Tehachapi Municipal Code Ch. 17.41 Fee for Development and Improvement of Parks and Recreational Facilities

The purpose of this chapter is to promote the public interest, health, safety and welfare by establishing and imposing a fee as a method for financing the development, improvement, and enhancement of public parks and recreational facilities. This chapter is to supplement the fees and dedications provided for in Tehachapi Municipal Code, Chapter 17.42 so that the dedications and fees required and collected under this chapter and Chapter 17.42 insures full and complete funding of public parks and recreational facilities.

(Ord. 05-01-676 §2(part), 2005)

The fees authorized hereunder shall be imposed on all residential dwelling units and shall be payable upon final inspection or certificate of occupancy, whichever occurs first, of the dwelling unit or, in the event there is more than one dwelling unit in the development, on a lump sum basis for all dwelling units within the development when the first dwelling unit in the development receives its final inspection or certificate of occupancy, whichever occurs first. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the city may, in its sole discretion, authorize payment of the fees upon the issuance of building permits after the fee for the first dwelling unit is payable. The fee shall be for the purpose of developing, improving, and enhancing parks and recreational facilities and may also be used for site acquisition. The fees may be established by resolution of the city council adopted from time to time.

(Ord. 05-01-676 §2(part), 2005)

In the event of the dedication of a park site pursuant to Chapter 17.42 of the Tehachapi Municipal Code, the city may require or otherwise authorize the developer to develop and construct the park or facilities in the manner and to the extent agreeable to city. The foregoing shall be a credit to the developer against the fees, otherwise payable by the developer hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, and unless otherwise approved by city, a developer shall pay fees for all residential developments of less than one hundred dwelling units and may not dedicate or improve a park site in lieu thereof.

(Ord. 05-01-676 §2(part), 2005)

City reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to contribute the fees collected hereunder in whole or in part to the Tehachapi Valley Recreation and Parks District.

(Ord. 05-01-676 §2(part), 2005)