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Park and impact fees for new homes in Orange Cove

Orange Cove'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 Orange Cove Municipal Code it was read from, with the code text one click away (checked October 2026). General information, not legal advice.

What Orange Cove's code says

Orange Cove code What Orange Cove's code adds
Exemptions
  • Changes that do not add floor area are exempt.
    Applies: City development impact fees.
    § 3.30.080 · code text
    An alteration which does not increase the floor area of a structure;
  • Additions to a single-family home that do not create a new unit are exempt.
    Applies: City development impact fees.
    § 3.30.080 · code text
    An addition to a single-family residential dwelling unit which does not constitute the addition of a dwelling unit as defined by the Uniform Building Code.
  • Rebuilding after fire, flood or disaster, or redevelopment, is exempt if a water study shows no more water use.
    Applies: Water supply impact fees; the study is at the owner's cost.
    § 3.30.065 · code text
    The reconstruction of any residential, commercial, or industrial structure that has been destroyed by fire, flood, or natural disaster or a proposed redevelopment of a residential, commercial, school, park, or industrial property is exempt from payment of any fee authorized by this section so long as the project applicant or owner provides, at its own expense, a water demand analysis demonstrating that the newly constructed structure will require equal to or less water than the prior use of the property.

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