Claremont Municipal Code Ch. 17.156 School Sites and Fees

A. Dedication Requirement

As a condition of approval of a tentative tract or parcel map, a subdivider who develops or completes the development of one or more subdivisions within the Claremont Unified School District may be required to dedicate to the school district such lands as the City Council shall deem to be necessary for the purpose of constructing thereon schools necessary to assure the residents of the subdivision adequate elementary school service.

B. Dedication Procedure

The requirements of the school site dedication shall be imposed at the time of approval of the tentative map. If within 30 days after the dedication requirement is imposed by the City, the school district does not offer to enter into a binding commitment with the subdivider to accept the dedication, the requirement shall be automatically terminated. The required dedication may be made anytime before, concurrently with, or up to 60 days after the filing of the final tract or parcel map on any portion of the subdivision.

C. Payments to Subdivider for Dedication

The school district shall, if it accepts the school site dedication, repay to the subdivider or the subdivider's successors the original cost to the subdivider of the dedicated land plus a sum equal to the total of the following amounts:

1. The cost of any improvements to the dedicated land since acquisition by the subdivider;

2. The taxes assessed against the dedicated land from the date of the School District's offer to enter into the binding commitment to accept the dedication;

3. Any other costs incurred by the subdivider in the maintenance of such dedicated land, including interest costs incurred on any loan covering such land.

D. Exemptions from Dedication Requirement

The provisions of this chapter shall not be applicable to a subdivider who has owned the land being subdivided for more than 10 years prior to the filing of the tentative map(s).

(08-05)

The City may impose fees or dedication requirements on new residential subdivisions for the purpose of providing interim school classroom facilities to alleviate conditions of overcrowding which may be caused by new residential development.

(08-05)

In addition to the requirements for interim facilities set forth in this chapter, the Claremont Unified School District may impose fees on new residential development to pay for permanent school facilities.

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