Taft Municipal Code Ch. 9 School Site Dedication

As a condition of approval of a final map, a subdivider who develops or completes the development of one or more subdivisions within the City, may be required to dedicate to the affected school district such lands as the Advisory Agency shall deem to be necessary for the purpose of construction thereon schools necessary to assure the residents of the subdivision adequate school service; provided, however, that the Council has adopted an ordinance to do so consistent with the provisions of section 66478 of the Map Act. (Ord. 839-20, 10-20-2020)

The requirement of dedication shall be imposed at the time of approval of the tentative map. If within thirty (30) days after the requirement of dedication is imposed by the City and the school district does not offer to enter into a binding commitment with the subdivider to accept the dedication, the requirement shall become void. The required dedication may be made any time before, concurrently with, or up to sixty (60) days after the filing of the final subdivision map on any portion of the subdivision. (Ord. 839-20, 10-20-2020)

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

(A) The cost of any improvements to the dedicated land since acquisition by the subdivider.

(B) 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.

(C) Any other cost incurred by the subdivider in maintenance of such dedicated land, including interest costs incurred on any loan covering such land. (Ord. 839-20, 10-20-2020)

The provisions of this Chapter shall not be applicable to a subdivider who has owned the land subdivided for more than ten (10) years prior to the filing of the tentative maps. (Ord. 839-20, 10-20-2020)