Watsonville Municipal Code Art. 3 School Site Dedications

As a condition of approval of a final subdivision map, a subdivider who develops or completes the development of one or more subdivisions within a school district shall dedicate to the school district such lands as the City Council deems to be necessary for the purpose of constructing, thereon, schools necessary to assure the residents of the subdivision adequate elementary school service. In no case shall the City require the dedication of an amount of land which would make development of the remaining land held by the subdivider economically unfeasible or which would exceed the amount of land ordinarily allowed under the procedures of the State Allocation Board. The provisions of this section shall not be applicable to a subdivider who has owned the land being subdivided for more than ten (10) years prior to the filing of the tentative map.

(§ 1, Ord. 1274-11 (CM), eff. February 24, 2011)

The requirement of school site 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 the school district does not offer to enter into a binding commitment with the subdivider to accept the dedication, the requirement shall be automatically terminated. The required dedication may be made any time before, concurrently with or up to sixty (60) days after the filing of the final map on any portion of the subdivision.

(§ 1, Ord. 1274-11 (CM), eff. February 24, 2011)

The school district shall, if it accepts the dedication, repay to the subdivider or his 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 from the date of the school district’s offer to enter into the binding commitment to accept the dedication;

(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; and

(c) Any other costs incurred by the subdivider in maintenance of such dedicated land, including interest costs incurred on any loan covering such land.

(§ 1, Ord. 1274-11 (CM), eff. February 24, 2011)