§ 6.07.06. Payment in lieu of constructing recreational facilities.

If the development project chooses to provide land only for a public park to be constructed by the county, the payment in lieu, hereinafter called the neighborhood park construction fee, will be commensurate with the actual cost for the county to improve the land and construct the required facilities. This fee will be updated annually in January of each year, to reflect the actual, average cost of park construction within the county during the preceding two calendar years. The new fee will be effective February 1 ^st of each year. The fee will include all costs to improve land in accordance with the county's Land Development Code as well as total park cost. Total park cost includes, but is not limited to, preliminary engineering, engineering design studies, land surveys, engineering, permitting, and construction of all the necessary features for park projects, including but not limited to layout of walking paths, construction of ball fields, picnic pavilions, installation of equipment for children play areas, irrigation systems, lighting systems, fencing, bleachers, roads, parking facilities, restrooms, concession and community buildings, manager quarters, and storage buildings.

(Ord. No. 11-01, § 2, 1-18-11)