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ORDINANCE NO. NS-1526 PAGE THREE pay to the City the following fees: (a) Five Hundred Twenty-Five Dollars ($525.00) for each net residential unit which is a single-family home. (b) Four Hundred Twenty-Five Dollars ($425.00) for each net residential unit which is a condominium. (c) Three Hundred Twenty-Five Dollars ($325.00) for each net residential unit which is an apartment. (d) Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00) for each net residential unit which is a lot or space in a mobile home park. (e) For conversion of apartments to condominiums, an amount which is the lesser of the following: (i) One Hundred Seventy Dollars ($170.00) for each resulting condominium; or (ii) Four Hundred Twenty-Five Dollars ($425.00) for each resulting condominium, less an amount equal to the total fees paid pursuant to this article for the same residential units at the time of construction as apartments. The fees hereby imposed are imposed under the police power to regulate residential development in the City of Santa Ana, for the purpose of preserving an appropriate balance between the demand by residents for use of park and recreational facilities and the availability of such park and recreational facilities and to preclude residential development which would create an excess demand on such facilities; and such regulatory authority for the fees hereby imposed is separate and apart from, and in addition to, the authority of the City to impose the said fees under its taxing power as an excise tax on the privilege of engaging in residential development. The distinctions in fees with respect to types of residential units are hereby found to reflect significant differences in the demand for use of public park and recreation facilities by the occupants thereof. SECTION 3: That section 35-111 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code, is hereby amended to read as follows: 35-111 PaYment of fees. The fees prescribed in section 35-110 for addition of net residential units shall be due and payable upon application to the City for a building permit for any construction which adds net residential units. No building permit shall be issued until such fees are paid. The fees prescribed in section 35-110 for conversion of apartments to condominiums shall be due and payable at the time of filing of the final or parcel map required for such conversion. No such map shall be approved until such fees are paid. SECTION 4: That section 35-112 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code, is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 35-112 Refunds Any fees paid to the City under this Chapter for any residential unit which is not thereafter added or converted shall be refunded upon application of the fee payer and a showing to the satisfaction of the director of finance that the proposed addition or conversion has been abandoned.