Park Land Dedication Ordinance (PLDO) fees - Mountain Empire

“SEC. 810.109. PARK IMPACT FEES PURPOSE — The ordinance section codified in this article is enacted pursuant to the authority granted by California Government Code Sections 66000 et seq (also known as the Mitigation Fee Act), which authorizes a county to require the payment of an impact fee to defray all or a portion of the cost of public facilities needed to accommodate the new residents of a development project as a condition of project approval. (a) Park Land Acquisition Impact Fees collected pursuant to this Article are intended to fund the acquisition of park land which will mitigate impacts of new residential Developments without Subdivisions on park land within the unincorporated County ... (b) Park Improvement Impact Fees collected pursuant to this Article are intended to fund park improvements which will mitigate the impacts of new residential Developments with or without Subdivisions on parks and recreational facilities within the unincorporated County”

“USE OF PARK IMPACT FEES — The Park Impact Fee consists of an administrative fee, park land acquisition fee and park improvement fee. Administrative fees fund annual reporting requirements and administration of LPPA funds. Park Land Acquisition Impact Fees fund the acquisition of park land. Park Improvement Impact Fees fund the development of new or expansion of existing park or recreation facilities. Please see Section 810.115 Limitations on Use for more details on the use of Park Impact Fees.”

2018-07-25 (original PLDO 1972-12-19; this chapter effective 2019-01-01)

“ORDINANCE NO.: 10554 (N.S.) — AN ORDINANCE REPEALING AND REPLACING THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY CODE OF REGULATORY ORDINANCES TITLE 8, DIVISION 10, CHAPTER 1, RELATING TO PARK LAND DEDICATION AND PAYMENT OF FEES ... SECTION 1. Chapter 1 of Division 10 of Title 8 of the San Diego County Code of Regulatory Ordinances is hereby repealed and replaced with the following: ... PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED by the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Diego this 25th day of July, 2018. ... AYES: Cox, Gaspar, Roberts, Horn ABSENT: Jacob”

Ordinance No. 10554 (N.S.)

“ORDINANCE NO.: 10554 (N.S.) — AN ORDINANCE REPEALING AND REPLACING THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY CODE OF REGULATORY ORDINANCES TITLE 8, DIVISION 10, CHAPTER 1, RELATING TO PARK LAND DEDICATION AND PAYMENT OF FEES ... SECTION 1. Chapter 1 of Division 10 of Title 8 of the San Diego County Code of Regulatory Ordinances is hereby repealed and replaced with the following: ... PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED by the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Diego this 25th day of July, 2018. ... AYES: Cox, Gaspar, Roberts, Horn ABSENT: Jacob”

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“(c) The payment of Park Impact Fees shall be required prior to issuance of any building permit or other permit required for construction of a dwelling unit, where Park Impact Fees have been established by the Board of Supervisors resolution or ordinance. Park Impact Fees shall be determined in accordance with the fee schedule approved by the applicable Board of Supervisors resolution in effect at the time fees are paid, and may include an automatic increase.”

“SEC. 810.112. PARK IMPACT FEE EXEMPTIONS — The following uses shall be exempt from both the Park Land Acquisition Impact Fee and the Park Improvement Impact Fee, unless otherwise stated: (a) Any residential Development that involves the Subdivision of land and pays the Park In-Lieu Fee is exempt from the Park Land Acquisition Impact Fee. (b) Any Development that does not require a County building permit. (c) Any nonresidential Development. (d) The replacement on the same parcel by the owner of a dwelling or dwellings destroyed by fire, flood, earthquake, or other calamity, provided that the application for a building permit to replace such dwelling is filed with the Director within two (2) years after destruction of the dwelling and is filed by the homeowner impacted by the calamity. (e) Rehabilitation, replacement, or reconstruction of residential structures that were lawfully constructed. ... (i) Any farm employee housing or farm labor camp project.”

“SEC. 810.113. CREDIT FOR PARK LAND ACQUISITION IMPACT FEE. (a) In the event that an applicant subject to the Park Land Acquisition Impact Fee seeks to dedicate land for parks, the Approving Body may allow a credit for up to 100% of the Park Land Acquisition Impact Fee payment required by this Chapter, if the land dedication amount is greater than 0.4 contiguous acres. For land dedication amounts less than 0.4 contiguous acres, only fees will be accepted, unless otherwise approved by the Director or Approving Body.”