City of Murrieta in Riverside County, California Adopts Ordinance No. 639-26 Updating Stephens' Kangaroo Rat Habitat Conservation Plan Mitigation Fees
The City of Murrieta, in Riverside County, California, has adopted Ordinance No. 639-26, which updates the mitigation fee assessed on new development within the Riverside County Stephens' Kangaroo Rat Habitat Conservation Plan fee assessment area. The ordinance amends Ordinance No. 165-96, which established the fee assessment area and set the mitigation fees. The city published the ordinance summary through its municipal notice system on October 30.
According to the city summary, the ordinance was introduced on October 6 and adopted at the October 20 regular City Council meeting. The vote was: Ayes - Warren, DeForest, Holliday, Levell; Noes - Stone; Absent - none. The summary, issued under California Government Code section 36933(c), was signed by City Clerk Cristal McDonald and dated October 27, with publication set for November 2. A copy of the full text is available at the City Clerk's Department at 1 Town Square, Murrieta, CA 92562, or by emailing [email protected].
The Stephens' kangaroo rat is a small nocturnal rodent endemic to Southern California, found mainly in western Riverside County and northern San Diego County, and is listed as threatened under federal law. Its habitat conservation plan funds habitat protection through mitigation fees on new development inside the plan area. Murrieta lies within the species' range, and the updated fee will apply to new development in the assessment area; the fee schedule itself is set out in the full ordinance text.
Source: GSM · USA
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Photo: 图：斯蒂芬斯袋鼠鼠。美国鱼类及野生动物管理局（U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service）图，公共领域，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / A Stephens' kangaroo rat. Photo by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
