San Ramon Municipal Code Ch. IX Park and Recreation Facility Impact Fee

Contents: C4-130. - Statement of authority. C4-131. - Purpose of provisions. C4-132. - Definitions. C4-133. - General requirements. C4-134. - Establishment of park and recreation facility impact fees. C4-135. - Imposition of park and recreation facility impact fees. C4-136. - Exemptions. C4-137. - Payment of fees.

C4-139 through C4-145. - Reserved. (Ord. No. 537, § 1B (Exh. 2), 03/24/2026)

The authority to collect the park and recreation facility impact fee is provided for under the Mitigation Fee Act (AB 1600, et seq.). This allows the city of San Ramon to adopt a park and recreation facility impact fee on new development to fund the associated, additional costs of providing parks and recreation capital facilities. This impact fee will work in concert with the current land dedication requirement, which was established in conformance with the Quimby Act. The Mitigation Fee Act allows for fees to be charged to all new development that increases the need for capital facilities, including in- fill projects. (Ord. No. 483, § 1, 9-11-2018)

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This Chapter is adopted pursuant to the general powers reserved to the city under its city Charter for the purpose of authorizing a park and recreation facility impact fee, to be assessed upon the owners of residential property located within the city. The fees adopted in this chapter shall be assessed upon landowners developing such property for any residential use in order to provide all or a portion of the funds necessary to design, construct and install park facilities required to meet the needs of San Ramon Residents and address the impacts caused by new development. It is the intent and purpose of the city to protect and promote the public health, safety and welfare by designing, constructing, and installing park facilities and trails necessitated by new development in the city. Furthermore, it is the intent and purpose of the city that landowners undertaking new development pay the costs of the park facilities and that such costs shall not be and shall not become a responsibility of the city's general fund. (Ord. No. 483, § 1, 9-11-2018)

(Ord. No. 483, § 1, 9-11-2018; Ord. No. 537, § 1B (Exh. 2), 03/24/2026) Automatic annual adjustment means the automatic annual adjustment of the park and recreation facility impact fees based on the inflation factors identified by the applicable Nexus Fee Study.

Effective on: 4/23/2026 Development means the uses to which property will be put, the buildings and improvements to be constructed on it, and the construction activities incident thereto, together with the process of obtaining all required land use entitlements. Development project means any project undertaken for the purpose of development, exclusive of projects undertaken by or for public agencies, including, without limitation, schools and parks. Dwelling unit means any building or portion of a building used or designed for use as a residence by an individual or any group of individuals living together or as a family, excepting therefrom any unit rented or leased for temporary residency for fewer than thirty days, such as a motel or hotel room (which shall be considered a commercial use). Fee resolution means any resolution adopted by the city council which implements the provisions of this chapter, including, without limitation, the setting of the amounts of the fee established hereby and the adoption of provisions for credits, reimbursements and deferral relating to the fees. Government Code means the Government Code of the state of California and any provision thereof cited in this chapter, as such provision exists as of the date of the enactment of this chapter, or as it may thereafter be amended or renumbered from time to time. Nexus Fee Study means the current and applicable Development Impact Fee Justification Study including other studies, reports, and all supporting data referred to and relied upon in the study to establish applicable fees, which may thereafter be amended, supplemented, or updated from time to time with adoption by the City Council.

Effective on: 4/23/2026 Park facility or park facilities means the parks and recreation facilities to be designed, constructed and installed to meet the needs of San Ramon residents and address the impacts caused by the additional persons residing or employed on property as a result of new development, which improvements, infrastructure, and facilities are described in the nexus study, and the costs of the design, construction and installation of which are to be financed by the park development impact fee program.

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Park and recreational facility impact fee or fees means the monetary exaction as defined by subsection (b) of Government Code Section 66000 and shall include, but not be limited to, the fees established pursuant to this chapter.

A. A park and recreation facility impact fee is established to provide funding for park facilities. The park and recreation facility impact fee authorized in this chapter shall be assessed upon landowners developing property for any residential use in order to provide all or a portion of the funds which will be necessary to provide neighborhood and community park facilities and trails required to meet the needs of and address the impacts caused by the additional persons residing on the property as a result of the development. The condition shall be determined by the advisory agency after considering the recommendation of the parks and community services director and/or the parks and community services commission. (Ord. No. 483, § 1, 9-11-2018)

A. The city council, by resolution, shall establish the specific initial and subsequent amounts of the park and recreation facility impact fees with the Nexus Fee Study. B. Future park and recreation facility impact fees will be subject to the automatic annual adjustment inflation factors as provided for by the applicable Nexus Fee Study. (Ord. No. 483, §1, 9-11-2018; Ord. No. 537, § 1B (Exh. 2), 03/24/2026)

Effective on: 4/23/2026

A. The park and recreation facility impact fee established under this chapter shall be imposed on real property located within the city based upon the following types of development: 1. The construction on the property of a new building or structure containing one or more dwelling units; 2. The construction on the property of alterations or additions to an existing building or structure that adds one or more dwelling units to such existing building or structure; or 3. The change in use of an existing building or structure on the property from a previous nonresidential use to a residential use. B. Except as may be expressly provided in this chapter, no building permits or extension of permits relating to the activities described in subsection (A) of this section shall be granted unless and until the appropriate park and recreational facility impact fee has been paid to the city in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. C. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in subsection A of this section or in any other provision of this chapter, the park and recreation facility impact fee established pursuant to this chapter shall apply to any development project that (1) has heretofore received a residential development approval or permit, whether discretionary or nondiscretionary, from the city, where the approval of the same has been conditioned upon payment of a park and recreation facility impact fees; or (2) is subject to a development agreement or other agreement between the landowner and city that requires the payment of a park and recreational facility impact fee. (Ord. No. 483, § 1, 9-11-2018)

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A. The following shall be exempted from payment of the park and recreation facility impact fee established by this chapter: 1. Alterations, renovations, or expansion of an existing residential building or structure where no additional dwelling units are created and the use is not changed. 2. The replacement of a destroyed or partially destroyed or damaged building or structure with a new residential structure. 3. A development project that is the subject of a development agreement executed prior to the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter, if the development agreement does not require the payment of a park and recreation facility impact fee. 4. An Accessory Dwelling Unit or Junior Accessory Dwelling Unit as defined by California Government Code Section 66313, as amended. B. Developments containing four or fewer parcels and not used for residential purposes shall be exempted from the requirements of this chapter; provided, however, that a condition shall be placed on the approval of development that if a building permit is requested for construction of a residential structure or structures on one or more of the parcels, the fee may be required to be paid by the owner of each such parcel as a condition to the issuance of every such permit. C. The provisions of this chapter do not apply to commercial or industrial development, nor do they apply to condominium projects or stock cooperatives which consist of the subdivision of airspace in an existing apartment building which is more than five years old and when no new dwelling units are added. (Ord. No. 483, §1, 9-11-2018; Ord. No. 537, § 1B (Exh. 2), 03/24/2026)

Effective on: 4/23/2026

Fees shall be paid proportionately as each building permit is issued. (Ord. No. 483, § 1, 9-11-2018)

Fees shall be paid to the city and shall be deposited into the Park and Recreation Facility trust fund ("the park facility fund"), or its successor. Money in the park facility fund, including accrued interest, shall be expended solely for the purpose as established by this chapter. Collected fees shall be appropriated by the local agency for a specific project to serve residents of the development. The local agency shall appropriate such collected fees in a budgetary year within five years upon receipt of payment or within five years after the issuance of building permits on one-half of the dwelling units created by the development, whichever occurs later. If such fees are not so committed, these fees shall be distributed and paid to the then recorded owners of the development in the same proportion that the size of their dwelling unit bears to the total area of all dwelling units in the development. The city shall report to the city council at least annually on income, expenditures and status of the park facility fund. (Ord. No. 483, §1, 9-11-2018; Ord. No. 537, § 1B (Exh. 2), 03/24/2026)

Effective on: 4/23/2026

C4-139 through C4-145. - Reserved.

(Ord. No. 537, § 1B (Exh. 2), 03/24/2026)

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Effective on: 4/23/2026