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Park and impact fees for new homes in Burlingame

Burlingame's own rules on park and impact fees for new homes, with the code text for every value.

Each rule below links to the section of the Burlingame Municipal Code it was read from, with the code text one click away (checked October 2026). General information, not legal advice.

What Burlingame's code says

Burlingame code What Burlingame's code adds
Exemptions
  • Changes to an existing home that add no units and keep the same use are exempt.
    Applies: Public facilities impact fees for an existing residential building or structure.
    § 25.46.070 · code text
    Alterations, renovations or expansion of an existing residential building or structure where no additional dwelling units are created and the use is not changed.
  • New development that replaces lawful development removed by demolition or conversion gets a fee credit.
    Applies: When demolition or conversion removes existing lawful development.
    § 25.46.050 · code text
    New development that, through demolition or conversion, will eliminate existing development is entitled to a fee credit offset if the existing development is a lawful use under this title, including a nonconforming use.
  • New development that replaces lawful development destroyed by disaster gets a fee credit.
    Applies: Replacement after fire, flood, earthquake, mudslide, other casualty, or act of God.
    § 25.46.050 · code text
    New development that will replace development that was partially or totally destroyed by fire, flood, earthquake, mudslide, or other casualty or act of God, is entitled to a fee credit offset if the development that was partially or totally destroyed was a lawful use under this title, including a nonconforming use, at the time of the destruction.

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