compliance Notes
Adoption & Program Structure: Adopt the updated Flood Control (Storm Drainage Facilities) development impact fee by Council ordinance or resolution, and continue administering it through a single citywide fund.
Dedicated Accounting: Maintain one citywide fund with project-level subledgers; continue recording interest earnings, credits, reimbursements, and all activity required for annual AB-1600 reporting.
Eligible uses: Limit expenditures to the growth-related, capacity-increasing share of the basin-level projects identi�ied in this chapter and documented in Appendix J. Routine operations, maintenance, and like-for-like replacement without added capacity are not eligible.
Timing of Collection: State in the adopting action that the fee is due at the certi�icate of occupancy or �inal inspection.
Indexing: Authorize annual indexing by an appropriate cost index to maintain purchasing power of the schedule (e.g., construction cost or CPI as applicable to item types).
Credits/reimbursements: Provide for credits or reimbursement agreements when an applicant constructs an eligible capacity project on the adopted list to avoid double payment; maintain audit trails in the fund.
AB-1600 reporting: Continue the City’s annual development fee report and public presentation and make the required �ive-year �indings for any unspent balances, consistent with the Mitigation Fee Act.
Consistency statements: In the adopting action, state that the citywide fee may be programmed for improvements anywhere in the City where they serve the integrated drainage system and maintain the adopted level of protection.
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City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report References
JLC Engineering Consulting, Inc., & Michael Baker International. (2023). Hemet Valley Master Drainage Plan: Storm drain alignment alternative analyses—Hemet and Winchester study areas. Hemet: City of Hemet.
State Water Resources Control Board. (2011). Runoff coefficient (C) fact sheet (Fact Sheet 5.1.3 FS- (RC)). The Clean Water Team Guidance Compendium for Watershed Monitoring and Assessment.
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Water System Facilities
Purpose and Scope
Purpose: Establish a Water System Facilities development impact fee (DIF) so new development served by the City of Hemet water system funds its fair, proportional share of capacity needed to maintain the City’s established level of water service as system demand increases within the City’s water service area. The program covers storage, transmission, and distribution facilities that provide capacity to City-served development. This chapter provides the current nexus basis and fee calculations speci�ic to Water System Facilities, aligned with the City’s adopted land use categories and fee-unit conventions (residential and nonresidential per square foot, and Commercial Lodging per Room). Fee revenues are limited to capitalized, growth-related costs and do not fund repair or like-for-like replacement, except where a project element increases capacity attributable to growth.
For context, the chapter brie�ly summarizes program administration and the high-level method used to determine growth shares within the City’s water service area; detailed methodology, cost allocation, and related �indings are addressed in subsequent sections.
Water Service Providers and Program Applicability: Water service within the City of Hemet is provided by multiple agencies. The City of Hemet owns and operates a municipal water system that serves a de�ined water service area within City limits. Other areas of the City are served by Eastern Municipal Water District and Lake Hemet Municipal Water District. The Water System Facilities Development Impact Fee addressed in this chapter applies only to development that will receive water service from the City of Hemet water system. Development served by other water providers is not subject to this fee.
Scope of Improvements: The Water System Facilities program encompasses capacity-increasing investments across three areas, storage, transmission, and distribution, within the City of Hemet water service area, as re�lected in the current project list.
Storage improvements include new or expanded reservoirs and tanks, with associated site, piping, and control systems, that add usable storage volume to serve development connected to the City’s water system. Transmission projects involve new or upsized trunk mains, booster facilities, and pressure-zone upgrades that provide conveyance capacity to move additional �lows within the Cityserved system. Distribution projects address new corridor mains and the upsizing of undersized grid mains, valves, and appurtenances needed to maintain operating pressure and �ire-�low reliability as new connections occur in City-served areas.
This chapter frames the fee update around these water projects so that new development served by the City of Hemet water system contributes its fair, proportional share toward the added system capacity required to maintain the City’s established level of service as system demand increases within the water service area. Additional capacity projects may be incorporated through a future update consistent with this program’s methodology.
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City of Hemet 2026-27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report Eligible uses of the Water System Facilities DIF are limited to growth-related capital costs associated with the capacity-adding elements of these categories, such as planning, design, land or easement acquisition (if required), permitting, construction, and integration of related controls and interconnections. Routine maintenance, repair, or like-for-like replacement is not eligible, except where a project element demonstrably increases capacity attributable to growth.
Scope of Bene�iciaries: Water System Facilities capacity improvements bene�it both existing residents and businesses served by the City of Hemet water system and new development that places demand on the City of Hemet water system, because added capacity preserves water service as system demand increases with growth in City-served areas. Rather than focusing on a single project, this program is structured around capacity-increasing improvements across storage, transmission, and distribution, where upsizing or new facilities are required to meet projected demands and maintain the City’s established level of service within the water service area. The growth-related share of these improvements will be funded by new development; any remaining share is attributable to the existing community or other non-DIF sources.
The growth share is allocated across the study’s fee land use classes in proportion to each class’s contribution to additional water demand within the City’s water service area, under the City’s levelof-service framework. This maintains a proportional nexus between the fee and those who bene�it from the added capacity.
Scope of Nexus: This fee program funds capacity-increasing improvements within the City’s Water System Facilities, storage, transmission, and distribution, that serve development connected to the City of Hemet water system, where added capacity is required to maintain the established level of service as system demand increases with development that places demand on the City of Hemet water system. The nexus is based on average-day water demand measured in gallons per day (GPD):
as new development served by the City’s water system increases GPD, additional system capacity is required to sustain service standards.
Water demand for each fee land use category is measured using GPD-based generation factors developed for this study from the City’s adopted water planning documents. Residential demand is expressed on a per-dwelling-unit basis; nonresidential demand is expressed on a per-acre basis. For Water, Commercial Lodging Rooms demand is estimated using a proxy of 512 GPD per acre applied to lodging acres within the City’s water service area. Fees for lodging remain per Room: the lodging share of growth-related costs is divided by total Rooms to derive the per Room fee. These locally derived factors provide the quantitative basis for allocating growth-related costs in proportion to each land use category’s contribution to future water demand within the City’s water service area, maintaining a clear and proportional nexus between those who generate demand and the facilities they help fund. The data inputs and planning framework are drawn from the City’s Water System Master Plan (Stetson Engineers Inc., 2021) and the 2020 Urban Water Management Plan (Stetson Engineers Inc., 2021) .
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Assets and Infrastructure: Hemet’s water system consists of supply, storage, transmission, and distribution facilities that deliver potable water to customers and provide the required �ire-�low capacity within the City’s water service area. City records and adopted water planning documents con�irm three active production wells and four storage tanks totaling approximately 5.0 million gallons currently in service. Transmission facilities include trunk and pressure-zone mains that move water between storage and demand areas within the City-served system, while the distribution grid is composed of smaller mains and appurtenances, including valves, hydrants, and system interconnections, that maintain operating pressures and ire-�low reliability for City-served development.
The City’s water system also includes interconnections with Eastern Municipal Water District and an emergency interconnection with Lake Hemet Municipal Water District, which support operational �lexibility and emergency response. These interconnections are existing system components; however, replacement-cost values are not assigned at this time due to the absence of capitalized cost records.
For this chapter, the existing system baseline re�lects the City’s currently active water system facilities within the water service area. Although prior planning documents identify a broader historical inventory, only assets con�irmed as active are included in the baseline. This baseline provides the framework for establishing the City’s existing water system and for identifying capacity-adding Water System Facilities improvements in later sections.
Existing Financial Commitment: City records indicate the existing community’s equity in Water System Facilities totals $19,250,000, stated at 2025 replacement costs. This total consists of $10,500,000 for three active production wells and $8,750,000 for storage facilities totaling approximately 5.0 million gallons, based on documented unit costs applied to the City’s con�irmed existing asset inventory. Water system interconnections with the Eastern Municipal Water District and the Lake Hemet Municipal Water District are existing system components but are not assigned replacement-cost values at this time due to the absence of capitalized cost records. There is no Water System Facilities fund balance identi�ied for netting at this time.
For transparency and proportionality, the valued existing system total is distributed across the study’s fee land use classes using the same gallons-per-day (GPD) demand framework applied in the fee calculation. This approach provides a consistent comparison between the existing community’s investment in Water System Facilities and the proportionate shares assigned to new development in the Water System Facilities fee schedule.
Level of Service: The City’s water level of service is de�ined by the ability of the City of Hemet water system to produce, store, transmit, and distribute potable water to development served by the City’s water system while maintaining required operating pressures and �ire-�low reliability within the City’s water service area. System demand is measured as average daily water demand, expressed in gallons per day (GPD). For this study, demand is quanti�ied using locally derived generation factors by land use category, expressed in GPD per dwelling unit for residential uses and GPD per acre for 134
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The adopted demand factors are:
• Single-Family Residential: 395 GPD per dwelling unit
• Multiple-Family Residential: 311 GPD per dwelling unit • Mobile Home Dwelling Units: 176 GPD per dwelling unit • Commercial Lodging Rooms: Demand is estimated using 512 GPD per acre applied to lodging acres (proxy). Fees remain per Room (allocation by demand; fee derivation by Rooms).
• Retail, Commercial, & Service Uses: 512 GPD per acre
• Industrial Uses: 258 GPD per acre
• Institutional Uses: 41 GPD per acre
These factors quantify each land use’s relative contribution to system loading within the City’s water service area; higher factors correspond to greater water demand and, therefore, a larger share of capacity needs. Together with the existing system values reported in this chapter’s Existing System section, this GPD-based framework establishes the City’s baseline water service level against which future growth impacts are evaluated and growth-related capacity costs are allocated.
Growth and Demand
Growth Inputs: This chapter measures growth using the City’s land use database (LUDB) quantities for new development within the City’s water service area over the study horizon, expressed as dwelling units for residential categories and acres for nonresidential categories. For the Water System Facilities program, Commercial Lodging Rooms demand is estimated using a proxy of 512 GPD per acre applied to lodging acres within the water service area; fees remain assessed per Room.
Each land use category is paired with the adopted water-demand factor (GPD) established in the Level of Service section—expressed per dwelling unit for residential uses and per acre for nonresidential uses—so that higher-demand land uses generate proportionally more water demand per unit of growth. The resulting category GPD totals establish each class’s share of growth-related demand on the City’s water system and provide the basis for allocating fee-eligible capacity costs and deriving maximum justi�ied fees. The analysis applies these factors only to land uses served by the City of Hemet water system, maintaining consistent de�initions and applicability throughout this chapter.
Application of Water Service Area to Demand Calculations Because the City of Hemet does not provide water service citywide, the Water System Facilities demand base evaluated in this chapter is limited to development and existing uses that generate demand on the City’s water system. Areas served by other water providers do not place demand on City-owned water facilities and are therefore excluded from the analysis.
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City of Hemet 2026-27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report inputs used in the Water System Facilities model. Service-area adjustments are applied to the demand-driving inputs, while the adopted per-unit water demand factors are held constant.
Residential demand is screened by adjusting potential and existing dwelling unit counts to represent the portion of residential development served by the City of Hemet water system. The adjustment is based on a planning-level evaluation of the City’s water service area and the distribution of residential land uses, informed by adopted land use designations and mapped development patterns. The resulting City-served residential demand is then converted to average daily water demand using the adopted gallons-per-day (GPD) per dwelling unit factors established in this chapter.
Nonresidential demand is screened by applying service-area inclusion adjustments to the calculated land-use water demand values. This approach represents the portion of nonresidential demand attributable to development served by the City’s water system while maintaining consistency with the adopted water demand factors expressed per acre or per square foot.
The service-area screening is applied consistently to both existing and potential conditions to maintain an apples-to-apples comparison between the City’s existing water system demand base and future growth. This ensures that demand, cost allocation, and fee calculations re�lect only water demand attributable to City-served development and mirrors the service-area adjustment framework used in the Wastewater System Facilities chapter.
Method: This chapter converts growth to water demand by applying adopted average-day waterdemand factors, expressed in gallons per day (GPD), to land uses that place demand on the City of Hemet water system. The City does not provide water service citywide. As documented in the City’s adopted Water System Master Plan and Urban Water Management Plan, the City owns and operates a municipal water system serving a de�ined portion of the City, encompassing approximately 5.25 square miles, while other areas within City limits are served by Eastern Municipal Water District and Lake Hemet Municipal Water District. For purposes of this analysis, water demand and system costs were evaluated only for development that places demand on the City’s water system. Development served by other water providers was not evaluated because it does not rely on, bene�it from, or place demand on City water facilities.
Existing system demand is summarized in Table 7-1: Existing Average Daily Water Demand (GPD) and re�lects water demand generated by existing development that places demand on the City’s water system. Projected demand from new development is summarized in Table 7-2: Projected Average Daily Water Demand from Growth (GPD) and is calculated by multiplying residential dwelling units by the applicable GPD-per-dwelling-unit factors and nonresidential development by the applicable GPD-per-acre factors. For nonresidential uses, acreage is used for the water-demand conversion, while building square feet are reported for contextual reference.
Total water demand for analytical purposes is calculated as the sum of land-use GPD totals for development that places demand on the City’s water system, rather than as a citywide total, because only City-served development utilizes City water facilities and contributes to the need for City-funded system capacity. Each land use’s share of demand is expressed as a percentage of total City-served system demand, calculated as that land use’s GPD divided by the total GPD for all City-served development. These demand percentages are carried forward to Table 7-3: Allocation of 136
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Allocated cost amounts are then divided by the applicable growth measures used in the fee schedule to derive the maximum justi�ied Water System Facilities fees. By evaluating demand and system costs only for development that places demand on the City’s water system, and by allocating costs based on relative water demand among those users, this method ensures that the Water System Facilities Development Impact Fee is proportionate to the burden placed on City facilities and consistent with the requirements of the Mitigation Fee Act and Assembly Bill 602.
Scope of Included Demand Metric: The demand metric used to allocate Water System Facilities costs is average daily water demand, expressed in gallons per day (GPD). This metric converts the physical extent of development into an equivalent water loading by applying land use-speci�ic generation factors, allowing development of different types and intensities to be evaluated on a consistent basis based on the demand they place on the City of Hemet water system. Only water demand generated by development that places demand on the City’s water system is included in the analysis.
Each land use’s contribution depends on its adopted GPD factor and its development intensity (for example, dwelling units per acre for residential uses and acres for nonresidential uses). Accordingly, relative demand varies by both land use type and intensity, rather than any single category universally generating more demand than another. By standardizing water demand across all land uses, the GPD framework provides a common unit for comparing relative impacts and distributing costs proportionately, so each land use pays only its fair share of growth-related Water System Facilities costs attributable to demand on the City’s system.
The calculation of existing average daily water demand using this GPD framework is summarized in Table 7-1: Existing Average Daily Water Demand (GPD).
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Existing Average Daily Water Demand (GPD)
Land Use Units/Acres Gallons Per
Day
Existing
Average Daily
Water
Demand
(GPD)
Single-Family Residential 11,232.60 395 4,436,877
Multiple-Family Residential 6,976.80 311 2,169,785
Mobile Home Dwelling Units 7,509.60 176 1,321,690
Commercial Lodging Rooms 14.85 512 7,603
Retail, Commercial, & Service Uses 798.75 512 408,957
Industrial Uses 295.10 258 76,136
Institutional Uses 2,833.28 41 116,164
Total - - 8,537,212
Note: Residential entries show dwelling units. Nonresidential entries show acres to align with the GPD-per-acre factors in the Level of Service. Commercial Lodging Rooms demand is estimated using 512 GPD per acre (proxy) applied to lodging acres; fees remain per Room. Building square feet are reported later for fee units (per AB-602).
Resulting Service Demand: Applying the adopted GPD factors to the Land Use Database growth yields a total of 3,651,569 GPD of projected average-day water demand from new development that places demand on the City of Hemet water system. This total represents the service demand attributable to growth on the City’s water system and serves as the basis for allocating growth-eligible Water System Facilities capacity costs.
Each land use’s share of this demand—calculated from the Daily Water Demand values summarized in Table 7-2: Projected Average Daily Water Demand from Growth (GPD)—is used to allocate growthrelated costs proportionately. The resulting percentage shares are re�lected in Table 7-3: Allocation of Development Cost per Land Use.
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Projected Average Daily Water Demand (GPD)
Land Use Units/Acres Gallons Per
Day
Projected
Average Daily
Water
Demand
(GPD)
Single-Family Residential 4,311.00 395 1,702,845
Multiple-Family Residential 4,587.20 311 1,426,619
Mobile Home Dwelling Units 128.00 176 22,528
Commercial Lodging Rooms 13.05 512 6,682
Retail, Commercial, & Service
Uses 645.40 512 330,443
Industrial Uses 498.16 258 128,525
Institutional Uses 827.50 41 33,927
Total - - 3,651,569
Capacity Implications: As growth increases water demand, the City’s water system must provide additional storage, transmission, and distribution capacity to maintain the established level of service for development that places demand on the City’s water system. Capacity is added where constraints occur, including upsizing mains where projected �lows exceed available capacity, extending or constructing new transmission and distribution facilities to serve growth areas and maintain operating pressures and �ire-�low reliability, and adding storage where operating or emergency volume thresholds are approached. Routine repair or like-for-like replacement is not fee-eligible unless a project element increases capacity attributable to growth.
This study converts Land Use Database growth to water demand expressed in gallons per day (GPD) and uses the resulting total growth-related demand placed on the City’s water system to apportion the growth-eligible share of Water System Facilities costs across land uses. The near-term capital scope evaluated in this chapter encompasses capacity-adding storage, transmission, and distribution improvements required to convey projected �lows and sustain operating pressures for City-served development. Fee-eligible costs are allocated to land uses in proportion to each category’s share of total growth-related GPD demand, as summarized in Table 7-2: Projected Average Daily Water Demand from Growth (GPD).
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City of Hemet 2026-27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report total growth-related demand used for cost allocation. Project sizing and siting draw on the City’s adopted water planning documents and engineering review to identify where added capacity is necessary to serve growth while maintaining existing service levels.
Allocation by Land Use: Allocation follows a consistent, demand-based sequence. For each fee land use category, growth, expressed as dwelling units for residential uses and acres for nonresidential uses, is converted to water demand using the adopted gallons-per-day (GPD) factors established in the Level of Service section. Summing these demand calculations establishes the total average daily water demand from growth that places demand on the City of Hemet water system, and each category’s proportion of that total becomes its allocation share.
These proportional shares are applied to the growth-eligible portion of the Water System Facilities capital program evaluated in this update to produce category-speci�ic cost subtotals. Subtotals are then converted to fee schedule units consistent with Assembly Bill 602: residential and nonresidential fees are expressed on a per-square-foot basis, and Commercial Lodging fees are expressed per Room. For Commercial Lodging, building square feet are reported for fee units, with acreage used only for the water-demand conversion.
This approach ensures that cost allocation remains directly tied to each land use’s relative contribution to water demand placed on the City’s water system and to the capacity provided to serve that demand.
Capacity Sizing and Capital Program: Capacity is sized to maintain the City’s existing water level of service as development occurs that places demand on the City of Hemet water system. Project sizing and prioritization follow the gallons-per-day (GPD)–based demand framework used throughout this chapter. Projects that add capacity—such as upsizing transmission or distribution mains, extending or constructing new facilities to serve growth areas, or adding storage where required—are eligible only for the capacity-increase share attributable to growth that places demand on the City’s system.
Routine repair or like-for-like replacement without added capacity is not fee-eligible.
For this update, the capital scope is limited to a de�ined set of capacity-adding Water System Facilities improvements required to convey projected �lows and sustain operating pressures for City-served development. Growth-eligible costs associated with these improvements are allocated to land use categories using the GPD-based method described above, re�lecting each category’s relative contribution to water demand placed on the City’s water system. The resulting allocations carry forward to the fee schedule presentation.
The following section presents the speci�ic capacity-adding improvements included in this update and documents their scope, purpose, and eligibility, consistent with the sizing and allocation approach described here.
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City of Hemet 2026-27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report Water System Facilities Projects
Project ID: WT-001
Project Title: Distribution System Upgrades (4″ to 8″ Mains, Various Locations) Description: Upsize undersized 4-inch distribution mains to 8-inch in growth-affected areas to increase conveyance capacity, maintain operating pressures and �ire-�low reliability, and preserve the City’s established level of service as development occurs. Improvements are limited to capacityincreasing segments; routine repair or like-for-like replacement without added capacity is excluded.
Size/Scope: Program total 5,000 Linear Feet (LF) of 8-inch main (�ive 1,000-LF packages).
Location: Citywide (segments identi�ied at design).
New Development Share: 83.8% – $659,716 (to be funded through Water System Facilities Impact Fees)
Existing Community Share: 16.2% – $126,784 (not eligible for impact fee funding) Total Cost: $786,500
Timing: 2026–2036
Project ID: WT-002
Project Title: Echo Hills 2.0 million gallons (MG) Storage Tank Description: Construct a new 2.0-million-gallon welded-steel storage tank at the Echo Hills site to add operational and emergency storage needed under projected growth while maintaining service standards. Only the incremental capacity attributable to growth is included in the fee program.
Size/Scope: 2.0 MG welded-steel tank with site/civil, piping, Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), and fencing.
Location: Echo Hills tank site.
New Development Share: 5% – $227,500 (to be funded through Water System Facilities Impact Fees)
Existing Community Share: 95% – $4,322,500 (not eligible for impact fee funding) Total Cost: $4,550,000
Timing: 2026–2036
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City of Hemet 2026-27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report Project ID: WT-003
Project Title: Echo Hills Distribution Main Upsizing
Description: Upsize approximately 6,283 LF of existing 12-inch main to 18-inch in the Echo Hills area to increase distribution capacity and maintain pressures and �ire-�low under growth conditions.
Work includes pipe, appurtenances, services/transitions, and pavement restoration.
Size/Scope: 6,283 LF upsizing (12″ to 18″).
Location: Echo Hills service area (alignment per design).
New Development Share: 65.5% – $802,496 (to be funded through Water System Facilities Impact Fees)
Existing Community Share: 34.5% – $422,689 (not eligible for impact fee funding) Total Cost: $1,225,185
Timing: 2026–2036
Project ID: WT-004
Project Title: Groundwater Recharge Pipeline (Dedicated Conveyance to Park Hill) Description: Construct a new transmission main (approximately 6,653 linear feet) to convey treated potable water from the City’s distribution system in the Mountain Avenue / Esplanade Avenue area to the Park Hill storage tanks. The project improves operational �lexibility, supports pressure management, and provides transmission capacity needed to serve projected growth while maintaining the City’s established level of water service. The pipeline does not convey recharge water and does not connect to or utilize Eastern Municipal Water District recharge facilities.
Size/Scope: 6,653 LF transmission main with appurtenances and tie-ins.
Location: Mountain Avenue / Esplanade Avenue area to Park Hill storage tanks.
New Development Share: 100% – $1,513,550 (to be funded through Water System Facilities Impact Fees)
Existing Community Share: 0% – $0 (not eligible for impact fee funding) Total Cost: $1,513,550
Timing: 2026–2036
Project ID: WT-005
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City of Hemet 2026-27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report Description: Upsize approximately 8,200 LF of existing 14-inch transmission main to 16-inch between Park Hill and Florida Avenue to increase capacity for projected growth while maintaining pressures and �ire-�low. Work includes pipe, appurtenances, services/transitions, and pavement restoration.
Size/Scope: 8,200 LF upsizing (14″ to 16″).
Location: Park Hill to Florida Avenue corridor.
New Development Share: 29.6% – $552,188 (to be funded through Water System Facilities Impact Fees)
Existing Community Share: 70.4% – $1,313,312 (not eligible for impact fee funding) Total Cost: $1,865,500
Timing: 2026–2036
Project ID: WT-006
Project Title: Stetson Avenue Distribution Main (New 12″ Corridor Segment, 5,000 LF) Description: Install a new 12-inch distribution main along the Stetson Avenue corridor to provide additional distribution capacity required by growth and maintain the City’s level of service. Work includes pipe, appurtenances, services/transitions, and pavement restoration.
Size/Scope: 5,000 LF of new 12″ main.
Location: Stetson Avenue corridor (exact alignment re�ined at design).
New Development Share: 100% – $1,072,500 (to be funded through Water System Facilities Impact Fees)
Existing Community Share: 0% – $0 (not eligible for impact fee funding) Total Cost: $1,072,500
Timing: 2026–2036
Allocation of Project Costs
The cost allocations in this chapter re�lect only the share of each improvement that adds capacity for growth, consistent with the City’s adopted planning framework. For pipeline upsizing projects, the growth share equals the fraction of hydraulic capacity created by increasing diameter (with baseline, pre-project capacity attributed to the existing community). Capacity relationships and corridor needs are drawn from the City’s Water and Sewer Master Plan Update, which identi�ies undersized corridors and transmission/distribution constraints to be relieved as development increases system loading.
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City of Hemet 2026-27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report facility), 100% of the cost is assigned to growth because all delivered capacity is incremental relative to the existing system; siting and function for these additions follow Master Plan direction. For storage, the split follows the Master Plan’s storage-requirement framework: the portion of volume needed to meet current operational/emergency requirements is attributed to the existing community, and only the incremental volume required by future average-day and �ire-�low demands is included as growth. System demand context and average-day benchmarks used to frame these sizing decisions are taken from the 2020 Urban Water Management Plan, which documents Hemet’s measured use and planning horizon conditions.
Applying this method, each project’s total cost is divided into a growth-related component, which is eligible for inclusion in the Water System Facilities Development Impact Fee, and an existing-system component, which is funded from non-fee sources. The growth-eligible cost subtotal is carried forward to Table 7-3: Allocation of Development Cost per Land Use and is distributed across land use categories in proportion to each category’s share of projected average-day water demand from growth that places demand on the City of Hemet water system, as summarized in Table 7-2: Projected Average Daily Water Demand from Growth (GPD). This approach preserves the proportional relationship between growth-related demand on the City’s water system and the capacity provided to serve that demand.
Derivation of Maximum Justi�ied Fees
The maximum justi�ied Water System Facilities fee is derived by linking growth-eligible costs to the average-day water demand, expressed in gallons per day (GPD), generated by new development that places demand on the City of Hemet water system, and expressing the results in fee units. Growth by land use category is converted to demand using the adopted GPD factors from the Level of Service section—per dwelling unit for residential uses and per acre for nonresidential uses. Each category’s share of the total GPD from growth placed on the City’s water system becomes its allocation factor, maintaining proportionality between fee use and the development that generates demand.
These allocation factors are applied to the fee-eligible share of the capital program evaluated in this update. The resulting category cost subtotals are then converted to fee schedule units consistent with Assembly Bill 602, such that residential and nonresidential fees are expressed on a per-square-foot basis, and Commercial Lodging fees are expressed per Room. This process yields the maximum justi�ied Water System Facilities fee by land use category. [This space left blank to fit the following table on one page.] 144
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Allocation of Development Cost per Land Use
Land Use
Average
Daily Water
Demand
(GPD)
Percentage
of Growth
Demand
Allocation of
Expansion
Costs
Development
Impact Fee
Per SF/Room
Single-Family Residential 1,702,845 46.63% $2,251,430 $0.227/SF Multiple-Family Residential 1,426,619 39.07% $1,886,215 $0.444/SF Mobile Home Dwelling Units 22,528 0.62% $29,786 $0.186/SF Commercial Lodging Rooms 6,682 0.18% $8,835 $21/Room
Retail, Commercial, & Service
Uses 330,443 9.05% $436,898 $0.043/SF
Industrial Uses 128,525 3.52% $169,930 $0.020/SF
Institutional Uses 33,927 0.93% $44,857 $0.089/SF
Total 3,651,569 100.00% $4,827,950 -
Existing Community Financial Commitment Comparison
The City’s existing Water System Facilities represent $19,250,000 in community equity at 2025 replacement cost. This total consists of three active production wells ($10,500,000) and storage facilities totaling approximately 5.0 million gallons ($8,750,000), based on the City’s con�irmed existing asset inventory and documented unit costs. Water system interconnections are existing system components, but are not assigned replacement-cost values at this time due to the absence of capitalized cost records. There is no identi�ied Water System Facilities fund balance to net against program costs at this time.
Using the study’s gallons-per-day (GPD) demand framework, this existing community equity is allocated across land use categories in proportion to each category’s share of existing average-day water demand that places demand on the City of Hemet water system, as summarized in Table 7-1:
Existing Average Daily Water Demand (GPD). This approach provides a like-for-like comparison to the proposed fee schedule and demonstrates proportionality between existing development’s demand on the City’s water system and the capacity already provided. [This space left blank to fit the following table on one page.] 145
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Allocation of Existing Community Financial Commitment
Land Use
Average
Daily Water
Demand
(GPD)
Percentage
of Existing
Demand
Allocation of
Existing Costs
Existing
Financial
Commitment
Per SF/Room
Single-Family Residential 4,436,877 51.97% $10,004,423 $0.374/SF Multiple-Family Residential 2,169,785 25.42% $4,892,506 $0.727/SF Mobile Home Dwelling Units 1,321,690 15.48% $2,980,192 $0.327/SF Commercial Lodging Rooms 7,603 0.09% $17,144 $36/Room
Retail, Commercial, & Service
Uses 408,957 4.79% $922,130 $0.149/SF
Industrial Uses 76,136 0.89% $171,674 $0.149/SF
Institutional Uses 116,164 1.36% $261,931 $0.150/SF
Total 8,537,212 100.00% $19,250,000 -
Fee Schedule and Summary
Table 7-5 presents the recommended Water System Facilities Development Impact Fee (DIF), expressed on a per-square-foot basis for residential and nonresidential development and on a perRoom basis for Commercial Lodging. The fee schedule is derived from the fee-eligible growth share of the capital program and is allocated to land use categories in proportion to their contributions to average-day water demand (GPD) generated by development that places demand on the City of Hemet water system, using the study’s GPD-based methodology.
The resulting fee schedule re�lects the maximum justi�ied Water System Facilities DIF consistent with the Mitigation Fee Act. The City Council may adopt the fees in whole or in part and may apply rounding, indexing by an appropriate cost index, or other policy adjustments, provided the adopted fee schedule maintains the required reasonable relationship between new water demand placed on the City’s water system and the capacity provided, as documented in this chapter. [This space left blank to fit the following table on one page.] 146
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Summary of Proposed Development Impact Fees
Land Use Per SF/Room
Single-Family Residential $0.227/SF
Multiple-Family Residential $0.444/SF
Mobile Home Dwelling Units $0.186/SF
Commercial Lodging Rooms $21/Room
Retail, Commercial, & Service Uses $0.043/SF
Industrial Uses $0.020/SF
Institutional Uses $0.089/SF
Current Water Facilities Development Impact Fees
The City does not currently levy a Water System Facilities DIF. The FY 2023–24 Development Impact Fee Annual Report lists all active DIF funds (Public Meetings Facilities, General Facilities, Flood Control, Bridges/Streets/Traf�ic, Law Enforcement, Fire, Park Development, Valley-Wide Park Development, and Library), and none pertains to Water System Facilities. Accordingly, there is no existing water fee schedule or fund balance to report. Adoption of this chapter would establish a Water System Facilities fee and corresponding fund going forward.
Five Findings
1. Purpose of the Fee
The Water System Facilities Development Impact Fee (DIF) funds the growth-related share of facilities needed to accommodate additional average-day water demand generated by new development that places demand on the City of Hemet water system. The fee enables the City to maintain its established level of water service by adding storage, transmission, and distribution capacity where needed as development occurs. Fee revenues are limited to capitalized, capacity-adding costs attributable to growth; routine maintenance or like-for-like replacement without added capacity is not fee-eligible.
2. Use of the Fee
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3. Relationship Between the Fee’s Use and the Type of Development The fee is charged to new development in proportion to the water demand it generates.
Adopted GPD factors are applied to each land use to quantify average-day demand and allocate growth-eligible costs accordingly. This ensures each development type pays only for the water-system impacts it creates and the capacity it requires.
4. Relationship Between the Need for the Facilities and the Type of Development New development increases average-day water demand (GPD), which requires additional capacity in storage, transmission, and distribution to maintain the existing level of service.
Without new improvements, increased �lows and pressure requirements from growth would strain system capacity and degrade service to the existing community. The fee establishes a reasonable relationship between the need for expanded Water System Facilities and the additional demand generated by new development.
5. Relationship Between the Amount of the Fee and the Cost Attributable to Development The fee amount is based on allocating the growth share of project costs across development units using average-day water demand (GPD) as the demand metric. The resulting fees reflect only the portion of costs attributable to new development. Existing community needs are excluded from the fee program, ensuring compliance with the proportionality requirements of the Mitigation Fee Act. Fees are presented per square foot for residential and nonresidential development and per Room for Commercial Lodging, consistent with AB-602.
Implementation and Compliance Notes
Adoption: Establish a new Water System Facilities Development Impact Fee (DIF) by Council ordinance or resolution, applicable to development that places demand on the City of Hemet water system.
Program Structure: Create a single Water System Facilities DIF fund to account for fee revenues collected from development served by the City’s water system.
Dedicated Accounting: Maintain separate accounting for Water System Facilities fee receipts, interest, and expenditures. Track project-level uses and retain appropriate audit trails. 148
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City of Hemet 2026-27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report Eligible Uses: Limit expenditures to the growth-related, capacity-increasing share of the projects identi�ied in this chapter. Routine operations, maintenance, and like-for-like replacement without added capacity are not eligible uses of the fee.
Timing of Collection: State in the adopting action that the fee is due at certi�icate of occupancy or �inal inspection, consistent with City practice.
Indexing: Authorize annual indexing by an appropriate cost index to maintain the purchasing power of the fee schedule, such as construction cost indices or the Consumer Price Index (CPI), as applicable to item types.
Credits and Reimbursements: Provide for credits or reimbursement agreements when an applicant constructs an eligible capacity-adding project included in the adopted capital program, to avoid double payment. Maintain audit trails within the Water System Facilities DIF fund.
AB-1600 Reporting: Continue the City’s annual Development Impact Fee report and public presentation, and make the required �ive-year �indings for any unspent balances, consistent with the Mitigation Fee Act.
Consistency Statements: In the adopting action, state that Water System Facilities DIF revenues may be programmed for eligible capacity-adding improvements located anywhere within the City’s municipal water system where they serve development that places demand on the City of Hemet water system and maintain the adopted level of service.
References
Stetson Engineers Inc. (2021). City of Hemet 2020 Urban Water Management Plan and Water Shortage Contingency Plan. Hemet: City of Hemet.
Stetson Engineers Inc. (2021). Water and Sewer Master Plan Update (Final). Hemet: City of Hemet.
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Wastewater (Sewer) System Facilities
Purpose and Scope
Purpose: Establish a new development impact fee (DIF) for Wastewater (Sewer) System Facilities so new development within the City’s sewer service area funds its fair, proportional share of added capacity required to maintain the City’s established level of wastewater service as growth increases wastewater generation and system loading. The City will create a dedicated Wastewater System Facilities DIF fund, with future collections and interest to be reported in the Annual Development Impact Fee Report. This chapter introduces the nexus basis, aligns the fee with Hemet’s current land uses that place demand on the City’s sewer system and adopted wastewater generation factors, and documents eligible growth-related capital uses across collection and conveyance facilities. Fee revenues are restricted to capitalized, growth-related costs and may not fund repair or like-for-like replacement of existing facilities, except where a project increases capacity attributable to growth.
Scope of Improvements: The Wastewater System Facilities program funds capacity-increasing collection and conveyance projects required to carry projected �lows from new development within the City’s sewer service area. Eligible improvements include new lift stations and force mains where gravity service is not feasible, new or extended gravity trunk mains to connect growth areas served by the City’s sewer system to the existing system, and targeted collector-main upsizing where hydraulic capacity must be increased to maintain the City’s established level of service. Consistent with the City’s planning framework and inter-agency arrangements, this program addresses conveyance capacity, not treatment.
This chapter frames the fee introduction around these conveyance projects so that new development that places demand on the City’s sewer system contributes its fair, proportional share toward the added capacity required to maintain the City’s established level of service as wastewater generation and system loading increase. Additional capacity projects may be incorporated through future updates consistent with this methodology and the City’s system-evaluation and capacity-assurance planning.
Eligible uses of the Wastewater System Facilities DIF are limited to growth-related capital costs directly tied to capacity-adding work—such as planning, design, easements or land acquisition where required, environmental and other permitting, construction and appurtenances, controls/startup, and related soft costs. Routine maintenance, repair, or like-for-like replacement is not eligible, except where a project element demonstrably increases capacity attributable to growth, in which case only the incremental growth share is included.
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City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report service area) and collector-main upsizing where needed to preserve the level of service. Final alignments, diameters, and quantities will be re�ined at design.
Scope of Bene�iciaries: Wastewater System Facilities capacity improvements bene�it existing residents and businesses, and new development within the City’s sewer service area, by preserving wastewater collection and conveyance service as wastewater generation and system loading increase with growth from sewer-served development. The program is structured around capacity-increasing collection and conveyance improvements, including new or extended gravity trunks, lift stations, and force mains where gravity is not feasible, and targeted collector-main upsizing where additional hydraulic capacity is required to carry projected �lows within the sewer service area. The growthrelated share of these improvements will be funded by new development; any remaining share is attributable to the existing community or other non-DIF sources.
The growth share is allocated across the land use classes in proportion to each class’s contribution to additional wastewater demand placed on the City’s sewer system, using the study’s adopted wastewater generation factors and LUDB-based development intensities. Residential demand is based on persons-per-household multiplied by the City’s wastewater generation rate, and nonresidential demand is derived from documented water demand factors multiplied by the return-tosewer ratio. This approach preserves a clear, proportional nexus between the fee and the development that bene�its from and places demand on the added conveyance capacity.
Scope of Nexus: This fee program funds capacity-increasing collection and conveyance improvements—new or extended gravity trunk mains, lift stations and force mains where gravity service is not feasible, and targeted collector-main upsizing where additional hydraulic capacity is required to carry projected �lows from development within the City’s sewer service area. The nexus is based on average daily wastewater �low measured in gallons per day (GPD): as new development that places demand on the City’s sewer system increases GPD, additional system capacity is required to maintain the City’s established level of service.
Wastewater demand for each fee land use category is measured using GPD-based generation factors adopted in this study. Residential factors are calculated as the City’s gallons-per-capita-per-day basis multiplied by persons-per-household for each residential category, producing GPD per dwelling unit.
Non-residential factors are derived from the Water demand factors by applying a documented returnto-sewer ratio, yielding GPD per acre (and GPD per square foot where needed). These factors are paired with LUDB-based development intensities for sewer-served development (units, rooms, or square footage per acre) to quantify each land use category’s contribution to future wastewater loads.
These wastewater generation factors are grounded in the City’s adopted planning and engineering record, including the Sewer System Management Plan (City of Hemet, Public Works Department, 2024), the Water and Sewer Master Plan (Stetson Engineers Inc., 2021), and the Urban Water Management Plan (Stetson Engineers Inc., 2021), together with related inter-agency materials. These sources establish the City’s conveyance framework and historical and projected �lows and serve as the technical basis for the adopted generation factors used in this study. 151
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City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report Growth-related costs are allocated in proportion to each land use category’s incremental GPD generated by sewer-served development, maintaining a clear, fair, and proportional nexus between those who generate demand and the capacity-adding facilities they help fund.
Existing System
Assets and Infrastructure: Hemet’s wastewater system within the City’s sewer service area is a predominantly gravity collection and conveyance network composed of local collector mains, larger gravity trunk segments, and appurtenances such as manholes and junction structures. The City does not operate lift stations in the existing system. Collected �lows from sewer-served areas are conveyed by gravity to interties with regional facilities operated by the Eastern Municipal Water District (EMWD) for treatment and disposal. The City’s capital responsibility, therefore, extends to wastewater collection and conveyance infrastructure within the sewer service area only.
Based on City-provided data, the existing sewer conveyance network serving the sewer service area totals 4,709 linear feet of gravity mains, with pipe diameters ranging from 8 inches to 15 inches. This inventory includes approximately 2,388 feet of 8-inch, 1,321 feet of 10-inch, and 1,000 feet of 15-inch mains, forming the backbone of the local collection system and connecting to the regional system through established gravity junctions and appurtenances that manage tie-ins, grade transitions, and maintenance access points.
Together, these inventoried conveyance assets establish the existing system baseline for the sewerserved system evaluated in this chapter and provide the framework for identifying capacity-adding Wastewater System Facilities improvements in later sections. Final alignments, diameters, and quantities will be con�irmed at project design and re�ined through ongoing planning and capital programming.
Existing Financial Commitment: Based on City-provided data, the existing community’s equity in the wastewater collection and conveyance system serving the City’s sewer service area is $2,121,333.
Wastewater treatment and disposal are provided by the Eastern Municipal Water District (EMWD) and are not City-owned; therefore, no treatment plant value is included in the City’s existing system investment.
The City does not currently maintain a Wastewater System Facilities development impact fee fund, so there is no existing fund balance to net against project costs. For transparency and proportionality, the $2,121,333 existing conveyance investment is allocated across the study’s fee land use classes that place demand on the City’s sewer system using the same gallons-per-day (GPD) demand framework employed in the fee calculation. This approach ensures a consistent and proportional comparison between the existing community’s investment in sewer-served facilities and the shares of capacity attributable to new development.
Level of Service: The City’s wastewater level of service is de�ined by the wastewater collection and conveyance system’s ability to carry �lows from sewer-served development without sanitary sewer over�lows, capacity bottlenecks, or service degradation. Wastewater treatment and disposal are 152
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City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report provided by the Eastern Municipal Water District (EMWD) and are not part of the City’s level of service de�inition for this program.
System demand is measured as average daily wastewater �low in gallons per day (GPD). For this study, wastewater demand is quanti�ied using adopted, Hemet-speci�ic generation factors by land use category applicable to development within the sewer service area, expressed as GPD per dwelling unit for residential uses and GPD per acre (and GPD per square foot where needed) for nonresidential uses, consistent with the methodology established in this chapter.
Adopted Wastewater Generation Factors:
Wastewater generation factors used in this chapter re�lect two distinct, but complementary, calculation approaches based on data availability by land use type. Residential wastewater demand is calculated directly using a documented gallons-per-capita-per-day basis multiplied by persons per household, yielding gallons per day per dwelling unit. For nonresidential land uses, the City’s planning documents do not establish standalone wastewater generation rates by square footage or acreage; accordingly, nonresidential wastewater demand is derived by converting documented water demand factors to wastewater �low using a return-to-sewer ratio. Together, these approaches provide a consistent, Hemet-speci�ic framework for quantifying wastewater demand attributable to new development, with full methodological detail provided later in this chapter.
Residential (GPD per dwelling unit)
• Single-Family Residential: 145.362 GPD/DU
• Multiple-Family Residential: 114.576 GPD/DU
• Mobile Home Dwelling Units: 64.722 GPD/DU
Nonresidential (derived from Chapter 7 Water factors × the UWMP return-to-sewer R = 1,430 acre-feet (AF) ÷ 3,891 acre-feet (AF) = 0.37)
• Retail, Commercial, & Service Uses: 188.17 GPD/acre
• Industrial Uses: 94.82 GPD/acre
• Institutional Uses: 15.07 GPD/acre
These factors quantify each land use’s relative contribution to system loading from development within the City’s sewer service area; higher factors correspond to greater wastewater generation and therefore a larger share of capacity needs. Together with the existing system values reported in this chapter, this GPD-based framework establishes Hemet’s baseline wastewater service level against which future growth impacts are evaluated and growth-related capacity costs are allocated.
Note: In this Wastewater chapter, Commercial Lodging is presented as a separate line item; demand is converted using acres (consistent with the GPD-per-acre factors), while fees are presented per Room.
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Growth Inputs: This chapter measures growth using sewer-service-area–adjusted Land Use Database (LUDB) quantities over the study horizon, dwelling units or rooms for residential categories, and building square feet (and related acres where applicable) for nonresidential categories. Each land use is paired with the adopted wastewater generation factors established in this chapter: for residential uses, gallons per day (GPD) per dwelling unit derived from 42 gallons per capita per day (GPCD) multiplied by persons per household (PPH); for nonresidential uses, GPD per acre (and GPD per square foot where used) derived from Chapter 7 Water demand factors multiplied by the return-to-sewer ratio documented in the Urban Water Management Plan. Higher-demand land uses, therefore, generate proportionally more wastewater per unit of growth.
Applying these factors to the sewer-served LUDB growth quantities produces gallons-per-day (GPD) totals by land use category. Those GPD totals establish each category’s share of growth-related demand on the wastewater system and provide the basis for (1) allocating fee-eligible capacity costs and (2) deriving the maximum justi�ied fees. The analysis uses the same land use de�initions carried throughout this chapter to maintain consistency.
Application of Sewer Service Area to Demand Calculations: For purposes of this analysis, wastewater demand is calculated only for development located within the City’s sewer service area.
Land Use Database (LUDB) quantities are screened to include only sewer-served dwelling units, rooms, building square footage, and acres. Land uses located outside the sewer service area are excluded because they do not place demand on the City’s wastewater collection and conveyance system. Service-area adjustments are applied to land-use inventory quantities only; adopted wastewater generation factors expressed in gallons per day (GPD) are applied uniformly to the adjusted inventory. This approach mirrors the Water chapter methodology and ensures that demand, cost allocation, and fee calculations re�lect only sewer-served development.
Method: This chapter converts growth to wastewater demand by applying average daily wastewater demand factors (gallons per day, GPD) to land uses located within the City’s sewer service area.
Consistent with the wastewater generation factor framework described earlier in this chapter, residential and nonresidential wastewater demand are calculated using distinct, data-appropriate methods.
For residential categories, wastewater demand is calculated directly using a documented wastewater basis. Average daily wastewater demand equals 42 gallons per capita per day (GPCD) multiplied by persons per household (PPH) for each residential category, yielding GPD per dwelling unit (DU). The 42 GPCD basis is documented in the City’s 2020 Urban Water Management Plan (UWMP) and is used consistently throughout this chapter.
For nonresidential categories, the City’s adopted wastewater planning and engineering documents focus on systemwide wastewater �lows and capacity rather than establishing land-use-speci�ic wastewater generation rates expressed per square foot or per acre. Accordingly, nonresidential wastewater demand is derived by converting documented water demand factors from Chapter 7 – Water Facilities to wastewater �low using a return-to-sewer ratio drawn from the 2020 UWMP. Using 1,430 acre-feet (AF) of wastewater collected and 3,891 AF of total water use for 2020, the return-to154
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City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report sewer factor is R = 0.37 (1,430 ÷ 3,891). Water demand expressed in GPD per acre (or GPD per square foot, SF) is multiplied by R to obtain wastewater GPD per acre or per SF, providing a Hemet-speci�ic and transparent conversion from documented water use to wastewater generation.
For purposes of this analysis, Land Use Database (LUDB) quantities are screened to include only development within the City’s sewer service area. Dwelling units, rooms, building square footage, and acreage located outside the sewer service area are excluded because they do not place demand on the City’s wastewater collection and conveyance system. Service-area adjustments are applied to land-use inventory quantities only; adopted wastewater generation factors expressed in GPD are applied uniformly to the adjusted inventory.
LUDB growth quantities, dwelling units or rooms for residential categories and building square footage or acreage for nonresidential categories, are paired with the applicable wastewater generation factors to compute wastewater GPD by land use. Existing demand is summarized in Table 8-1: Existing Average Daily Wastewater Demand (GPD), and projected demand from growth is summarized in Table 8-2: Projected Average Daily Wastewater Demand from Growth (GPD).
Projected demand is calculated by multiplying residential dwelling units by GPD per dwelling unit and nonresidential acreage by GPD per acre, with square footage reported for context where applicable. For Commercial Lodging, wastewater demand is calculated using acreage and GPD per acre, while fees are presented on a per Room basis in later sections.
The total sewer-served demand equals the sum of GPD across all sewer-served land uses. Each land use’s percentage of demand (its GPD divided by the sewer-served total) is carried forward into Table 8-3, which allocates growth-eligible program costs in proportion to each land use’s contribution to wastewater system loading. Allocated costs are then divided by the applicable fee units—per square foot for development and, where applicable, per Room for lodging—to derive the maximum justi�ied fees.
Scope of Included Demand Metric: The demand metric used to allocate Wastewater System Facilities costs is average daily wastewater demand, expressed in gallons per day (GPD). For this study, GPD represents the wastewater loading generated by development within the City’s sewer service area, translating the physical extent of growth into a common, comparable measure of system demand using the land use-speci�ic generation factors established in this chapter.
Each land use’s contribution depends on both its adopted GPD factor and its development intensity (for example, dwelling units per acre for residential uses, acreage or square footage for nonresidential uses, and rooms for lodging). Accordingly, no single land use category universally generates more wastewater demand than another without considering both intensity and the applicable generation factor. By standardizing wastewater generation across all sewer-served land uses, the GPD framework provides a consistent basis for comparing relative impacts and allocating costs proportionately, so each land use pays only its fair share of growth-related system costs.
This approach is consistent with industry practice and aligns with the Mitigation Fee Act’s requirement that development impact fees be reasonably related to the burden created by new development. The calculation of existing average daily wastewater demand is summarized in Table 8-1.
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Existing Average Daily Wastewater Demand (GPD)
Land Use Units/Acres Gallons Per
Day
Existing
Average Daily
Wastewater
Demand
(GPD)
Single-Family Residential 17,785 145 2,585,220
Multiple-Family Residential 8,285 115 949,290
Mobile Home Dwelling Units 700 65 45,304
Commercial Lodging Rooms 14.03 188 2,639
Retail, Commercial, & Service Uses 798.75 188 150,300
Industrial Uses 340.50 95 32,286
Institutional Uses 3,187.44 15 48,035
Total - - 3,813,074
Note: Residential quantities are shown in dwelling units. All nonresidential categories, including Commercial Lodging, are shown in acres because their wastewater factors are expressed in GPD per acre (derived from Chapter 7 Water factors multiplied by the UWMP return-to-sewer ratio). Building square feet (and Rooms for Commercial Lodging) are presented later as the fee units to comply with AB-602 and program practice.
Resulting Service Demand: Based on the method described above, applying the adopted wastewater generation factors to the sewer-service-area–adjusted Land Use Database (LUDB) growth yields a total of 1,818,475 gallons per day (GPD) of projected average daily wastewater demand from new development within the City’s sewer service area. This total represents the resulting service demand attributable to growth and serves as the basis for allocating growth-related Wastewater System Facilities capacity costs.
Each land use’s share of demand is determined by its proportion of the 1,818,475 GPD sewer-served total and is carried forward to the allocation of costs and the fee calculation in the next section. The calculation of projected average daily wastewater demand from new development is summarized in Table 8-2: Projected Average Daily Wastewater Demand from Growth (GPD). [This space left blank to fit the following table on one page.] 156
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Projected Average Daily Wastewater Demand (GPD)
Land Use Units/Acres Gallons Per
Day
Projected
Average Daily
Wastewater
Demand
(GPD)
Single-Family Residential 6,826 145 992,191
Multiple-Family Residential 5,447 115 624,152
Mobile Home Dwelling Units 152 65 9,837
Commercial Lodging Rooms 12.33 188 2,319
Retail, Commercial, & Service
Uses 645.40 188 121,444
Industrial Uses 574.80 95 54,503
Institutional Uses 930.93 15 14,029
Total - - 1,818,475
Note: Residential growth quantities are shown in dwelling units. All nonresidential categories, including Commercial Lodging, are shown in acres because their wastewater factors are expressed in GPD per acre (derived from Chapter 7 Water factors multiplied by the UWMP return-to-sewer ratio). Building square feet (and Rooms for Commercial Lodging) are presented later as the fee units to comply with AB-602 and program practice.
Capacity Implications: As growth increases wastewater generation, the City must provide additional collection and conveyance capacity to maintain the existing level of service within the City’s sewer service area. Capacity is added where the system is constrained, by upsizing pipelines where projected �lows exceed available capacity, and by extending or constructing new conveyance to serve growth areas. Routine repair or like-for-like replacement is not fee-eligible unless a project element increases capacity attributable to growth.
This study converts sewer-service-area–adjusted Land Use Database (LUDB) growth to wastewater demand in gallons per day (GPD) and uses the resulting sewer-served total to apportion the feeeligible share of capacity costs across land uses. For Hemet, the capital scope in this chapter encompasses targeted collection system upgrades where upsizing is required and new or extended conveyance is needed to carry projected �lows from sewer-served development to the regional system operated by the Eastern Municipal Water District (EMWD). Fee-eligible costs are allocated to land uses in proportion to each category’s share of total sewer-served GPD from growth, as summarized in Table 8-2.
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City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report The LUDB growth inputs used in this study contain no negative entries that would offset demand through net redevelopment reductions; accordingly, there is no reduction to the sewer-served growth demand total. Project sizing and siting draw on the City’s planning record and engineering review to identify where added conveyance capacity is necessary to serve growth while maintaining the City’s established level of service.
Allocation by Land Use: For each fee land use category, growth within the City’s sewer service area is converted to wastewater demand using the adopted generation factors. Residential growth (dwelling units) is multiplied by the residential GPD-per-dwelling-unit factors. Nonresidential growth (including Commercial Lodging) is converted using acreage multiplied by the nonresidential GPD-per-acre factors. Summing the category results establishes the total sewer-served average daily wastewater demand from growth, and each category’s proportion of that total becomes its allocation share.
Those shares are applied to the fee-eligible portion of the capital program to produce category subtotals. Finally, subtotals are converted to fee schedule units consistent with AB-602: residential and nonresidential fees are expressed per square foot, and lodging is expressed per Room if presented separately (if lodging remains within Retail, it is expressed per square foot with that category). This sequence keeps the allocation directly tied to each land use’s contribution to sewerserved wastewater demand and to the capacity provided.
Capacity Sizing and Capital Program: Capacity is sized to maintain the City’s existing level of wastewater service within the City’s sewer service area as development occurs. Sizing and prioritization follow the gallons-per-day (GPD)–based framework used in this chapter. Projects that add capacity, such as upsizing pipelines and extending or constructing new conveyance to serve growth areas, are eligible only to the capacity-increase share attributable to growth; routine repair or like-for-like replacement without added capacity is not fee-eligible. Wastewater treatment and disposal are provided by the regional provider; this program addresses City-owned collection and conveyance facilities only.
For this update, the capital scope is limited to a de�ined set of capacity-adding conveyance improvements serving sewer-served development. Fee-eligible costs are allocated to land-use categories using the GPD-based method described above, which applies sewer-service-area-adjusted LUDB growth inputs and the adopted wastewater generation factors. The resulting allocations carry forward directly to the fee schedule presentation.
The following section presents the speci�ic capacity-adding improvements included in this update and documents their scope, purpose, and eligibility. Consistent with the sizing approach described above, each project is framed to maintain the existing level of wastewater service for sewer-served development as growth occurs. The fee-eligible share of each project is determined using the GPDbased allocation method, and the resulting amounts carry forward to the fee schedule. 158
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Project ID: SW-001
Project Title: Southeast Lift Station and Force Main
Description: Construct a new lift station and force main to provide conveyance from the Southeast growth area where gravity service is not feasible, increasing downstream capacity and maintaining level of service as development proceeds.
Size/Scope: New lift station with associated force main; �inal sizing and controls to be con�irmed at design.
Location: Southeast service area
New Development Share: 100% – $2,867,150 (to be funded through Wastewater System Facilities Impact Fees)
Existing Community Share: 0% – $0 (not eligible for impact fee funding) Total Cost: $2,867,150
Timing: 2026–2036
Project ID: SW-002
Project Title: Southwest Service Area – New Trunk Sewer Extension Description: Extend a new gravity trunk to serve projected development in the Southwest service area, providing added conveyance capacity and reducing the risk of surcharge in downstream segments.
Size/Scope: New gravity trunk main; alignment and diameter to be �inalized through hydraulic design.
Location: Southwest service area
New Development Share: 100% – $1,909,050 (to be funded through Wastewater System Facilities Impact Fees)
Existing Community Share: 0% – $0 (not eligible for impact fee funding) Total Cost: $1,909,050
Timing: 2026–2036
Project ID: SW-003
Project Title: Mid-City Collector Upsize
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City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report Description: Upsize targeted collector segments in the mid-city network to address growth-related capacity constraints and maintain conveyance performance under projected average day and peak conditions.
Size/Scope: Targeted pipe upsizing and appurtenance adjustments per hydraulic evaluation.
Location: Mid-City area
New Development Share: 21% – $88,725 (to be funded through Wastewater System Facilities Impact Fees)
Existing Community Share: 79% – $333,775 (not eligible for impact fee funding) Total Cost: $422,500
Timing: 2026–2036
Project ID: SW-004
Project Title: South Hemet Collector Upsize
Description: Upsize targeted collector segments in the South Hemet area to accommodate added �lows from planned development and preserve the established level of service.
Size/Scope: Targeted upsizing of existing collector mains and related structures per hydraulic evaluation.
Location: South Hemet
New Development Share: 21% – $88,715 (to be funded through Wastewater System Facilities Impact Fees)
Existing Community Share: 79% – $333,735 (not eligible for impact fee funding) Total Cost: $422,450
Timing: 2026–2036
Allocation of Project Costs
The Wastewater System Facilities capital program for this update consists of capacity-adding conveyance improvements. Fee-eligible costs are limited to the capacity-increase share of those projects and are allocated across land uses in proportion to sewer-served growth demand using the adopted gallons-per-day (GPD) factors. Because there is no current Wastewater System Facilities development impact fee fund, there is no existing fund balance to net against the program total. The resulting fee-eligible subtotal is used in Table 8-3.
Net fee-eligible costs are distributed to land uses based on each category’s share of total sewer-served GPD from growth, as summarized in Table 8-2. Results are then converted to fee schedule units consistent with AB-602: residential and nonresidential fees are expressed per square foot, and 160
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Derivation of Maximum Justi�ied Fees
The maximum justi�ied Wastewater System Facilities fee is derived by linking growth-eligible capital costs to the wastewater demand created by new development within the City’s sewer service area and expressing the result in fee units. Growth by land use category, dwelling units for residential and acreage for nonresidential uses (with building square feet reported for fee units), is converted to wastewater demand using the adopted gallons-per-day (GPD) factors established in this chapter.
Each category’s proportion of total sewer-served GPD from growth, as summarized in Table 8-2, becomes its allocation factor, maintaining proportionality between fee use and those land uses that generate demand.
Those allocation factors are applied to the fee-eligible share of the capital program to produce category subtotals. Subtotals are then converted to fee schedule units consistent with AB-602:
residential and nonresidential fees are expressed per square foot, and Commercial Lodging is expressed per Room if presented separately (if lodging remains within Retail, it is expressed per square foot with that category). This process yields the maximum justi�ied fee by land use category, summarized in Table 8-3.
Table 8-3
Allocation of Development Cost per Land Use
Land Use
Average
Daily
Wastewater
Demand
(GPD)
Percentage
of Growth
Demand
Allocation of
Expansion
Costs
Development
Impact Fee
Per SF/Room
Single-Family Residential 992,191 54.56% $2,970,181.37 $0.189/SF Multiple-Family Residential 624,152 34.32% $1,868,435.25 $0.370/SF Mobile Home Dwelling Units 9,837 0.54% $29,447.63 $0.155/SF Commercial Lodging Rooms 2,319 0.13% $6,942.06 $17/Room Retail, Commercial, & Service
Uses 121,444 6.68% $363,549.67 $0.036/SF
Industrial Uses 54,503 3.00% $163,157.90 $0.017/SF
Institutional Uses 14,029 0.77% $41,996.63 $0.074/SF
Total 1,818,475 100.00% $5,443,710.50 -
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City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report Existing Community Financial Commitment Comparison
Based on city-provided data, the existing community’s equity in the City-owned wastewater collection and conveyance system is $2,121,333. Wastewater treatment and disposal are provided by EMWD and are not City-owned; therefore, the treatment plant value is not included in this program’s �inancial commitment.
There is no current Wastewater System Facilities development impact fee fund, and therefore no existing fund balance to net against program costs. Using the study’s GPD-based framework, Table 8- 4 allocates the $2,121,333 conveyance equity across the land use categories established earlier in this chapter for comparison to the proposed fee schedule.
This comparison shows the existing community has already �inanced the current wastewater service level for collection and conveyance; new development pays only its proportional, growth-related share of capacity-expanding planning and improvements. Fee schedule units remain per square foot for residential and nonresidential development, and per Room for Commercial Lodging Rooms, as established earlier.
Table 8-4
Allocation of Existing Community Financial Commitment
Land Use
Average
Daily
Wastewater
Demand
(GPD)
Percentage
of Existing
Demand
Allocation of
Existing Costs
Existing
Financial
Commitment
Per SF/Room
Single-Family Residential 2,585,220 67.80% $1,438,239.20 $0.034/SF Multiple-Family Residential 949,290 24.90% $528,119.89 $0.066/SF Mobile Home Dwelling Units 45,304 1.19% $25,204.04 $0.030/SF Commercial Lodging Rooms 2,639 0.07% $1,468.16 $3/Room
Retail, Commercial, & Service
Uses 150,300 3.94% $83,616.62 $0.014/SF
Industrial Uses 32,286 0.85% $17,961.72 $0.014/SF
Institutional Uses 48,035 1.26% $26,723.38 $0.014/SF
Total 3,813,074 100.00% $2,121,333.00 -
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City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report Fee Schedule and Summary
Table 8-5 presents the recommended Wastewater System Facilities development impact fees by land use, expressed per square foot for residential and nonresidential development and per Room for Commercial Lodging Rooms. The schedule is derived from the fee-eligible growth share of the capital program, allocated to land use categories in proportion to their contributions to total sewer-served gallons per day (GPD) from growth using this chapter’s GPD-based method, and translated to fee units from the maximum justi�ied fee results. The schedule re�lects the maximum justi�ied amounts consistent with the Mitigation Fee Act.
The City Council may adopt the fees in whole or in part and may apply rounding, indexing to an appropriate cost index, or other policy adjustments, provided the adopted schedule maintains the required reasonable relationship between new wastewater demand from sewer-served development and the capacity provided, as documented in this chapter.
Table 8-5
Summary of Proposed Development Impact Fees
Land Use Per SF/Room
Single-Family Residential $0.189/SF
Multiple-Family Residential $0.370/SF
Mobile Home Dwelling Units $0.155/SF
Commercial Lodging Rooms $17/Room
Retail, Commercial, & Service Uses $0.036/SF
Industrial Uses $0.017/SF
Institutional Uses $0.074/SF
Current Wastewater Facilities Development Impact Fees
The City of Hemet does not currently maintain a Wastewater System Facilities development impact fee program, and there are no adopted wastewater fee rates at this time. This chapter presents the maximum justi�ied Wastewater System Facilities fees derived from the GPD-based methodology; these will be presented alongside the City’s currently adopted fees for other categories for City Council consideration. The Council may adopt wastewater fees at or below the maximum justi�ied amounts documented in this chapter.
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City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report Five Findings
1. Purpose of the Fee
The Wastewater System Facilities development impact fee (DIF) funds the growth-related share of facilities needed to accommodate additional wastewater generation from new development. The fee allows the City to maintain its adopted level of wastewater service by adding capacity where needed as development occurs. Revenues are limited to capitalized, capacity-adding costs attributable to growth; routine maintenance or like-for-like replacement without added capacity is not fee-eligible.
2. Use of the Fee
Fee revenues will be used to fund the growth-related share of the Wastewater System Facilities capital program identified in this chapter. For this update, the capital scope consists of defined capacity-adding improvements. Expenditures are limited to capacity-increasing costs associated with those projects, such as planning, design, land or easements if required, permitting, construction, and capacity elements. Operations, maintenance, and like-for-like replacement without added capacity are not eligible.
Fee revenues are programmed for improvements that serve the City’s integrated wastewater system within the City’s sewer service area and help maintain the adopted level of service as development occurs.
3. Relationship Between the Fee’s Use and the Type of Development The fee is charged to new development in proportion to the wastewater it generates. Adopted GPD factors are applied to land uses to quantify average daily wastewater demand and allocate costs accordingly. This ensures that each development type pays only for the wastewater system impacts it creates and the capacity it requires.
4. Relationship Between the Need for the Facilities and the Type of Development New development increases average daily wastewater demand (GPD), which requires additional capacity in the collection and conveyance systems to maintain the existing level of service. Without new improvements, increased �lows from growth would strain system capacity and degrade service to the existing community. The fee establishes a reasonable relationship between the need for expanded Wastewater System Facilities and the additional wastewater generated by new development.
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5. Relationship Between the Amount of the Fee and the Cost Attributable to Development
The fee amount is based on allocating the growth share of project costs across development units, using average daily wastewater demand (GPD) as the demand metric. The resulting fees reflect only the portion of costs attributable to new development. Existing community needs are excluded from the fee program, ensuring compliance with the proportionality requirements of the Mitigation Fee Act.
Implementation, Compliance, and Notes
Adoption and Program Structure: Establish a new Wastewater System Facilities development impact fee by Council ordinance or resolution, and create a single citywide Wastewater System Facilities fund for accounting and reporting purposes.
Dedicated Accounting: Maintain separate accounting for Wastewater System Facilities fee receipts, interest, and expenditures; track project-level uses and retain audit trails.
Eligible Uses: Limit expenditures to the growth-related, capacity-increasing share of the projects identi�ied in this chapter. Routine operations, maintenance, and like-for-like replacement without added capacity are not eligible.
Timing of Collection: State in the adopting action that the fee is due at the certi�icate of occupancy or �inal inspection.
Indexing: Authorize annual indexing by an appropriate cost index to maintain purchasing power of the schedule (for example, construction cost or CPI as applicable to item types).
Credits/Reimbursements: Provide for credits or reimbursement agreements when an applicant constructs an eligible capacity project on the adopted list to avoid double payment; maintain audit trails in the fund.
AB-1600 Reporting: Continue the City’s annual development fee report and public presentation and make the required �ive-year �indings for any unspent balances, consistent with the Mitigation Fee Act.
Consistency Statements: In the adopting action, state that the Wastewater System Facilities fee may be programmed for eligible collection and conveyance improvements within the City’s sewer service area only, where such improvements serve the integrated wastewater system and are necessary to maintain the adopted level of service for sewer-served development. 165
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City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report References
City of Hemet, Public Works Department. (2024). Sewer System Management Plan. Hemet: City of Hemet.
Stetson Engineers Inc. (2021). City of Hemet 2020 Urban Water Management Plan and Water Shortage Contingency Plan. Hemet: City of Hemet.
Stetson Engineers Inc. (2021). Water and Sewer Master Plan Update (Final). Hemet: City of Hemet.
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General Facilities
Purpose and Scope
Purpose: The purpose of the General Facilities Fee is to ensure that new development in the City of Hemet contributes its fair, proportional share toward the capital cost of General Facilities, the cityowned buildings and spaces that support delivery of municipal services, so the City can maintain its established level of service as the service population grows. These facilities include, for example, City Hall and administrative of�ice space, public customer-service counters (e.g., permitting, utility billing), Council Chambers and staff meeting rooms, records storage areas, information technology/server rooms, and other general support spaces used by City staff to perform City business. The fee is administered within the City’s Development Impact Fee program consistent with the Mitigation Fee Act, and it excludes facilities funded by separate fee programs (e.g., public safety facilities, parks/community centers) or enterprise utilities.
Scope of Improvements: The program funds capital facilities, equipment, and vehicles needed to maintain the City’s level of service as Hemet grows.
City Hall and Council Chambers expansion provides capital buildings and major structures that support citywide administrative and civic functions, including modernization and expansion of both facilities, so the City can sustain legislative and administrative capacity for a growing service population.
General Facilities vehicles comprise the capital �leet used for administrative and support functions (non-public-safety), supplying citywide mobility for inter-departmental operations, staff movement, and service delivery.
City Yard facilities include capital improvements to shops, storage, administrative areas, utilities, and technology at the operations yard to support citywide services as activity increases.
General Facilities equipment covers capital items with a multi-year service life—such as computers, servers, network infrastructure, of�ice electronics, enterprise software, and meeting/AV systems— used by staff to perform municipal services ef�iciently. The scope is limited to capital costs and excludes operations, routine maintenance, and like-for-like replacement.
Scope of Bene�iciaries: The bene�iciaries of the General Facilities Fee include all development within the City of Hemet, encompassing both residential and nonresidential uses. General facilities provide citywide administrative, legislative, and support services delivered through assets such as City Hall, the Council Chambers, and the City Yard, enabling functions like planning, permitting, code enforcement, �inancial administration, and governance. Residents rely on these facilities to access municipal services; employees and businesses depend on them for land use approvals, licensing, and regulatory coordination. Visitors bene�it indirectly as these facilities enable the City to administer services that support a safe and functional civic environment; however, responsibility for funding facility expansions is assigned to residents and businesses located within the City through the 167
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City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report Development Impact Fee program. Both existing and future residents and businesses bene�it from the fee because growth pays the proportional, growth-related share of capital costs, which helps the City maintain its established level of service without dilution as development occurs.
Scope of the Nexus: The nexus for the General Facilities Fee is established by the relationship between growth in the City’s service population and the resulting demand for administrative and civic capacity. Service population is de�ined as Residents + Jobs. Residents are computed from dwelling units using persons-per-household by housing type, and jobs are derived from nonresidential inventories using baseline employment densities calibrated to Hemet’s 2025 baseyear total employment; these calibrated �igures are used solely to size General Facilities demand.
Using City data, RCS applies a two-step calculation. First, the program is sized to growth by multiplying each facility’s cost basis by the service-population growth share (Growth Service Population ÷ Buildout Service Population). Second, the resulting growth-sized cost is allocated between new and existing development using the study’s documented method and the net land-use growth proportions from the City’s inventory and forecasts. These steps implement the servicepopulation framework in a reproducible, data-driven way.
This chapter applies that methodology with Hemet-speci�ic inputs; detailed calculations and intermediate tables are provided in the supporting service-population calibration and in the following sections of the study.
Existing System
Assets and Infrastructure: The City of Hemet maintains a system of General Facilities that provide the administrative, legislative, and operational backbone for public service delivery. City Hall serves as the primary administrative center—housing executive management, �inance, planning, permitting, and other public-facing services—and encompasses 26,457 square feet. The Council Chambers provide the venue for legislative activities, public hearings, and community meetings. The City Yard supplies essential operations and maintenance capacity for citywide services and consists of multiple structures, including a facilities maintenance shop, a mechanic shop, administrative of�ices, and two modular of�ice buildings, with a combined total of 53,134 square feet.
Supporting these facilities is a substantial General Facilities �leet of 69 vehicles ranging from administrative cars and trucks to service vehicles such as �latbeds and utility trucks. Together, these facilities, vehicles, and associated equipment form the City’s General Facilities system and constitute the physical base of service for residents and businesses citywide.
The City’s General Facilities—City Hall, the Council Chambers, the City Yard, and general facilities equipment and vehicles—represent a signi�icant investment borne by existing residents and businesses. Based on the City’s current asset inventory for this program, the 2025 replacement-cost basis re�lects City Hall ($9,893,200), General Facilities Vehicles ($4,371,324), City Yard Facilities ($8,681,590), and General Facilities Equipment ($1,938,924). The program ledger also shows a Fund Balance of $1,761,429, with Total Assets of $26,646,467. 168
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City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report Consistent with the Mitigation Fee Act, these existing investments are not charged to new development. Rather, new development is responsible only for its fair, growth-related share of future capital needs required to maintain the City’s established level of service.
Level of Service: The level of service for General Facilities is expressed as the administrative and civic facility capacity available to the community relative to the City’s service population (Residents + Jobs). For Hemet, the existing service population is 133,663, comprised of 89,663 residents and 44,000 jobs. The City’s General Facilities system—including City Hall (26,457 square feet), the Council Chambers, and the City Yard (53,134 square feet across multiple buildings)—provides the administrative, legislative, and operational capacity necessary to serve this population. The purpose of this program is to maintain the current ratio of facility capacity to service population, not to increase the service standard.
As Hemet grows, the service population will increase, creating additional demand on these facilities.
The fee program is structured so that new development funds only its fair, growth-related share of future capital needs, thereby preserving the existing level of service without dilution or shifting costs onto the existing community.
Growth and Demand
Growth Inputs: Growth in the demand for General Facilities is measured using service population, which combines residents and employment to re�lect the full set of users of Hemet’s administrative and civic functions. Residential growth is derived from the City’s land use database (LUDB) and converted to population using persons-per-household (PPH) factors from the American Community Survey, applying the study’s �ixed three-bucket method (Single-Family Residential 3.461; MultipleFamily Residential 2.728; Mobile Home Dwelling Units 1.541). Nonresidential growth is measured as increases in building square footage by land use and converted to employment using baseline SCAG employment-density factors, calibrated to Hemet’s adopted 2025 base-year total employment.
Based on these inputs, Hemet is projected to add 40,756 residents and 74,090.91 jobs, for a combined Increase in Service Population of 114,846.91. Compared with the Buildout Service Population of 248,509.91, this growth represents 46.214% of the community at buildout. This percentage is used to size the capital program (the growth-sized share).
After sizing, the allocation between new and existing development follows the Master Distribution Sheet (General Gov tab). The program uses 68.94% to new (potential) development and 31.06% to existing development. Moving forward, all such shares will be taken directly from the Master Distribution Sheet to ensure the narrative and calculations remain synchronized with the City’s current data.
Method: The General Facilities impact fee is calculated using the City’s service-population framework, which measures demand as the combined total of residents and jobs because administrative and civic functions—such as permitting, �inance, legislative services, and general facilities operations—serve households and businesses alike. Residential growth is derived from the City’s land use projections and converted to population using persons-per-household factors from 169
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3.461; Multiple-Family Residential 2.728; Mobile Home Dwelling Units 1.541). Nonresidential growth is measured by converting net new square footage to employment using baseline SCAG employmentdensity factors that are calibrated to Hemet’s adopted 2025 base-year jobs total.
Using these inputs, the study computes an increase in service population of 114,846.91 (40,756 residents and 74,090.91 jobs) and a growth share of 46.214% when compared to total buildout. This growth share is applied to each project’s cost basis, expressed in 2025 dollars, to determine the portion of the capital program necessitated by growth rather than replacement of existing assets.
The growth-related costs are then distributed between new and existing development according to the relative proportions of future and existing land uses in the City, which assigns 68.94% of costs to new development and 31.06% to existing development. This ensures that the fee program equitably allocates the cost of expansion in proportion to the demands created by new growth.
Finally, costs are translated into fee levels by normalizing on a one-acre basis across land uses. For residential development, this allocation is converted to a per-unit burden and then expressed as a per-square-foot fee using the City’s adopted average dwelling size in compliance with AB-602. For nonresidential uses, the same one-acre normalization produces a uniform per-square-foot fee across Retail, Commercial, & Service, and Industrial uses, while commercial lodging is expressed per Room to match entitlement tracking. This process results in a technically sound and proportionate fee structure that preserves the City’s established level of service as growth occurs.
Capital Programs
The City has identi�ied a set of General Facilities that provide the administrative and civic capacity to serve the community. These include City Hall, the Council Chambers, and the City Yard. Each represents a major capital investment that must be expanded or modernized to maintain the current level of service as Hemet grows. The purpose of the capital program is not to introduce new services or higher standards, but to ensure the City has suf�icient administrative and civic space, equipment, and vehicles to serve a larger community at today’s level of service.
For this study, project costs are stated in 2025 dollars. Each project is �irst sized to growth using the service-population framework so that only the portion necessitated by growth is included as the growth-sized cost. Those growth-related costs are then distributed between new and existing development in proportion to the City’s land-use growth, and the resulting amounts are translated to fee units in later sections.
The General Facilities capital program consists of four components presented in the order used throughout this chapter. City Hall and the Council Chambers are consolidated as a single improvement program to address administrative and legislative space, meeting technology, and related building needs. City Yard facilities provide the operational backbone for citywide services and will require targeted expansion and modernization of shops, storage, administrative areas, and supporting utilities and technology. General Facilities equipment covers capital items with a multi-year service life used by staff to perform municipal services, such as computers, network infrastructure, 170
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City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report enterprise software, and meeting systems. General Facilities vehicles include the administrative and City Yard �leet necessary to support inter-departmental operations and �ield services.
Together, these components de�ine the City’s General Facilities capital program. Costs are allocated proportionally to new development based on its share of the service population at buildout, and projects are planned within the 2026–2036 horizon to align with the City’s near-term growth and reinvestment needs.
General Facilities Projects
Project ID: GG-001
Project Title: City Hall and Council Chambers Expansion Project Description: Remodel and expand City Hall to increase administrative capacity and maintain service levels for a larger service population. Improvements may include recon�iguring of�ice and meeting space; upgrading technology systems for digital permitting, �inancial operations, and records; enhancing public counters; and modernizing core building systems (HVAC, communications, energy ef�iciency). This project also integrates Council Chambers audiovisual upgrades and a permanent control room within the City Hall complex to support legislative meetings, recording/broadcasting, and public participation.
Size: TBD
Location: City Hall
Total Cost: $4,572,044
New Development Share: 68.94% – $3,151,967 (to be funded through General Facilities Impact Fees)
Existing Community Share: 31.06% – $1,420,077 (not eligible for impact fee funding) Timing: 2026–2036
Project ID: GG-002
Project Title: Expansion of General Facilities Vehicles Project Description: Acquire and out�it general facilities �leet vehicles to support administrative and inter-departmental operations and �ield services as activity increases.
Size: TBD
Location: Citywide/City Yard
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City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report Total Cost: $2,020,164
New Development Share: 68.94% – $1,392,701 (to be funded through General Facilities Impact Fees)
Existing Community Share: 31.06% – $627,463 (not eligible for impact fee funding) Timing: 2026–2036
Project ID: GG-003
Project Title: Expansion of City Yard Facilities
Project Description: Expand and modernize City Yard facilities—including shops, storage, administrative areas, utilities, and technology—to support citywide operations and maintenance for a growing community.
Size: TBD
Location: City Yard
Total Cost: $4,012,110
New Development Share: 68.94% – $2,765,949 (to be funded through General Facilities Impact Fees)
Existing Community Share: 31.06% – $1,246,161 (not eligible for impact fee funding) Timing: 2026–2036
Project ID: GG-004
Project Title: Expansion of General Facilities Equipment Project Description: Provide capital equipment and technology with multi-year service life used by staff to perform municipal services ef�iciently (e.g., computers, servers, network infrastructure, enterprise software, and meeting/AV systems).
Size: TBD
Location: City Hall/Citywide
Total Cost: $896,054
New Development Share: 68.94% – $617,740 (to be funded through General Facilities Impact Fees)
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City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report Existing Community Share: 31.06% – $278,314 (not eligible for impact fee funding) Timing: 2026–2036
Capital Program Summary: Together, the projects described above represent the City’s General Facilities capital program. They provide for the proportional expansion and modernization of City Hall, the Council Chambers, and the City Yard to accommodate the needs of a larger service population. These projects do not increase the level of service beyond what is available today but ensure that the existing standard is maintained as the community grows. By allocating a fair share of costs to new development, the program ensures that growth funds its proportionate demand for administrative and civic capacity, while existing residents and businesses continue to support the share of costs associated with their current use.
Allocation of Project Costs
Table 9-1 allocates the growth-eligible share of General Facilities program costs across land uses based on each category’s Percentage of Demand (see Retail, Commercial, & Service Uses; Industrial; Institutional; and the residential classes). Table 9-2 allocates the existing system investment across land uses for comparison. Table 9-3 presents the fee schedule (per square foot; Commercial Lodging per Room) consistent with AB-602.
By allocating a fair share of costs to new development and the remainder to the existing community, the program aligns capital funding with who generates demand. In practice, growth funds the portion of improvements attributable to future residents and jobs, while existing residents and businesses continue to support the share associated with current use. This structure maintains service levels as the City grows and keeps the program consistent with applicable nexus and proportionality requirements.
Derivation of Maximum Justi�ied Fees
The General Facilities fees are derived from the growth-related share of the capital program expressed in 2025 dollars. After sizing the program for growth and applying the available fund balance, the portion attributable to new development is $6,166,927. Only this new development amount is used to set fees, and the resulting schedule maintains (does not raise) the current level of service.
Costs are allocated across land uses using a uniform one-acre normalization. A single cost per acre is established by dividing the $6,166,927 new-development amount by the total potential acres across all land uses. Each land use’s allocation equals this cost-per-acre multiplied by that land use’s potential acres.
Fees are then translated to the applicable fee units for display in the schedule:
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City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report • Residential: Convert cost per acre to a per-unit amount using the adopted residential density (units per acre), then express it per square foot by applying the City’s adopted average dwelling size in compliance with AB-602.
• Nonresidential: Convert cost per acre to a uniform per-square-foot amount using the �loorarea per acre applied in this study. • Commercial Lodging: Convert cost per acre to a per Room amount using rooms per acre.
This acre-based method provides a consistent, proportional distribution of growth costs across all land uses, aligns fee units with entitlement tracking, and yields the maximum justi�ied fees presented in the schedule.
Table 9-1
Allocation of Development Cost per Land Use
Land Use Potential Acres Percentage of
Demand
Maximum Justified
Fee
Single-Family Residential 1,902 32.05% $0.119/SF
Multiple-Family Residential 1,429 24.08% $0.280/SF
Mobile Home Dwelling Units 28 0.47% $0.146/SF
Commercial Lodging Rooms 15 0.24% $32/Room
Retail, Commercial, & Service
Uses 759 12.80% $0.066/SF
Industrial Uses 766 12.92% $0.062/SF
Institutional Uses 1,034 17.43% $1.704/SF
Existing Community Financial Commitment Comparison
The City’s community has already funded a substantial portfolio of General Facilities. The existing system—comprising City Hall, the Council Chambers, and the City Yard—has an estimated replacement value of $26,646,467 in 2025 dollars, representing the community’s built-and-paid investment to date.
By contrast, the portion of the capital program attributable to new development totals $6,166,927.
These are future growth-related improvements and are not part of the existing system’s value. The fee program assigns this growth share to new development so that the established level of service is maintained without shifting existing de�iciencies onto new development.
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City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report and matching fee units (per square foot for residential and nonresidential, and per Room for lodging).
Displaying both sides in the same units and framework makes clear that the program asks new development to fund only its proportional share of growth-related improvements, while the existing community’s prior investment remains recognized and preserved.
Table 9-2
Allocation of Existing Cost per Land Use
Land Use Existing Acres Percentage of
Demand
Existing Financial
Commitment
Single-Family Residential 4,837 40.32% $0.241/SF
Multiple-Family Residential 909 7.58% $0.240/SF
Mobile Home Dwelling Units 1,300 10.84% $0.254/SF
Commercial Lodging Rooms 17 0.14% $69/Room
Retail, Commercial, & Service
Uses 940 7.83% $0.288/SF
Industrial Uses 454 3.78% $0.571/SF
Institutional Uses 3,542 29.52% $3.595/SF
Fee Schedule and Summary
Based on the cost of the growth-sized General Facilities capital program and the allocation of those costs to new development, the City has determined the maximum justi�ied impact fee for each land use category. The calculation ensures that new development contributes only its fair, proportional share of the capital needed to maintain the City’s established level of administrative and civic service.
Consistent with Assembly Bill 602, residential fees are presented on a per-square-foot basis by residential category. For each category, the acre-based allocation is �irst translated to a per-unit amount, then converted to a per-square-foot fee using the category-speci�ic adopted unit size (e.g., Single-Family Residential, Multiple-Family Residential, and Mobile Home Dwelling Units each use their own unit size). Nonresidential uses are presented as a uniform per-square-foot fee, re�lecting the shared manner in which General Facilities serve Retail, Commercial, & Service Uses, and Industrial development. For Commercial Lodging, fees are expressed per Room to align with entitlement tracking.
The following table presents the maximum justi�ied General Facilities impact fees by land use. The City Council may adopt fees up to these maximums. Adoption below the maximum justi�ied levels is a policy choice and would result in less than full recovery of the growth-related cost attributable to new development.
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Summary of Proposed Development Impact Fees
Land Use Per SF/Room
Single-Family Residential $0.119/SF
Multiple-Family Residential $0.280/SF
Mobile Home Dwelling Units $0.146/SF
Commercial Lodging Rooms $32/Room
Retail, Commercial, & Service Uses $0.066/SF
Industrial Uses $0.062/SF
Institutional Uses $1.704/SF
Current General Facilities Development Impact Fees
The City of Hemet currently levies a General Facilities development impact fee under Fund 316 of its adopted Development Impact Fee Program. The General Facilities Fee �inances general of�ice/work facilities and equipment utilized by City staff to perform municipal services.
According to the City’s FY 2023–24 AB 1600 Annual Report, Fund 316 – General Facilities reported a beginning balance of $1,419,081.45 and an ending balance of $1,761,428.58 as of June 30, 2024.
During the year, the fund recorded $318,403.08 in fees collected, $44,647.60 in interest, and $15,946.45 in fair-market-value adjustments; expenditures totaled $36,650.00 for projects. No transfers or loans were reported for the year.
The current adopted General Facilities fee amounts (FY 2023–24, as summarized in the Annual Report) are: $780 per Single Family Dwelling Unit, $591 per Townhome/Duplex Dwelling Unit, $669 per Multi-Family Dwelling Unit, $493 per Mobile Home/Senior Dwelling Unit, $0.116 per square foot for Commercial/Of�ice development, and $0.116 per square foot for Industrial development.
The updated General Facilities fee schedule developed in this chapter will replace these legacy rates with values that re�lect current costs, the �inalized growth allocations, and compliance with the Mitigation Fee Act and AB-602. Upon adoption, the revised fees will provide a modernized and defensible funding mechanism for General Facilities improvements identi�ied in the City’s capital program.
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City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report Five Findings
1. Purpose of the Fee
The purpose of the fee is to fund the expansion of civic and administrative facilities, including City Hall, the Council Chambers, and the City Yard, necessary to maintain the City’s established level of service as new development increases the service population.
2. Use of the Fee
Fee revenues will be used to �inance the expansion and modernization of General Facilities identi�ied in this study. This includes remodeling and expanding administrative space, upgrading systems to accommodate additional staf�ing and service demands, and ensuring suf�icient capacity to serve the future population and employment base.
3. Relationship Between Fee’s Use and Type of Development New development generates an increase in service population, which in turn increases the demand placed on the City’s General Facilities. Fee revenues will be used to expand capacity so that administrative and civic services remain available at the established standard.
4. Relationship Between the Need for Facilities and the Type of Development The need for expanded General Facilities arises directly from the growth in residents, employees, and lodging units. By allocating costs in proportion to service population growth, the fee ensures that each land use contributes in accordance with the demand it creates.
5. Relationship Between Amount of the Fee and Cost Attributable to Development The amount of the fee is calculated by dividing each land use’s allocated share of the $6,166,927 General Facilities capital program by its measure of new development, resulting in a per square foot or per Room fee. This ensures that no land use is charged more than its proportional share of the cost of facilities needed to serve growth.
Implementation, Compliance, and Notes
Adoption and Program Structure: The City will adopt the General Facilities development impact fee (DIF) by Council action after adopting the supporting nexus study. The City will be responsible for imposing, collecting, and administering the fee. Revenues are restricted to eligible General Facilities and improvements identi�ied in this study, including the expansion, remodel, or modernization of City Hall, the Council Chambers, the City Yard, or other administrative and civic buildings required to maintain service levels for the growing community.
Fund Accounting and Reporting: A separate General Facilities DIF fund/account will be established.
All fee revenues (and interest) will be deposited into this account and expended only for the purposes identi�ied in this study. The City will publish the annual AB 1600 report (Gov. Code §66006) and make 177
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City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report the �ive-year �indings for any unexpended balance (Gov. Code §66001(d)). If the City cannot make the required �ive-year �indings, any remaining balances must be refunded as provided by law.
Administration and Schedule Management: Fees are due at the time of building permit issuance.
The fee schedule shall be indexed annually to an appropriate construction-cost index such as the Engineering News-Record (ENR) Building Cost Index. The City will maintain a public, up-to-date fee schedule and post the nexus study and schedule on its website for transparency.
Use of Funds (Eligibility): Expenditures are limited to the growth-related share of projects that add General Facilities capacity. Eligible uses include planning, land acquisition (if needed), design, permitting, construction, remodel, and expansion of civic and administrative facilities, as well as technology systems, furniture, and other capital improvements directly tied to growth. Expenditures for like-for-like replacements that do not add capacity, staf�ing, operations, or general facilities service costs are not eligible.
Program Applicability: Fees apply to net new development (additions minus removals) as de�ined in this study. The City may program General Facilities DIF revenues anywhere in the City where a listed project maintains the established level of administrative and civic service for the community.
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Purpose and Scope
Purpose: This chapter updates the Public Meeting Facilities development impact fee to ensure that new residential development in Hemet contributes its fair, proportional share of the capital facilities required to accommodate additional residents. The program is designed to maintain the City’s existing level of service for public meetings and multi-purpose recreation space by funding the construction and expansion of public meeting facilities, building space, along with the on-site improvements necessary to bring that space into service. Fee revenues are deposited in a dedicated account and are exclusively used for eligible capital improvements related to public meeting facilities, in compliance with the Mitigation Fee Act and AB-602. In line with AB-602, residential fees are calculated on a per square foot basis, re�lecting proportional demand based on unit size.
Scope of Improvements: The Public Meeting Facilities development impact fee is designed to support the expansion of public meeting spaces in Hemet, ensuring that the City maintains its established level of service as the population grows. This fee will fund the construction and expansion of public meeting facilities, which include new or expanded community center buildings that are equipped to provide multi-purpose meeting and recreational space for public use.
The improvements covered by this fee will involve the construction of new buildings or the expansion of existing Public Meeting Facilities to increase their capacity. These facilities will include necessary infrastructure improvements such as electrical, HVAC, plumbing, and other core building systems.
Interior spaces will be designed to accommodate a variety of activities, with meeting rooms and multi-purpose spaces, ensuring they can serve the needs of the community.
In addition, the fee will cover the on-site improvements necessary to make these facilities functional, including site access and circulation, utility connections, landscaping, parking, and ensuring compliance with Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requirements. The fee will also support land acquisition if new property is needed for expansion or new facility construction.
However, the Public Meeting Facilities Fee will not fund operations, routine maintenance, or like-forlike replacements that do not increase capacity. The focus remains on ensuring adequate infrastructure and space to accommodate the needs of Hemet’s growing population.
Scope of Bene�iciaries: This fee is assessed on residential development only, but it bene�its both new and existing residents by preserving the City’s established level of service for public meeting space as growth occurs. Demand for Public Meeting Facilities is driven by household population, measured using persons-per-household and translated into a square-feet-per-resident standard. There is no defensible proportional linkage to nonresidential �loor area for this facility type, so limiting the charge to residential development keeps the program narrowly tailored and proportional while funding capacity expansions that maintain service levels citywide. Existing development is not charged for existing needs or past shortfalls. Credits may be considered where an applicant 179
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City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report constructs eligible Public Meeting Facilities improvements consistent with this program, subject to City review and approval. Any future reimbursement provisions would require speci�ic City authorization.
Scope of Nexus: New residential development adds population, which increases demand for multipurpose public meeting space. This program measures the demand using the City’s existing level-ofservice standard expressed in square feet per resident, and sizes the growth share as the additional building area required to maintain that standard as development occurs.
Fee revenues are limited to capital facilities that add or expand Public Meeting Facilities building space to serve residents; the fee is not used for rehabilitation, routine maintenance, or like-for-like replacement without added capacity. Because the empirical demand evidence is resident-based, the fee applies to residential development only.
The amount of the fee bears a reasonable relationship to the development’s share of cost. The study translates the service standard into a cost per resident by applying unit costs per square foot (construction and, where applicable, land). Consistent with AB-602, residential fees are expressed per square foot of unit �loor area and allocated by housing type to re�lect proportional demand. All calculations are performed at full precision in the model; published values may be rounded for readability.
Existing System
Assets and Infrastructure: Hemet’s Public Meeting Facilities system consists of indoor civic spaces that host public meetings, youth and senior programming, classes, cultural events, and drop-in recreation. Facilities are purpose-built, climate-controlled buildings and rooms—multi-purpose spaces, �itness areas, classrooms, lobbies and support spaces, restrooms, storage, and administrative areas—paired with the on-site improvements necessary to make them usable (for example, site access/circulation and utility connections). Because the service provided is fundamentally space capacity for people and programs, Public Meeting Facilities are measured in building square feet rather than acreage or collections.
The system is distributed across the City and varies in size and program mix. Larger centers accommodate citywide events and multi-room scheduling, while smaller sites provide neighborhoodscale rooms and activity spaces. This mix allows the City to schedule concurrent programs without displacing standing community uses.
The City’s current inventory totals 50,509 SF of Public Meeting Facilities building space. The complete facility list and square footage are provided in Table 10-1 (Public Meeting Facilities Inventory), which serves as the basis for the level-of-service standard used later in this chapter. In addition, the existing Public Meeting Facilities fund balance is converted to equivalent capacity by dividing the current balance ($232,104) by the program’s total unit cost ($453 per SF, comprised of $380 construction and $73 land). The fund balance is applied as a direct cost deduction from the gross program cost, reducing the net amount charged to new development.
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City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report Table 10-1
Public Meeting Facilities Inventory
Land Use Square Feet
Simpson Center 20,422
Weston Park Shuffleboard 5,762
Weston Park Restrooms 848
Gibbel Park Bowling Green 1,093
Gibbel Park Restrooms 848
Gibbel Park South Pavilion 1,348
Gibbel Park North Pavilion 816
Simpson Park Gazebo 3,710
Simpson Park Restrooms 1,252
Brubaker Park Clubhouse 5,000
Brubaker Park North Pavilion 816
Brubaker Park South Pavilion 816
McSweeney Park Restrooms 504
McSweeney Park Pavilion 3,530
Mary Henley Park Pavilion 1 816
Mary Henley Park Pavilion 2 816
Mary Henley Park Pavilion 3 816
Mary Henley Park Pavilion 4 240
Mary Henley Park Pavilion 5 240
Stoney Mountain Park Pavilion 816
Total 50,509 SF
Existing Financial Commitment: To illustrate the scale of the City’s prior investment in Public Meeting Facilities, the planning-level replacement value of the current building inventory is estimated as:
• Inventory for replacement-value analysis: 50,509 SF
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City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report • Replacement cost per building SF (model): $453 per SF (comprised of $380 construction + $73 land)
• Estimated replacement value: $22,880,577 (calculation: 50,509 SF × $453/SF = $22,880,577) This �igure provides context for the magnitude of the existing system; it does not create an obligation to replace existing facilities with fee revenues. New development pays only its proportional share to maintain the current service standard as growth occurs.
Level of Service: The level of service (LOS) for Public Meeting Facilities is de�ined as square feet per resident and is derived from the existing system:
• Existing Public Meeting Facilities SF (physical built inventory): 50,509 SF • Resident population served: 89,663
• Service standard (SF per resident): 0.563
The LOS is calculated as building inventory ÷ resident population (50,509 ÷ 89,663 = 0.563). The existing Public Meeting Facilities fund balance of $232,104 is applied as a direct cost deduction from the gross program cost before allocating costs to new development, ensuring new development is not charged for capacity already funded through prior collections. Growth funds the additional building area required to keep this standard for both new and existing residents.
Growth and Demand
Method: The program maintains Hemet’s existing Public Meeting Facilities building-space-perresident standard. Based on the documented inventory and current resident population, the model uses a service standard of 0.563 square feet per resident. This LOS is held constant for growth: new development funds the additional building area needed to preserve today’s service level for both new and existing residents. Consistent with AB-602, residential fees are calculated on a per square foot basis; values are computed at full precision in the model and displayed using whole dollars and whole square feet, with the LOS shown to three decimals.
Cost Basis: Unit Cost Components (per building SF). The replacement value of Public Meeting Facilities space is priced per square foot and consists of construction and land:
• Construction cost: $380 per SF.
Basis: Valley-Wide Recreation & Park District Master Plan (GreenPlay, LLC & RRC Associates, 2021) benchmark for community/recreation centers (�ieldhouse), adopted for Hemet as the most defensible local planning value.
• Land cost: $73 per SF.
Basis: Derived from Hemet market evidence indicating a planning baseline of $800,000 per acre for community-center-suitable parcels. This value converts to $18 per land SF ($800,000 ÷ 43,560) and, using a 0.25 �loor area ratio (FAR), equals $73 per building SF. A detailed 182
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• Total unit cost: $453 per SF (construction + land).
Policy Notes.
These planning values will be re-evaluated in future updates as new construction indices or land appraisals become available. If a City-prepared appraisal supersedes the planning baseline, the appraised value will be used.
Calculation Framework
1. Convert growth to residents. Net-new dwelling units are converted to net-new residents using the study’s persons-per-household factors by housing type.
2. Size the required building area. Apply Hemet’s level of service (LOS) of 0.563 SF per resident to net-new residents to determine the required building SF for growth.
3. Apply the unit cost. Multiply the required building SF by $453 per SF to obtain the cost attributable to growth (construction + land).
4. Express AB-602 fees per residential SF. Convert the resulting cost per resident to $ per residential SF by housing type; schedules and revenue projections are presented later in the chapter.
All computations are performed at full precision in the model; published �igures are shown as whole dollars and whole numbers.
Required Building Area: To maintain the City’s established level of service for Public Meeting Facilities, the building area required for growth is calculated as:
Net-new residents × Service standard
• Growth population (net-new residents): 40,756
• Service standard (SF per resident): 0.563
• Required building area: 40,756 × 0.563 = 22,959 SF
This �igure represents the additional Public Meeting Facilities building space needed to serve future growth while preserving the existing level of service for both new and existing residents. Cost applications (construction and land) are addressed later in this chapter.
Fee Nexus and Allocation
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City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report space using the unit costs in the Cost Basis section. Consistent with AB-602, fees are expressed per square foot of residential �loor area, so larger homes pay proportionally more. The fee applies to residential development only; a defensible proportional linkage to nonresidential �loor area is not established for this facility type.
Allocation by Housing Type: Fees are calibrated by housing type using the study’s persons-perhousehold (PPH) and average unit size values. This approach aligns each development type’s payment with its relative demand for Public Meeting Facilities, ensuring the same service standard is maintained for both new and existing residents.
The City may adopt any amount at or below the maximum justi�ied levels and may implement annual indexing and administrative provisions consistent with the Mitigation Fee Act and AB602. Residential fee schedule (per square foot of unit �loor area): Fees are charged per square foot of residential �loor area at building permit issuance. Rates re�lect the established service standard of 0.563 square feet per resident and the cost basis described in the Cost Basis section. The fee applies to residential development only, as no proportional linkage has been established for nonresidential uses.
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Summary of Proposed Development Impact Fees
Land Use Fee Per SF
Single-Family Residential $0.375/SF
Multiple-Family Residential $0.736/SF
Mobile Home Dwelling Units $0.308/SF
Revenue Projection
Using the adopted per square foot schedule and the model’s growth residential �loor area, the maximum Public Meeting Facilities fee revenue at full buildout is:
• Single-Family Residential: 16,554,240 SF × $0.375/SF = $6,210,588 • Multiple-Family Residential: 5,309,684 SF × $0.736/SF = $3,906,669 • Mobile Home Dwelling Units: 200,000 SF × $0.308/SF = $61,578 Total: $10,178,836
Notes: Results re�lect growth only. Component subtotals are rounded to the dollar; minor rounding differences may occur—the total controls.
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City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report The capacity project total equals the cost basis (22,959.2761 SF × $453.46 = $10,178,836.45).
Projected revenue matches this amount when calculated at full precision.
Capital Program and Use of Funds
Impact fee revenues are restricted to capital improvements that add Public Meeting Facilities capacity. Eligible uses include planning, design, permitting, construction, interior build-out, and the on-site improvements necessary to place new or expanded space into service (for example, access/circulation and utility connections). Land acquisition is eligible when required to deliver the building program. Fees may not be used for operations, routine maintenance, or like-for-like replacements that do not increase capacity. Funds may be programmed citywide wherever projects maintain the established service standard for residents. Credits may be considered where an applicant constructs eligible Public Meeting Facilities improvements consistent with this program, subject to City review and approval; any reimbursement provisions would require speci�ic City authorization.
To translate the growth requirement into deliverable capital work, the program establishes a Public Meeting Facilities Capacity Expansion project that packages the growth-related square footage into a scoped, fundable action. This capacity may be delivered through additions at existing centers and/or a new multi-purpose facility, with �inal siting and phasing determined during capital planning.
Public Meeting Facilities Projects
Project ID: PF-001
Project Title: Public Meeting Facilities Capacity Expansion Description: This project expands Public Meeting Facilities building space to accommodate additional residents and maintain the City’s service standard of 0.563 square feet per resident. The scope includes planning, design, permitting, construction, interior build-out, and on-site improvements necessary to place the space into service. Capacity may be delivered through additions at existing centers and/or construction of a new multi-purpose facility. The project provides 22,959 SF of new Public Meeting Facilities building capacity identi�ied in the growth analysis, ensuring the City’s level of service is maintained as development occurs.
Size: 22,959 square feet (growth-related building expansion) Location: To be determined, City of Hemet
New Development Share: 100%–$10,178,836 (to be funded through Public Meeting Facilities Impact Fees)2
2 The existing fund balance of $232,104 is deducted from the gross program cost before allocating to new development; PF-001 reflects the net growth-eligible cost of $10,178,836 after that deduction. 185
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City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report Existing Community Share: 0%–$0 (not eligible for impact fee funding) Total Cost: $10,178,836
Timing: 2026-2036
Administrative Provisions
Applicability and Collection: The Public Meeting Facilities fee applies to net-new residential �loor area. Fees are calculated using the adopted per square foot schedule by housing type and are collected at building permit (or as otherwise speci�ied by City ordinance). Additions are charged on the incremental square footage; demolitions/removals receive credit, so applicants are charged only on the net increase. Change-of-use situations are addressed by applying the schedule to the net change in residential �loor area. The fee applies to residential development only.
Indexing and Price Date: Published rates re�lect the current year (2025). Following adoption, the fee shall be indexed annually to preserve purchasing power. The construction component is adjusted using the City’s adopted ENR Building Cost Index (or successor index). The land component is not indexed by ENR; updates to land cost should rely on current appraisals, documented comparable acquisitions, or other City-accepted evidence. Published rates re�lect the current index year; the model retains full-precision calculations.
Use of Funds: Revenues are restricted to capital improvements that add Public Meeting Facilities capacity, including planning, design, permitting, construction, interior build-out, and on-site improvements required to place the space into service (e.g., access/circulation and utility connections). Land acquisition is eligible when required to deliver the building program. Funds may not be used for operations, routine maintenance, or like-for-like replacements that do not increase capacity. Revenues may be programmed citywide where projects maintain the established service standard.
Credits and Reimbursements: Where an applicant constructs eligible Public Meeting Facilities improvements or dedicates eligible land accepted by the City, the applicant is entitled to a credit or reimbursement up to the lesser of: (a) the actual, documented cost of the eligible improvement/land, or (b) the value recognized by this program for the same scope. Credits require a written agreement, are applied only to the same project and program, and may not exceed the fee otherwise due. The City may require plans, invoices, appraisals, and other documentation to substantiate eligibility and value.
Adjustments and Appeals: An applicant may request an individualized fee adjustment by submitting substantial evidence (e.g., an independent fee study, current appraisal for land, or other technical documentation) demonstrating that the development’s demand or characteristics differ materially from the assumptions used in this chapter. The City will review the submission and may approve an adjustment to ensure the fee remains proportional.
Fund Accounting and Reporting: All revenues and expenditures are tracked in a separate account for Public Meeting Facilities. The City will complete required annual and periodic �indings and 186
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City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report reporting for impact fees, including identifying balances, interest earnings, commitments, and project expenditures, and will make the �indings available consistent with applicable law.
Effective Date and Transition: The fee applies to projects deemed complete (or receiving building permits) on or after the effective date of the adopting ordinance, subject to any City-adopted transition provisions. Previously paid fees, credits, or development agreements remain in effect pursuant to their terms.
Rounding and Precision: The model maintains full computational precision, but published �igures follow these conventions: per square foot rates are shown to three decimals; currency (totals, balances, and project costs) is shown to whole dollars; counts and square footage are shown as whole numbers. For LOS references, Hemet’s standard is 0.563 SF per resident. Minor differences are solely due to display rounding.
Five Findings
1. Purpose of the Fee
The purpose of the fee is to fund the expansion of Public Meeting Facilities building space necessary to maintain the City’s established level of service as new residential development adds population that uses public meeting space.
2. Use of the Fee
Fee revenues will be used to �inance the construction and expansion of Public Meeting Facilities, including interior build-out and the on-site improvements necessary to place space into service (e.g., access/circulation and utility connections). Land acquisition is eligible when required to deliver the building program.
3. Relationship Between Fee’s Use and Type of Development New residential development increases population, which increases demand for Public Meeting Facilities. Fee revenues are used to add building capacity that serves those residents.
Because the empirical demand is resident-based, the fee applies to residential development only and is charged per square foot of residential �loor area consistent with AB-602.
4. Relationship Between Need and Type of Development
The need for expanded facilities arises directly from new residents. The program maintains Hemet’s service standard of 0.563 square feet per resident; applying this standard to the growth population (40,756 net-new residents) yields 22,959 SF of required building area to serve development at the established level of service.
5. Relationship Between Amount of Fee and Cost Attributable to Development The fee amount is based on the required building area and the program’s unit cost of $453 per SF (construction + land), then expressed per square foot of residential �loor area by housing type. The resulting residential schedule is $0.375/SF (Single-Family Residential), 187
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City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report $0.736/SF (Multiple-Family Residential), and $0.308/SF (Mobile Home Dwelling Units), ensuring no housing type is charged more than its proportional share of the cost needed to serve growth.
References
GreenPlay, LLC & RRC Associates. (2021). Valley-Wide Recreation & Park District. 2020 Master Plan Update (Revised January 2021). Hemet: City of Hemet.
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Chapter 11
Library Facilities and Collections
Purpose and Scope
Purpose: This chapter establishes the Library Facilities and Collections Impact Fee so that new residential development in the City of Hemet contributes its fair, proportional share of the library building space and collection resources needed to serve the added population, consistent with the Mitigation Fee Act (Government Code § 66000 et seq.) and AB-602. The objective is to maintain Hemet’s existing level of service for both facilities (building square footage accessible to residents) and collections (physical items, e-resources, public electronic equipment, and related collection software) as development occurs, avoiding any decline in service for either new or existing residents.
The fee converts net-new residents from residential projects into a building-space requirement and a collection requirement based on the City’s current service standards. Those requirements are then valued using the unit costs de�ined in this chapter and expressed per square foot of residential �loor area in accordance with AB-602, ensuring larger homes (and housing types with higher occupancy) pay proportionally more. Revenues are deposited in a dedicated fund and may be used only for eligible, capacity-adding library improvements and collection acquisitions; they may not be used for operations or maintenance. Credits or reimbursements may be granted where an applicant constructs eligible improvements, dedicates eligible land, or funds eligible collection acquisitions that the City accepts into the public system.
Scope of Improvements: Eligible improvements include: (a) library building projects that add public service space (planning, design, permitting, construction, interior buildout, and on-site/codetriggered work necessary to place space into service); (b) collection acquisitions (physical items and e-resources), public electronic equipment, and related collection software; and (c) land acquisition when required to deliver the building program. Costs for operations, routine maintenance, and likefor-like replacements that do not increase capacity are not eligible.
Scope of Bene�iciaries: The Library Facilities and Collections Impact Fee applies to residential development only. Empirical demand for library services in the City of Hemet is resident-based, as library buildings, materials, and digital resources primarily serve the City’s households and residents.
No proportional linkage to nonresidential �loor area is established for this facility type.
The program is calibrated so that new growth funds the incremental facilities and collections required to serve additional residents, ensuring that Hemet maintains its established level of service for both new and existing residents as the community expands.
Scope of Nexus: New residential development adds population that uses Hemet’s library buildings and collections. The program measures demand using the City’s existing service standards, building square feet per resident and collection units per resident, and sizes growth’s share as the additional building area and collection units required to keep those standards whole. 189
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City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report Those requirements are valued using the unit costs described in the Method section. Consistent with AB-602, charges are stated per square foot of residential �loor area by housing type, so each project’s fee aligns with the demand it creates.
Existing System
Assets and Infrastructure: The City’s library system provides reading rooms, public computing, study and program space, and circulation services across its public facilities. Building square footage is used in this chapter to establish the facility level-of-service (LOS) standard.
In addition to facilities, the system maintains a multi-format public collection and supporting technology. Based on the most recent inventory provided, the City’s total public collection is 100,008 items. Current public-facing technology and equipment include an integrated library automation platform with servers, eight self-checkout stations, one 24/7 outdoor materials kiosk, 24 PCs for staff and public use, public computer-management software with servers, an automated materials return and sorting system (13 bins), an open-access/early-entry system with 13 security cameras, four security gates, a people counter, a children’s play/activity center, and AV equipment (monitors, sound equipment, microphones).
(Facility square footage sets the building LOS; the collection and technology inventory inform the collection standard and per-resident collection inputs used later in this chapter.) Existing Financial Commitment: These �igures summarize the scale of the City’s prior capital investment in the library system (context only; not all components are fee-eligible). All values are expressed in 2025 dollars.
• Building construction value (existing library facilities): $29,784,197 • Furniture & Equipment (facility F&E): $893,525.91
• Equivalent land value (at $800,000 per acre and 0.25 FAR): $3,623,140 • Planning-level replacement context (construction + F&E + equivalent land): $34,300,863 • Collections & supporting technology (planning-level total value): $4,846,648 Notes:
• The equivalent land value is expressed per building square foot based on a land cost of $800,000 per acre and a 0.25 �loor area ratio (FAR).
• Values re�lect the City’s current capitalized cost basis for library facilities, furnishings, and collections.
• These �igures provide context only; fee revenues are restricted to capacity-adding improvements as de�ined in this chapter.
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City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report Level of Service: The program maintains the City’s existing service standards so that growth funds the incremental facilities and collections needed to keep service whole for both new and existing residents.
• Population (current): 89,663
• Library building standard: 0.550 SF per resident
• Basis: 49,320 SF ÷ 89,663 residents ≈ 0.550 SF/resident • Library collection standard: 1.115 units per resident (physical items + e-resource equivalents)
• Basis: 100,008 items ÷ 89,663 residents ≈ 1.115 units/resident These standards are applied in Growth and Demand to size the required building area and collection additions attributable to net-new residents; unit costs are applied in Method. Fees are expressed per square foot of residential �loor area consistent with AB-602.
Growth and Demand
Method: The Library program maintains the City’s existing service standards for both building space and collections as residential growth occurs. Fees apply only to residential development and are assessed on net-new residential �loor area. In mixed-use projects, only the residential portion is subject to this fee. Additions are charged on the incremental square footage, while demolitions or removals receive a credit for prior area, so applicants pay only the net increase. Net-new dwelling units are converted to net-new residents using the City’s adopted persons-per-household factors by housing type.
The service standards are held constant at 0.550 SF per resident for buildings and 1.115 items/eresource units per resident for collections. Consistent with Assembly Bill 602 (AB-602), charges are expressed per square foot of residential �loor area by housing type, so larger homes—and housing types with higher occupancy—pay proportionally more. Credits or reimbursements may be provided where an applicant constructs eligible library improvements, dedicates eligible land, or funds eligible collection acquisitions that the City accepts into the public system.
Cost Basis: All unit costs, inventory values, and collection costs used in this chapter are stated in 2025 dollars. Building-related values are based on the City’s Statement of Values (SOV) for insured property (the City’s insurance property schedule). Collection costs, including physical items, eresources, and supporting technology, were provided directly by the City and re�lect the current planning-level value of library collection assets.
The building unit cost (per building square foot) is $695/SF, comprised of $604/SF (construction), $73/SF (land, based on $800,000 per acre at a 0.25 FAR), and $17/SF (furniture & equipment). The collection cost (per additional resident) is $56. Construction costs are indexed periodically using the City’s selected construction cost index; land is not indexed by ENR and is revisited during comprehensive updates; furniture, equipment, and collection costs are refreshed during 191
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City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report comprehensive updates or via current vendor quotations. For the AB-602 per-square-foot expression, the City’s adopted persons-per-household (PPH) factors and average dwelling unit sizes by housing type (as established in Chapter 1) are applied consistently in this chapter.
Calculation Framework
1. Net-new residents are derived from net-new dwelling units using City PPH by housing type.
2. Required building area = net-new residents × 0.550 SF/resident.
3. Required collection additions = net-new residents × 1.115 units/resident.
4. Per resident costs (City-provided): Building $382.18 and Collections $54.05, for a Total $436.23 per additional resident.
5. Per SF schedule (AB-602): Convert each housing type’s $ per dwelling to $ per SF by dividing by its average unit size; publish per SF rates by housing type.
Required Building Area (growth only): Using the growth population from the model, calculate:
• Required library building area (growth only) = [net-new residents] × 0.550 SF per resident. • Required collections (growth only) = [net-new residents] × 1.115 units per resident.
These outputs represent the additional library building space and collection units required solely to serve net-new residents at the City’s adopted standards; they exclude backlog, maintenance, and likefor-like replacements. The capital program will deliver this capacity through additions to existing branches or a new facility and targeted collection acquisitions so that the level of service for both new and existing residents remains whole.
Fee Nexus and Allocation
Basis of Proportionality: New residential development adds residents who use library buildings and collections. To keep service whole, the program maintains the City’s adopted standards—0.550 SF of building per resident and 1.115 collection units per resident—and charges growth for the additional building area and collection units required to meet those standards. Consistent with AB602, fees are expressed per square foot of residential �loor area so larger homes (and housing types with higher occupancy) pay proportionally more. A defensible proportional linkage to nonresidential �loor area is not established for this facility type, so the fee applies to residential development only.
Allocation by Housing Type: Allocation uses each housing category’s PPH and average unit size.
Step 1 — Per-dwelling cost (by category):
• Building component = PPH × 0.550 (SF per resident) × Building $/SF • Collections component = PPH × 1.115 (units per resident) × Collection $/resident • Per-dwelling cost = Building component + Collections component (Currency shown in whole dollars; LOS shown to three decimals.) 192
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City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report Step 2 — Convert to $/SF (AB-602):
• Per-SF fee = Per-dwelling cost ÷ Average unit size (SF) This ties each category’s fee to the demand it generates, while holding the same building and collection standards citywide.
The City may adopt any amount at or below the maximum justi�ied levels and may implement annual indexing and administrative provisions consistent with the Mitigation Fee Act and AB602. Residential Fee Schedule: The Library Facilities and Collections fees below are stated per square foot of residential �loor area. Amounts re�lect the current price date (2025) and the Cityprovided cost inputs. Calculations are performed at full precision; currency is published to three decimals and project totals to the dollar. Apply the schedule to net-new residential �loor area at building permit. Additions are charged on the incremental square footage, and demolitions receive credit for prior area, consistent with this chapter. PPH and average unit sizes by housing type are the City’s adopted values from Chapter 1; the per-SF fees below are computed directly from those inputs and the total dollars per resident.
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Summary of Proposed Development Impact Fees
Land Use Per SF
Single-Family Residential $0.655/SF
Multiple-Family Residential $1.285/SF
Mobile Home Dwelling Units $0.538/SF
Revenue Projection
Using the Library per-dwelling schedule and the model’s potential residential units, the gross buildout projection is:
• Single-Family Residential: 7,185 units × $1,509.807 per DU = $10,847,965 • Multiple-Family Residential: 5,734 units × $1,190.047 per DU = $6,823,732 • Mobile Home Dwelling Units: 160 units × $672.237 per DU = $107,558 Total (to the dollar): $17,779,255
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City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report Capital Program and Use of Funds
To translate growth’s needs into deliverable work, the program packages required building area and collection additions into two coordinated projects. Fee revenues are limited to capacity-adding improvements, planning, design, permitting, construction/expansion, interior buildout, and on-site or code-triggered work necessary to place space into service, as well as collection acquisitions (physical items and e-resources) with supporting public electronic equipment. Land acquisition is eligible when required to deliver the building program. Funds may not be used for operations, routine maintenance, or like-for-like replacements that do not increase capacity. Projects may be implemented at existing branches or a new site, wherever they best maintain the adopted service levels.
Based on the program’s buildout total of $17,779,255, the City allocates funding in proportion to the per-resident cost components used in the fee calculation, resulting in two projects delivered in parallel: Library Facilities (building capacity) — $15,576,218, and Collections & Supporting Technology — $2,203,037.
Library Facilities and Collections Projects
Project ID: LB-001
Project Title: Library Collection Expansion
Description: Expands the City’s public collection to maintain the adopted 1.115 units per resident standard as residential development adds population. The scope includes acquisition of physical items and e-resources, related collection software, and public electronic equipment necessary to place resources into service.
Size: 45,460 collection units/e-resource equivalents
Location: To be determined, City of Hemet
New Development Share: 100% – $2,203,037 (to be funded through Library Facilities and Collections Impact Fees)
Existing Community Share: 0% – $0 (non-growth cost, funded from other sources) Total Cost: $2,203,037
Timing: 2026–2036
Project ID: LB-002
Project Title: Library Facilities Expansion
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City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report Description: Constructs/expands library building space to maintain the adopted 0.550 SF per resident facility standard as population grows. Scope includes planning, design, permitting, construction, interior buildout, and on-site/code-triggered improvements; land acquisition is included if required to deliver the building program. Delivery may include additions or remodels at existing branches and/or a new facility.
Size: 22,421 SF
Location: To be determined, City of Hemet
New Development Share: 100% – $15,576,218 (to be funded with Library Facilities and Collections Impact Fees)
Existing Community Share: 0% – $0 (non-growth cost, funded from other sources) Total Cost: $15,576,218
Timing: 2026–2036
Administrative Provisions
Applicability and Collections: The Library Facilities and Collections Impact Fee applies to residential development only and is assessed per square foot of residential �loor area. Mixed-use projects are assessed by category; only the residential portion is subject to this fee. For additions, charge only the incremental new �loor area. For demolitions or removals, provide a credit for the prior area so applicants are charged only for the net increase. The fee is calculated from net-new dwelling units to net-new residents (by City PPH) and expressed per SF under AB-602.
Indexing and Price Date: Price date: 2025. The construction component of the building unit cost is indexed annually to the City’s ENR Building Cost Index (BCI) (or successor). Land is not indexed by ENR. Furniture & Equipment and collection costs are re-priced during comprehensive updates or by documented vendor quotations (not ENR-indexed). Indexing adjusts fee levels but does not change the adopted service standards or method.
Use of Funds: Revenues are restricted to capacity-adding improvements that maintain the adopted standards (0.550 SF/resident for buildings; 1.115 units/resident for collections). Eligible uses include planning, design, permitting, building construction/expansion, interior buildout, and onsite/code-triggered work necessary to place space into service, as well as collection acquisitions (physical items and e-resources) with supporting public electronic equipment and collection software. Land acquisition is eligible when required to deliver the building program. Funds may not be used for operations, routine maintenance, or like-for-like replacements that do not increase capacity.
Credits and Reimbursements: Where an applicant constructs and dedicates eligible library facilities, dedicates land, or funds collection acquisitions accepted by the City that add capacity the program would otherwise fund, the applicant may receive a credit or reimbursement. Credits are 195
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City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report limited to the lesser of (a) the City-accepted eligible capacity cost or (b) the portion of the fee attributable to the same improvement. Credits require a written agreement, are applied consistently with City policy, and do not create a right to a cash refund. No credit is provided for O&M, non-capital items, private on-site amenities that do not become a City asset, or improvements beyond program scope.
Adjustments and Appeals: Applicants may request an adjustment or submit an independent fee calculation where project characteristics materially differ from the assumptions in this chapter (e.g., atypical unit sizes or demonstrated PPH). Submittals must use methods consistent with this chapter and include supporting documentation for City review. Appeals are processed pursuant to City ordinance and applicable administrative procedures.
Fund Accounting and Reporting: All revenues are deposited in a separate impact-fee fund and expended solely for eligible library capital improvements consistent with this chapter. The City prepares annual reports consistent with Gov. Code §66006 and adopts �ive-year �indings for any unexpended balances consistent with Gov. Code §66001(d).
Effective Date and Transition: The fee schedule becomes effective on the date established by City Council. Applications deemed complete prior to the effective date are processed under the prior schedule unless otherwise provided by ordinance or agreement. Existing development agreements and duly executed reimbursement/credit agreements are honored according to their terms.
Rounding and Precision: All calculations are performed at full precision. For publication: per SF rates are shown to three decimals, the service standard is shown to three decimals (0.550 SF/resident; 1.115 units/resident), and project totals are shown to the dollar. Minor rounding differences may occur across subtotals.
Five Findings
1. Purpose of the Fee
The purpose of the fee is to fund the expansion of library building space and collection resources necessary to maintain the City’s established level of service as new residential development adds population that uses library facilities and materials.
2. Use of the Fee
Fee revenues will be used to �inance the construction and expansion of library buildings, interior buildout, and on-site/code-triggered improvements necessary to place space into service; land acquisition is eligible when required to deliver the building program. Revenues will also fund eligible collection acquisitions (physical items and e-resources), related collection software, and public electronic equipment.
3. Relationship Between the Fee’s Use and the Type of Development New residential development increases population, which increases demand for library space and collections. Fee revenues will be used to add building capacity and collections that serve 196