School Facilities Fee (Level 1) - Auburn Union SD

“The Board will collect fees on new residential and commercial/industrial development to fund the construction or reconstruction of school facilities to serve students generated by such projects.”

“Developer fees may be used to finance new schools and equipment, and to reconstruct existing facilities in order to maintain adequate housing for all of the District's students. Other legitimate uses of developer fees include, but are not limited to: interim housing, site acquisition, replacement of aged or inadequate portable classrooms, and housing for class-size reduction. Up to three percent of the fees collected may be used to defray the administrative costs incurred by the District in collecting these fees. Uses of the fees which are specifically prohibited by law are: regular or routine maintenance of facilities, asbestos abatement incidental to construction or reconstruction, and deferred maintenance programs.”

“The District is one of the oldest, continuously operating school systems in the State of California. Organized in 1852, it provides education to K – 8th grade students within a 64 square mile area located in southeastern Placer County, including the City and the adjacent unincorporated areas of the County.”

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“BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the developer fees established by this Resolution, including any increases for inflation as authorized by the State, shall be collected prior to the issuance of a building permit on each eligible unit.”

Auburn Union School District, the agency that levies it

“BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees of the Auburn Union School District authorizes District staff to give notice to the City of Auburn, the County of Placer, and other applicable agencies, of the Board's adoption and implementation of this Resolution by serving a copy of the Resolution to each agency and by requesting that no building permits and no certificates of occupancy for residential, manufactured homes, mobile homes, commercial or industrial construction be issued without certification from the District that the specified fees, including any subsequent increases authorized by the State, have been paid.”

“Education Code section 17620 explains several facets of developer fee law, including, but not limited to the following: Exempts from fees residential additions of less than 500 square feet. Allows a portion of the fees to be used to pay for the completion of developer fee justification studies. Exempts from fees development projects that are used exclusively for government-owned facilities, private schools, and buildings that are tax-free based upon their use for religious purposes. Limits the collection of fees for senior housing to the amount of commercial/industrial fees and requires any conversion from that use to be approved by the applicable local government agency after the school district has been notified.”

“BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that if the District has unexpected or uncommitted fees within five (5) years of collection of those fees, the District will make the statutorily required findings or refund those fees.”

“The increased fee, if approved by the Governing Board, will become effective on August 7, 2022, which is more than 60 days after the proposed adoption of the resolution levying such fee by the Governing Board.”