Mall Developer Agrees to Air-Quality Fees
Developers of the Camarillo Factory Stores outlet mall have agreed to pay the city of Camarillo more than $1 million over the next three years to make up for the air pollution caused by traffic at the outdoor shopping center.
Officials from the Chelsea GCA Realty group of New Jersey agreed to the so-called air-quality mitigation fees when they applied for permission to build the factory outlet center.
Earlier this week, the Camarillo City Council approved the amounts of $370,681 for 1997, $354,330 for 1998 and $331,191 for 1999. The fee amounts were based on recently completed traffic surveys that analyzed the number of cars using the center on any given day. They also take into account the development’s future expansion plans.
City planning officials impose the air-quality mitigation fees on any developer whose project increases traffic--and therefore smog--in Camarillo.
“It’s used in a variety of ways to help improve air quality and transportation,” Planning Director Matthew A. Boden said. “We used it for all kinds of ways to improve the ways people travel.”
Improvement projects include bike trails, clean-fuel vehicles and a natural gas fueling station, Boden said.
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