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ORDINANCE NS-1018 AbiENDING THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE BY REPEALING SUBSECTION 134 OF SECTION 21-72 THEP~EOF AND ADDING ARTICLE IV TO CHAPTER 35 THEREOF TO PROVIDE FOR THE PAYMENT OF FEES IN CONNECTION WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF RESIDENTIAL UNITS, THE DEPOSIT OF SUCH FEES IN THE RECREATION AND PARKS FUND, AND THE~.USE OF SUCH FEES FOR PUBLIC PARK AND RECREATIONAL PURPOSES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GENERAL PLAN THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1: That Subsection 134 of Section 21-72 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby repealed. SECTION 2: That Chapter 35 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended by adding Article IV to Chapter 35 thereof to read in words and figures, as follows: ARTICLE IV. RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT FEE Sec. 35-108. Purpose. (a) The City of Santa Ana is divided into eleven (11) Local Park Acquisition and Development Areas. Development of local parks within said Local Park Acquisition and Development Areas will require the construction of local park and recreation facilities ~fficient~to pro¥ide two ~(2) acres of such facilities Within each area per one thousand (1000) population in said area. (b) Fees paid under the requirements of Section 35.110 shall be placed in a special fund to be known as the "Park Acquisition and Development Fund", which fund shall carry area designations. A separate fund is established and shall be maintained for each Local Park Acquisition and Development Area and shall be established as an accounting fund upon the receipt of the first fees paid for each of said local areas. Moneys in each such fund shall be expended for the construction of local park and recreation facilities within the area to which the fund relates. In the event the area to which the fund relates meets the standard of two (2) acres of such facilities per one thousand (1,000) population, and will meet such criterion following all developments for which fees have been collected, any moneys remaining in such fund may be diverted by the City Manager, with the consent of the City Council, either to the development of city-wide park and recreation facilities or to the development of local park and recreation facilities in other local areas in which the two (2) acre per one thousand (1000) population standard has not been met. (c) The Local Park Acquisition and Development Areas shall contain all territory as shown, and said areas are bounded as shown on the eleven (11) separate maps which are on file in the office of the Clerk of the Council and which are by reference made a part hereof, each of which said maps bears the name of one of said areas and clearly describes the exterior boundaries of said area, and each of said areas is fixed as shown on the map bearing the name and number of said Local Park Acquisition and Development area. (d) When an existing Local Park Acquisition and Development Area is amended to add territory thereto or a new area is created and such amendment has been in effect for a period of thirty (30) days, all provisions of Sections 35.110, 35.111, and 35.112 shall apply to the territory so added as though said territory had been in a local park acquisition and development area on the effective date hereof. -1-