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Park and impact fees for new homes in Rolling Hills Estates

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

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Exemptions
  • No fee for replacing existing legal homes on the same lot, unit for unit, of the same type.
    Applies: Public facilities fees; added units pay the fee.
    § 17.74.040 · code text
    Residential development which replaces on the same lot previously existing legal residential development, unit for unit, of the same type.
  • No fee for rehabilitating or remodeling existing legal homes.
    Applies: Public facilities fees.
    § 17.74.040 · code text
    Rehabilitation or remodeling of previously existing, legal residential development.
  • No fee for building a garage, pool house or accessory building.
    Applies: Public facilities fees.
    § 17.74.040 · code text
    The construction of a garage, pool house, or accessory building.
  • No fee for rebuilding a project damaged or destroyed in a natural disaster declared by the Governor.
    Applies: Rebuilding that is not substantially equivalent counts as new construction and pays fees.
    § 17.74.040 · code text
    The reconstruction of any development project that is damaged or destroyed as a result of a natural disaster as declared by the Governor.
  • The park and recreation fee in this chapter does not apply to home projects that need a subdivision.
    Applies: Those projects pay Quimby Act fees under Chapter 16.08 instead.
    § 17.74.040 · code text
    Park and recreation fees for residential development projects that require a subdivision, which are subject to Quimby Act fees calculated under Chapter 16.08 of this code.
  • Affordable units pay 50% of the normal fee.
    Applies: Affordable units in residential or mixed-use projects that do not meet the minimum for a density bonus or other incentives.
    § 17.74.040 · code text
    will be assessed 50 percent of the fee that would otherwise be imposed for those units designated as affordable housing.

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