Park and impact fees for new homes in Laguna Hills

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Exemptions	Exempt: condo or stock cooperative projects in apartment buildings over 5 years old that add no new units. § 8-06.090 · code text The provisions of this chapter do not apply to industrial and commercial subdivisions or to condominium projects or stock cooperatives which consist of the subdivision of air space in an existing apartment building, which is more than five years old when no new dwelling units, are being added.
How the park fee is set	Fair market value of the land that would be dedicated: required acres times undeveloped residential land value. Applies: Subdivisions; the land value matches the density class; the City Council adopts a per-home fee by resolution. § 8-06.060 · code text The in-lieu fee shall be calculated by multiplying the acreage amount of land, which would otherwise have been required for dedication using the formula from Section 8-06.050A by the fair market value of undeveloped residential real property as applicable to the density classification of the proposed subdivision.
Parkland per 1,000 residents	5.0 net acres of usable parkland per 1,000 residents. Applies: City standard for public parks. § 8-06.040 · code text It is found and determined that the public interest, convenience, health, welfare, and safety require that 5.0 net acres of useable parkland for each one thousand (1,000) persons residing within the city shall be devoted to public parks.
When the fee applies	50 parcels or less. Applies: The fee replaces land at this size, or when no suitable park site exists or a fee is otherwise required. § 8-06.060 · code text If the proposed subdivision contains fifty (50) parcels or less, or if there is no site suitable for the city for a park or recreation facility in the subdivision, or if it is otherwise determined that a fee shall be paid in-lieu of dedication of land, the subdivider shall, in-lieu of dedication of land, pay a fee equal to the fair market value of the amount of land prescribed for dedication pursuant to Section 8-06.050 to the city. More than 50 dwelling units. Applies: Condo, stock cooperative or community apartment projects; the city may require land even with under 50 parcels. § 8-06.060 · code text When a condominium project, stock cooperative, or community apartment project exceeds fifty (50) dwelling units, the city may require dedication of land notwithstanding that the number of parcels may be less than fifty (50).

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

Laguna Hills's code: Fair market value of the land that would be dedicated: required acres times undeveloped residential land value. (Subdivisions; the land value matches the density class; the City Council adopts a per-home fee by resolution.) (§ 8-06.060); 5.0 net acres of usable parkland per 1,000 residents. (City standard for public parks.) (§ 8-06.040).

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