School Facilities Fee - Fontana USD

“The purpose of the fee is to pay for the construction and/or reconstruction of school facilities and/or additional permanent facilities on existing school campuses of new public-school facilities necessary to serve students expected to be generated from new residential and commercial/industrial development.”

“The District's use of the fee will involve construction and/or reconstruction of school facilities and/or additional permanent facilities on existing school campuses, including, but not limited to, the type of projects identified in the 2022 FMP received by the Board on April 6, 2022 as maybe amended with relevant updates and incorporated herein. Revenue from fees collected on residential and commercial/industrial development may be expended on any of the following: Purchase of land for school facilities to address student growth; Designing and planning of school facilities to address student growth and to improve school facilities to address increased demand on the facilities to maintain existing levels of service; Construction or reconstruction of school facilities; Testing and inspection of school sites and school buildings and permit and plan check fees; Interim school facilities to house students generated by new development while permanent facilities are being constructed including leasing or acquisition of portable classrooms to meet the temporary needs of students generated from new development and construction, the installation of interim facilities and the costs of replacing interim facilities with permanent facilities; Administration of the collection of developer fees as permitted by statutes; and Any other use permitted by law.”

“The FUSD was unified in 1956 and comprises approximately 40.5 square miles, including portions of the City of Fontana, City of Rialto and surrounding unincorporated territory in the County of San Bernardino.”

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“The School Fee Legislation provides that development fees are to be collected prior to the issuance of a building permit. Furthermore, no city or county is authorized to issue a building permit for new residential or commercial/industrial projects unless it first certifies with the appropriate school district that the developer of the project has complied with the development fee requirement.”

“There are two mechanisms for paying developer fees. One is to contact the Office of Facilities Planning and arrange payment per the developer fee schedule listed below. The other is to enter into a Community Facilities District (CFD).”

“As it relates to the imposition of developer fees upon senior citizen housing projects, Section 65995.1(a) of the Government Code reads as follows: Notwithstanding any other provision of law, as to any development project for the construction of senior citizen housing, as described in section 51.3 of the Civil Code, a residential care facility for the elderly as described in subdivision (k) of Section 1569.2 of the Health and Safety Code, or a multilevel facility for the elderly as described in paragraph (9) of subdivision (d) of Section 15432, any fee charge, dedication or other requirement that is levied under Section 53080 may be applied only to new construction and is subject to the limits and conditions applicable to under subdivision (b) of Section 65995 in the case of commercial or industrial development.”

“The District and the development community have entered into various mitigation agreements in order to ensure the timely construction of school facilities to house students from new mitigated development ("Mitigated Dwelling Units"). The impact from these Mitigated Dwelling Units on school facilities and the mitigation payments associated with them are excluded from the fee calculation in this Report.”