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School Facilities Fee (Level 1) - Westside Union SD

Levied by Westside Union School District (Board of Education) on new development in Lancaster. Authorized under the Ed. Code Sec. 17620; Gov. Code Sec. 65995 et seq. (statutory school facilities fee).

What one house pays

$7,960

This fee is not in Lancaster's published figure. This site publishes a home outside any plan area, and this charge applies only in Westside Union SD. The amount shown is what it costs a house that is there.

Total one-time fees here
$41,516
Adjustment
Not recorded

The record

Why it exists

“The purpose of the Reportable Fees imposed and collected on Development within the District is to fund additional school facilities required to serve the students of the District generated by Development within the District.”

Annual and Five-Year Reportable Fees Report, Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2025, s. III.A, internal p. 6 · source document ↗
What it pays for

“Specifically, the Reportable Fees will be used for the construction and/or acquisition of additional school facilities, remodeling existing school facilities to accommodate new growth from new development including, but not limited to, adding additional classrooms, technology and acquiring and installing additional portable classrooms. (Government Code Section 66001(d)(1)(A)).”

Annual and Five-Year Reportable Fees Report, FY ending 2025-06-30, s. III.A, internal p. 6 · source document ↗
Where it applies

“there is a roughly proportional, reasonable relationship between the Development upon which the Reportable Fees are charged and the need for additional school facilities by reason of the fact that additional students will be generated by additional Development within the District, and the District does not have student capacity in its existing school facilities to accommodate these new students.”

Annual and Five-Year Reportable Fees Report, FY ending 2025-06-30, s. III.B, internal p. 7 · source document ↗
Credits and offsets

“If the District fails to timely identify the approximate date by which the construction of the Project(s) will commence, then the District must refund the unexpended portion of the Reportable Fees and any interest accrued thereon to the then current record owner(s).”

Annual and Five-Year Reportable Fees Report, FY ending 2025-06-30, s. II.VI "Refunds and Allocations (Government Code Section 66006(b)(1)(H), 66001(e), (f))", internal p. 5 · source document ↗

Every published rate

Land useApplies toBasisEffectiveAmount
Westside Union SD
Residential per sq ft — $3.98
the line this rate was read from

“the District in entitled to collect 74 percent of the maximum fee which is $3.98 per square foot for residential development ... To levy a fee on any new or on other residential development, as described in Education Code section 17620(a), occurring within the District, in the maximum amount currently authorized by law of $3.98 per square foot of assessable space”

Westside Union School District Resolution 26-20, adopted 2026-03-17, s. 3.A · source document ↗
Commercial/Industrial none per sq ft — $0.62
the line this rate was read from

“Level 1 | July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025 | Commercial/Industrial | $0.62”

the levying document · source document ↗
Self Storage (CID) none per sq ft — $0.25
the line this rate was read from

“Level 1 | July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025 | Self Storage (CID) | $0.250”

the levying document · source document ↗

About these figures

Quoted, not summarized. Every amount and fact on this page is copied from the official document it links to. If we couldn’t find something in a document, we leave it blank instead of guessing.

Before any discounts. Some fees offer credits, waivers or phase-ins. They’re listed above but not subtracted, because whether you qualify depends on your project.

Check the date. Fees change. This page shows what was in force on the date at the top, with a link to the document that set it, so you can confirm the current amount yourself. How all of this is put together.

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