Chapter 17.20 — DEDICATION OF PARK AND RECREATION LAND

§ 17.20.010. Statutory authority—Conformance with general plan. ¶

A. This chapter is enacted pursuant to the authority granted by Section 66477 of the California Government Code.
B. The park and recreational facilities for which dedication of land and/or the payment of a fee is required by this chapter are in accordance with the recreational element of the general plan of the city.
(Ord. 190 § 1, 1978)

§ 17.20.020. Dedication or payment of fees required when. ¶

Where a park and recreation service area has been proposed in the adopted general plan or in the adopted development plan for parks and recreation and a residential development is proposed in whole or in part within such service area, then park land dedication or park fees shall be required in accordance with one or more of the following provisions:

A. The developer will be required to dedicate a site or sites for a neighborhood park, sufficient in size and topography to serve the immediate and future needs of the residents of the developed area, based on an adopted ratio of 2.8 acres of park per one thousand persons. Such dedication shall be shown on the tentative and final maps or parcel map submitted by the developer and the necessary lands will be offered for dedication to the city at the time of filing the final map(s).
B. Where the proposed residential development is in close proximity to an already existing neighborhood park, as determined by the city council, through the general plan, and if the

already existing park is outside of the proposed limits of the development, the developer will be required to make a cash payment, in lieu of dedication, equivalent to the cost of the park land as determined by the city council based on the adopted ratio of park land per dwelling unit. These moneys will be used only in the acquisition and development of that community park serving that proposed development. Cash payment shall be made to the city at the time of filing the tentative tract map, the final tract map or prior to issuance of a building permit, whichever event first occurs, and shall be deposited with the city treasurer in a park development fund to be used solely for acquisition and development of park facilities.

C. If the proposed residential development contained fifty parcels/units or less, the developer will be required to make a cash payment in lieu of dedication equivalent to the cost of park land as determined by the city council, based on the adopted ratio of park land per one thousand residents. Such cash payments will be used to purchase or develop park land serving the needs of the residents of the proposed development. As an alternative to the cash payment required in this subsection, in the event the developer has land sufficient to satisfy the area ratio criteria set forth and application is made to the city council for development of such land for public park use, and consent and approval of the city council is obtained, the developer may dedicate and develop such land for public park use as approved by the city council.
D. Where an existing park and recreation area is insufficient in size to serve the immediate and future needs of the residents of the proposed development as determined by the city council, development plan for parks and recreation, subsections A through C of this section will apply.
(Ord. 190 § 2, 1978)

§ 17.20.030. City specification of development commencement. ¶

At the time of approval of the final subdivision map, specific plan or conditional use permit, the city shall specify when development of the park or recreational facilities shall begin. (Ord. 190 § 3, 1978)

§ 17.20.040. Inapplicability to industrial subdivisions. ¶

The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to industrial subdivisions. (Ord. 190 § 4, 1978)

§ 17.20.050. Dwelling unit composition chart for land and fee determination. ¶

The amount of land and the amount of the fee that shall be required for park and recreational facilities pursuant to this chapter shall be determined as follows:

Dwelling Unit Composition	Persons Per Unit
R-1	4.1
R-2
1-Bedroom	2
2-Bedroom	2.5
3-Bedroom	4
R-3
1-Bedroom	2

Dwelling Unit Composition	Persons Per Unit
2-Bedroom	2.8
3-Bedroom	4
Mobile Home Park	2

(Ord. 98 § 12.16.01, 1974)

§ 17.20.060. Land dedication per person ratio. ¶

The amount of park land dedication shall be based on a ratio of 2.8 acres per one thousand people or 121.96 square feet per person.

(Ord. 98 § 12.16.02, 1974)

§ 17.20.070. Park in lieu fees. ¶

Park in lieu fees shall be established by resolution not by ordinance. (Ord. 98 § 12.16.03, 1974)

§ 17.20.080. Land dedication area determination. ¶

The amount of park land dedication shall be determined by the following formula:

Park land dedication area = Park area per person ratio x Persons per unit. (Ord. 98 § 12.16.04, 1974)

§ 17.20.090. Park land fee determination. ¶

The amount of the park land fee shall be determined by the following formula:

Park land fee = Park area per person ratio x Persons per unit x Land cost (Ord. 98 § 12.16.05, 1974)