San Ramon Municipal Code Ch. V School Age Child Care Fees

C4-94 through C4-100. Reserved. - (Ord. No. 537, § 1A (Exh. 1), 03/24/2026)

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Editor's note— Ord. No. 484, § 1, adopted Sept. 25, 2018, repealed former Ch. V, §§ C4-91—C4-93, in its entirety and enacted new provisions as herein set out. Former Ch. V pertained to similar subject matter and derived from the prior code, §§ C13-870, C13-873; Ord. No. 376, § 2, 2005.

The purpose of this Chapter is to require the payment of fees to enable the city to meet existing and future school age child care needs. (Ord. No. 484, § 1, 9-25-2018)

As used in this chapter: Automatic annual adjustment means the automatic annual adjustment of the School Age Child Care Fees based on the inflation factors identified by the applicable Nexus Fee Study.

Effective on: 4/23/2026 Child care facilities means an existing or proposed child care facility and related improvements and structures for school age child care on school sites owned by the San Ramon Valley Unified School District. 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.

Effective on: 4/23/2026 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.

Effective on: 4/23/2026 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 Project means any new residential development, and any new non-residential development resulting in more than two thousand five hundred gross square feet, including development characterized as mixed use.

Effective on: 4/23/2026 Exemption from Fees—The following projects/uses, or that portion of a mixed use project which contains the following uses, are exempt from the payment of child care fees:

1. Day care center, as defined in California Health and Safety Code Section 1596.76, as amended;
2. Schools, as defined in California Education Code Section 50 et seq., as amended;
3. Hospitals and extended medical care facilities;
4. Church, synagogue, mosque, temple or other place primarily used as a place of worship where religious services are regularly conducted and where people congregate for such religious services;
5. "Accessory dwelling unit," or "Junior Accessory Dwelling Unit" as defined in California Government Code Section 66313, as amended;

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6. Repair and reconstruction of any building damaged by flood, fire or other disaster;
7. That number of units in a senior housing development in accordance with provisions contained in California Civil Code Section 51.3, permanently set aside for qualifying residents, as defined therein;
8. That number of units dedicated for persons of very low, low and moderate income by official agreement and instrument of the city. Reduced Fees—The following projects/uses will pay a reduced amount of child care fees assessed as one-half the calculated fee:
9. Studio and one-bedroom units proposed within a multi-family residential project. (Ord. No. 484, § 1, 9-25-2018; Ord. No. 537, § 1A (Exh. 1), 03/24/2026)

Effective on: 4/23/2026

At the time of building permit issuance for any project defined in this chapter, the applicant shall either pay a fee based upon the adopted city fee resolution or participate in the construction and establishment of child care facilities, in accordance with the following: A. Payment of Fees: Fees for residential and non-residential development shall be paid as indicated in the city council resolution establishing fees and charges and consistent with the Nexus Fee Study. The fees referenced by this Chapter may be further amended, supplemented, or updated from time to time with adoption by the City Council. A mixed use project shall pay both a residential fee for the residential component of the project and a non-residential fee for the non-residential component of the project at the same rate as those fees described in this section. B. Construction and Establishment of Child Care Facilities: The developer of a residential, non- residential or mixed use project may satisfy the requirement for the payment of fees by agreeing to participate in the construction and establishment of one or more child care facilities. Such participation shall be secured generally as follows: 1. Cost of Participation. The type and cost of participation shall bear a direct relationship to the fee otherwise required in subsection A of this section. Construction cost indices, prevailing wage rates, and the best available index of costs of equipment and supplies shall determine the level of participation relative to the required fee. 2. Type of Participation. The city shall determine the type of participation in constructing and establishing child care facilities. 3. Verification of Participation. The city shall require that the developer submit sufficient documentation that the provisions of this chapter have been met. C. Future School Age Child Care Fees for residential and non-residential development will be subject to the automatic annual adjustment inflation factors as provided for by the applicable Nexus Fee Study. (Ord. No. 484, § 1, 9-25-2018; Ord. No. 537, § 1A (Exh. 1), 03/24/2026)

Effective on: 4/23/2026

C4-94 through C4-100. Reserved. -