Park and impact fees for new homes in Chowchilla

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How the park fee is set	The fee equals the required acres times the fair market value per acre. Applies: The value comes from a current appraisal paid for by the subdivider. § 17.42.030 · code text In-lieu fee = [required acres] × [fair market value per acre]. The market price paid for the land. Applies: If the land was bought within the past year and the city accepts that price. § 17.42.030 · code text Alternatively, the subdivider may disclose to the city the market price paid for the land if the land has been purchased in the past one year, and the city has the option of accepting that price as the basis for determining an in-lieu fee.
Parkland per 1,000 residents	3 acres per 1,000 residents. Applies: Land divided for homes (final map, parcel map or parcel map waiver). § 17.42.010 · code text A general standard of three acres per one thousand persons expected to reside within a subdivision shall be used to determine the amount of land to dedicated by a subdivider for park or recreational purposes, or the in-lieu fees to be paid by the subdivider pursuant to this chapter.
When the fee applies	Subdivisions of 50 parcels or less pay only the in-lieu fee; no land is dedicated. § 17.42.040 · code text For any subdivision of fifty parcels or less, only payment of in-lieu fees rather than dedication of land shall be required More than 50 dwelling units. Applies: Condo, stock cooperative or community apartment projects; land dedication may be required even with under 50 parcels. § 17.42.040 · code text except that when a subdivision involving a condominium project, stock cooperative or community apartment project, as those terms are defined in Sections 4105, 4125 and 4190 of the Civil Code exceeds fifty dwelling units, dedication of land may be required notwithstanding that the number of parcels may be less than fifty.

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What park or impact fees apply to a new home in Chowchilla?

Chowchilla's code: The fee equals the required acres times the fair market value per acre. (The value comes from a current appraisal paid for by the subdivider.) (§ 17.42.030); 3 acres per 1,000 residents. (Land divided for homes (final map, parcel map or parcel map waiver).) (§ 17.42.010).

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