§ 16.60.020 — Determinations

16.60.020 - Determinations.

The imposition of a Local Park Development Fee is necessary to provide funding for the acquisition and/or development of new parks and the expansion and/or improvement (including rehabilitation) of existing parks in order to provide adequate neighborhood and community parks benefitting the development upon which the fee is imposed. The amount of the Local Park Development Fee is to be calculated based upon the following adopted minimum standards: that the public interest, convenience, health, welfare and safety requires the provision of three acres of local parks per thousand population, consisting of 0.75 acres of Community Park per thousand population and 2.25 acres of Neighborhood Park per thousand population.

(Ord. 6393 §41, 1997; Ord. 6325 §1, 1996)