Redlands Municipal Code Ch. 3.32 Open Space and Park Fees

It is the purpose and intent of this chapter to implement the Redlands general plan to ensure that open space lands and active and passive parks are made available to the public concurrent with the need for such lands and parks caused by new development within the city. The fees established pursuant to this chapter shall be imposed as a condition of approval of new residential, commercial, office, and industrial development to pay for the costs incurred by the city for acquiring, developing, improving and expanding open space areas, scenic drives, parks, playgrounds and recreational facilities to meet the increased needs for those facilities resulting from the effects of new development. (Ord. 2661 § 2, 2007; amd. Ord. 2912, 7-21-2020)

The definitions set forth in this section govern the construction of this chapter:

COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT: Any building in which wholesale or retail selling or educational activities may occur, and hotel/motel development.

DEVELOPMENT PROJECT: Any use to which land is put, and any building, construction, or other alteration of land incident thereto, and as defined in Cal. Gov’t Code section 66000(a), as such section may be amended from time to time.

INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT: All manufacturing and warehouse development.

MULTI-FAMILY UNIT: Each unit of an apartment, duplex, multiple-dwelling structure or dwelling group or condominium, and a manufactured or mobile home located in a mobile home park on a temporary, semipermanent or permanent basis.

OFFICE DEVELOPMENT: All general, professional and medical office development.

SINGLE-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT: An attached or detached one-family dwelling unit. (Ord. 2661 § 2, 2007; amd. Ord. 2912, 7-21-2020)

As a condition of issuance of a building permit, an applicant for a development project shall comply with all provisions of this chapter. (Ord. 2661 § 2, 2007; amd. Ord. 2912, 7-21-2020)

Open space and parks fees shall be collected from all applicants for development projects for the purpose of acquiring, developing, improving and expanding open space and park lands identified in the city's open space and park lands acquisition and development capital improvement plan in accordance with the fees approved by the City Council. No building permit shall be issued unless the fees required by this chapter are first paid. Fees collected pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited into a separate account or fund in a manner to avoid any commingling of such fees with other revenue of the city and the fees shall be expended solely for the purposes for which the fees were collected. (Ord. 2962, 2024: Ord. 2912, 2020: Ord. 2661 § 2, 2007)

The fees established by this chapter are collected for the acquisition of lands and the construction of improvements and facilities for which the city has established an account, appropriated funds and adopted a proposed acquisition and construction schedule or plan, prior to final inspection or issuance of a certificate of occupancy for the development project for which the fees are imposed, or the fees are to reimburse the city for expenditures previously made, and shall be determined and become due and payable to the city at the time of issuance of a building permit for a single-family residence, mobile home space, multi-family unit, or commercial, office or industrial development. (Ord. 2661 § 2, 2007; amd. Ord. 2912, 7-21-2020)

On July 1 of each fiscal year, the city's finance director, in coordination with the city's facilities and community services director, shall make annual adjustments to the specific amounts of open space and parks fees approved by the City Council by a percentage equal to the percentage change in the construction cost index of the "Engineering News-Record" twenty (20) cities annual average for the preceding twelve (12) month period. The purpose of this adjustment is to offset the effects of inflation related construction cost increases or any deflation related decreases. If this index should cease publication, the finance director shall use any appropriate official index published by the bureau of labor statistics, or similar agency as may then exist or may then be most nearly equivalent thereto. Land costs shall also be evaluated annually and adjusted as necessary based on the current market conditions at the time. (Ord. 2962, 2024: Ord. 2912, 2020: Ord. 2661 § 2, 2007)