Vacaville Municipal Code Ch. 14.12.060 Maintenance of Public Parks and Landscaping Areas

In conjunction with the approval of a residential development project or subdivision, the establishment of a landscaping and lighting maintenance district or community facilities district shall be required to provide funding for the development's proportionate share of the cost of the maintenance of the neighborhood park that serves or is planned to serve the subject area.

A. The decision maker may approve an exception to the requirement for maintenance of public parks for a residential development project or subdivision which is permanently restricted to occupancy by senior citizens subject to the following findings:

1. That there are no public park facilities existing or planned to serve the area of the subject development project or subdivision.

2. That the project incorporates private recreational facilities that functionally serve the need for recreational facilities within the development project or subdivision.

(Ord. 1972, Repealed and Replaced, 02/22/2022)

In conjunction with the approval of a development project or subdivision which includes provisions for the construction of public landscape areas including, but not limited to, medians, backup parkways, frontage landscape areas and neighborhood recreation areas, the establishment of a landscaping and lighting maintenance district or community facilities district shall be required to provide funding for the development's proportionate share of the cost of the maintenance of the public landscape area that serves or is planned to serve the subject area.

A. The provisions of this section shall not apply to parkway landscape areas that are designed in conjunction with and planned to be maintained in conjunction with the directly adjoining private landscape areas.

(Ord. 1972, Repealed and Replaced, 02/22/2022)

The decision maker may approve an alternative method to provide funding for the development's proportionate share of the cost of the maintenance of the public parks or landscape areas as required by this chapter subject to the following findings:

A. That the Director of Public Works has evaluated the proposed alternative method of funding of landscape maintenance and recommended approval of such alternative method.

B. That the proposed alternative method of funding of landscape maintenance provides reasonable assurance to the City that landscape maintenance will meet City standards in perpetuity.

C. That a landscaping and lighting maintenance district or community facilities district shall be established as a backup to the proposed alternative method of funding of landscape maintenance.

(Ord. 1972, Repealed and Replaced, 02/22/2022)