Park and impact fees for new homes in Alameda

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Exemptions	No fee for remodeling or adding to an occupied home, as long as no new unit is added. Applies: Does not apply if the building is vacant. § 27-3.10 · code text The development impact fee shall not be imposed upon a building permit for remodeling or for an addition to an existing occupied residential structure so long as the remodeling or addition does not add a dwelling unit. No fee for tearing down a building and building a substantially similar one on the same site. Applies: Only if the demolished building was not vacant, and the new building has a substantially similar size and use. § 27-3.10 · code text The development impact fee shall not be imposed upon a building permit for the demolition of an existing structure and the construction of a new structure on the same site, provided the demolished structure was not "vacant" (as defined in subsection 27-3.5f.9) prior to the issuance of a building permit for the new structure, and the size and use of the new structure is substantially similar to the size and use of the demolished structure.
Fee per home	$13,844.00 per home. Applies: One-family homes; this base fee is adjusted automatically each July 1 since 2020 for construction cost inflation. § 27-3.12 · code text Dwelling, One Family (subsection 27-3.5f) \| $13,844.00 $10,436.00 per home. Applies: Multiple-family homes; this base fee is adjusted automatically each July 1 since 2020 for construction cost inflation. § 27-3.12 · code text Dwelling, Multiple family (subsection 27-3.5f ) \| $10,436.00 $0.00 per unit. Applies: Accessory dwelling units and junior accessory dwelling units. § 27-3.12 · code text Accessory Dwelling Unit or Accessory Dwelling Unit—Junior (subsection 27-3.5f) \| $0.00 $0.00 per unit. Applies: Inclusionary units. § 27-3.12 · code text Inclusionary Unit (subsection 27-3.5f) \| $0.00

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Alameda's code: $13,844.00 per home. (One-family homes; this base fee is adjusted automatically each July 1 since 2020 for construction cost inflation.) (§ 27-3.12); $10,436.00 per home. (Multiple-family homes; this base fee is adjusted automatically each July 1 since 2020 for construction cost inflation.) (§ 27-3.12).

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