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TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
FROM: Harvey E. Bragdon
Director of Community Development
DATE: February 15, 1990
SUBJECT: Consideration of Permanent Ordinance to Increase In Lieu Fees for Park
Dedication to $2,000 in West and Central Contra Costa County.
SPECIFIC REQUEST S) OR RECOMMENDATIONS(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATIONS
1. Hold a public hearing on the proposed ordinance to increase
fees.
2. Adopt ordinance increasing in lieu fee to $2,000 per dwelling
unit in West and Central Contra Costa County excluding the
area delineated by the East County Planning Commission.
FISCAL IMPACT
Increased fees will enable the County to address park acquisition
and development in a more timely manner.
BACKGROUND/REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS
The County' s in lieu fee for park dedication has not be increased
since 1978 except for East County and Alamo. The current fees do
not reflect current land values or park development costs.
On June 27 , 1989, the Board of Supervisors authorized the Community
Development Department to have an appraiser to conduct a study on
land values so that the park dedicated ' ordinance could be updated.
That study is now complete (attachment);.
The appraised values of land recently sold for residential develop-
ment purposes is similar in West and Central County. The mean. for
West County was $148 ,761 while the median was $157,250. In Central
County the mean was $145 ,000 and the median . $161,000 . The mean in
East County was 75,000 , which is the land value used in the recent
ly adopted ordinance for East County. There were only• a few trans-
actions in North Central County.
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County Counsel PHILATC LOR, CLERK BOF
County Service Areas via Fransen, CDD THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Public Works Director AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Building Inspection
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Based on the appraisal study a land value of $145,000 is recommen-
ded West and Central County. The formula for fee calculation, u-
sing $145 , 000 an acre for land value and $85, 000 an acre for mini-
mal development (turf and irrigation is $60 ,000 alone) , follows.
Average Household Standard for Acres Park Land Per
Size X Per 1,000 Population = Dwelling Unit
Park Land Per Value of One
Dwelling Unit X Acre of Park = In Lieu Fee
The average household size for areas experiencing growth in Contra
Costa County is 2 .90. This figure is determined by Census data.
The standard required by State law is 3 acres per 1, 000 population
or . 003 . If existing park land within the jurisdiction exceeds 3
acres, a higher standard can be used.
Value of Park Land -- This is a local determination and therefore is
the key discretionary item in the formula. The value of one acre
of developed park (minimum development) is $230,000 in West and
Central Contra Costa County. This is the sum of $145,000 per acre
land cost and $85,000 per acre minimum development costs.
The resulting calculations using the aforementioned formula are
shown below:
2. 90 x . 003 = . 00870 acres of park per dwelling unit
. 00870 x $230,000 = $2,000 as (rounded) as the in-lieu fee.
Park Dedication fees in the County vary substantially by jurisdic
tion. The range, depending on the type of development is from $-0-
to $4,000 . The following survey shows present fees by jurisdic
tion.
Some jurisdictions use complex fee schedules involving appraisals
and formulas while others have set fees by unit type. The fees
shown below are for typical single family development; the most
common development type in the county.
City Per Dwelling Unit Fee
Clayton 1,925
Concord 1, 424
Danville 2,619
E1 Cerrito no ordinance
Hercules no ordinance
Lafayette 700
Martinez 1,8543
Moraga 3 ,000
Orinda 2, 479
Pinole 1,189
Pleasant Hill 3 ,100
Richmond 432
San Pablo no ordinance
San Ramon 2,000
1) E1 Cerrito and San Pablo never adopted park dedication
ordinances because they are built out.
2) Hercules has a more general development fee.
3) Minimal fee
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ORDINANCE NO. 90-17
(Increase Park Dedication Fee For
Entire County Except East County)
The Contra Costa. County Board of Supervisors ordains as follows
(omitting the parenthetical footnotes from the official text of
the enacted or amended provisions of the County Ordinance Code) :
SECTION I. SUMMARY. This ordinance amends the County Ordinance
Code to increase the fee which may be paid in lieu of land
dedication for park and recreational purposes for residential
development in the entire County except the East County area.
SECTION II. Section 920-6 . 204 of the County Ordinance Code is
amended, to increase the general fee which may be paid in lieu of .
land dedication, to read:
920-6.204. Amount of fee. Except as otherwise provided in
this chapter for specifically described territory, when fees are
to be paid in lieu of land dedication, such fees shall be two
thousand dollars per dwelling unit.
(Ords . 90- 17 S 2, 86-60 5 2, 84-46 S 11 78-5 . )
SECTION III. Article 920-6 .4 of the County Ordinance Code, added.
by Ordinance No. 86-60 and specifying a different fee for the
greater Alamo area, is repealed.
SECTION IV. EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance becomes effective 60
days after passage, and within 15 days after passage shall be
published once with the names of the Supervisors voting for and
against it in the Contra Costa Times, a newspaper published in
this County.
PASSED on February 27, 1990 , by the following vote:
AYES: Supervisors Powers, Schroder, McPeak, Torlakson and Fanden
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
ATTEST: PHIL BATCHELOR,
Clerk of the Board of
Supervisors and County
Administrator
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Deputly Chairpers n of the Board
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ORDINANCE 90-17