Miscellaneous Residential Amenities - The Preserve

“The purpose of the miscellaneous residential amenities impact fee is to fund the miscellaneous residential amenities needed to serve new development. A maximum justified fee is presented based on the system plan standard of miscellaneous residential amenities per capita. The essential nexus for this facility category is between the demand for new miscellaneous residential amenities from the projected increase in service population and the additional miscellaneous residential amenities needed to meet those service demands.”

“Chino Municipal Code Chapter 3.45 establishes a Miscellaneous Residential Amenities DIF. This fee is established to finance the relocation and/or construction of construction of various open space amenities such as paseos and trails." and, from the same page, "The master developer in The Preserve is responsible for landscaping and trail improvements within the Southern California Edison (SCE) easement, as well as perimeter and paseo enhancements, under the Miscellaneous Residential Amenities DIF program.”

“The following development impact fee categories are established for each development project located within the Preserve (development impact fees for projects outside the Preserve are addressed in Chapter 3.40): ... J. Miscellaneous Residential Amenities. A fee established for the construction of various open space amenities.”

2019-08-07

“Section 2. Chapter 3.45 of the Chino Municipal Code, entitled "Development Impact Fees," shall be replaced in its entirety with the following: ... "3.45.010 – Intent and purpose."" and "PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 7th day of AUGUST, 2019.”

Ordinance No. 2019-009 (replacing CMC ch. 3.45 in its entirety)

“Section 2. Chapter 3.45 of the Chino Municipal Code, entitled "Development Impact Fees," shall be replaced in its entirety with the following: ... "3.45.010 – Intent and purpose."" and "PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 7th day of AUGUST, 2019.”

at building permit

“Residential Developments. Payment of development impact fees for residential developments shall be due on the date that the building permit is issued by the city, unless the developer elects to pay the fees at the time of final inspection pursuant to Government Code Section 66007.”

City of Chino, the agency that levies it

“Development impact fees are charged by the city to developers in connection with approval of development projects for the purpose of defraying all or a portion of the costs of public facilities required to serve the new development.”

“Development impact fees will not be charged for any development project consisting of a building or building addition of less than five hundred (500) square feet, except for the construction of an accessory dwelling unit." and "Development impact fees shall not be charged for the expansion of existing residential structures, except for the construction of an accessory dwelling unit.”

“If, as a condition of approval of a development project, a developer constructs a public facility identified in the Reports, for which a development impact fee is imposed, then the developer shall be eligible to receive a fee credit toward the development impact fee imposed on the development project for the same type of public facility so constructed, and shall be entitled to reimbursement for eligible costs of constructing the public facility." and "Credits earned for the construction of a public facility can only be applied to the development impact fee category for which the public facility is programmed ... At no time will credits be applied outside the category for which the public facility is programmed. Project credits issued under this chapter may not be applied to projects outside the Preserve.”