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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 01301990 - T.3 TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Contra FROM- Harvey E. Bragdon Cx)sta Director of Community Development DATE: January 1990 SUBJECT: Adoption of Permanent Ordinance to Increase Fees for Park Dedication to $1,350 in East 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 $1,350 per dwelling unit for East Contra Costa County as 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 On December 21, 1989, the Board of Supervisors adopted an urgency interim ordinance to increase in-lieu park dedication fees in East Contra Costa County. This ordinance was extended on January 16, 1990. It will be up for extension again on February 13, 1990 . This permanent ordinance will not take effect for 60 days after adoption. There is an urgent need to increase park dedication fees in East Contra Costa County. The fees currently required do not reflect current land values and park development costs. Inflation in values has been dramatic since the last ordinance revisi in 1987 . CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE: RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMEND OF COMMITTEE APPROVE OTHER , SIGNATURECS) : ACTION OF BOARD ON p y APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER VOTE OF SUPERVISORS I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A UNANIMOUS (ABSENT } TRUE AND CORRECT COPY OF AN AYES: NOES: ACTION TAKEN AND ENTERED ON THE ABSENT: ABSTAIN: MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN. cc: Community Development ATTESTED G: 1�I d County Counsel P I BATCH OR, CLERK OF OMAC BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Public Works Director AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR Building Inspection BY DEPUTY;, jb/cdf3/ordpark.bos . - T3 The formula for fee calculation, using $75, 000 an acre for land value and $85 , 000 an acre for minimal development (turf and irrigation is $60,000 alone) , is attached. The formula for determining the amount of land required for park dedication. and the in-lieu fee would be as 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 East Contra Costa County is 2. 85. 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 $160,000 in East Contra Costa County. This is the sum of $75,000 per acre land cost and $85,000 per acre minimum development costs. The resulting calculations using the aforementioned formula are shown below: 2. 85 x . 003 = . 00855 acres of park per dwelling unit . 00855 x $160, 000 = $1,350 as (rounded) as the in-lieu fee. Park Dedication fees in the County vary substantially by jurisdiction. The range, depending on the type of development is from $70- to $4,000. In light of the above information, staff feels that an increase in the in-lieu fee is warranted. �J ORDINANCE NO. 90- 6 (Increase Park Dedication Fee in the East County Area) 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 County Ordinance Code section 920-6 . 602, to increase the fee which may be paid in lieu of land dedication for subdivisions in the East County area. SECTION II. Section 920-6 .602 of the County Ordinance Code is amended to read: 920-6 . 602 Amount of Fee. Within the territory in the unincorporated area of this county within the territorial jurisdiction of the East County Regional Planning Commission, described in Section 26-2. 1512, when fees are to be paid in lieu of land dedication, such fees shall be one thousand three hundred fifty dollars per dwelling unit. (Ord. 90-6 S 2, 87-81 S 2. ) SECTION III. 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 Antioch Daily Ledger , a newspaper published in this County. PASSED on January 30, 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 By _ ri aal4k Deputy Chairperso of the Board LTF/.j h J-5:\1tf\ord\iacrease.f Ordinance .9.0-6